Vellios-JWest shift linkage progress thread, Started fabbing Vellios/JWest shift linkage Options

[914dave]

Now that my six conversions has progressed the point where the rust is out of the chassis and the 3.2 mated to the 915 are mounted in the car. I'm taking this winter to fabricate shift linkage from the Vellios 915 to the JWest shifter. After finishing the rebuild of the 915, I realized that the shift pattern would be reversed in the car. 5th/reverse would be towards the drivers side of the car. I didn't like this idea. So I'm building a riser for the shifter to reverse the direction fo the pattern. I wanted the linkage to be very crisp. I'm using industrial U joints and spherical bearings where I can. This is the first part of the project, the firewall bushing. I'll be using the stock rubber accordian boot in this setup for weather protection. the following pix are fo the bearing and the nylon housing used to mount it to the firewall. the first pic is the original 914 tunnel shift rod machined down to fit in the spherical bearing. The final pic show shows it mounted with 2 screws, I'll drill for the other 2 when I get the motor out of the way.

[914dave]

"I am wondering what kind of muffler you will use with the reverse light switch where it is. I would assume you could use megaphones or something similar " John

John,
I have a triad muffler with GHL heat exchangers. Haven't trial fitted them yet. If it's too close I should be able to put a spacer between the exchangers and the muffler to move it rearwards. We'll see. I'll get some pics in the car with less in the background.
Thanks again for your help with the reverse engineering of that Vellios lever.

"Why reinvent the wheel???????????" George

George,
My Vellios is setup with an internal spring that puts the selector in the 3rd/4th gear plane. You have to push against the spring to move into the 1st/2nd gear plane. I was concerned that the spring pressures from both the trans and the Rennshift would be difficult to push against outward. Your arm has more strength pulling towards you. I don't have to change the pattern. I've just decided to take the time and do everything the way I like it. I'm just more comfortable with a standard shift pattern. Plus I like the challenge of doing something a little different.
Dave