Can we all take a moment and appreciate how Greg always tries to be funny and happy no matter the video so we would be happy too. I appreciate that a lot Greg, especially when I'm down in dumps PS: When we pushing that built engine to it's limit?
Shop tip; 5:37 A file only cuts on the forward stroke! In 7th grade metal shop, Mr. Edge, I had to write that 100 times on the blackboard. Dragging the file backwards on the piece dulls the file, which might explain why your file didn't work very well.
Lol watching you drive while still having that ticket over your head stresses me out Greg! My offer still stands! If you’d like to borrow some parts for your state ref I got you! - TheMintMiata
I always heard people express their dislike for the feel of notchy shifters, and after owning my Miata for a couple years (and being the only manual car I've owned so far), I literally don't understand why anyone would dislike it? I learned how to drive stick in my friend's GTI, and could barely tell when I was even putting it into a gear, especially with the long throw, and this was with literally zero experience driving a stick. Then more recently when I drove a friend's newer Mazda 3 with a stick, since it seemed to have the same kind of shifter as my friend's GTI (as I would assume a lot of standard sized cars would have), it made me appreciate my Miata so much more. Now I just want a new Miata so I can give my old one a rest, lol.
The reason i love this channel is because of how relatable your videos are. I’m sure I speak for most of us when I say we’ve all experienced the ‘close but no go’ fitment of parts and had to sit using a cutting wheel/dremel/sander to get the clearances we need.
Based on my few weeks of classes before I dropped out, the internet, and all the anime I watch, the anime gods say it's 峠の生活様式 (Tōge no seikatsu yōshiki). Apparently No (の) normally shows possession or position. So what you have there should say something like "Touge's Daily Life", I believe. The "Lifestyle" there seems to mean more "Daily Life", so I don't think it's necessarily wrong, but I could see that 生活様式 more means "This isn't just what I do everyday, this is who I am as a person." Na (な), however, is used as a descriptor for traditional adjectives. So for most normal adjectives (that don't end in I, and aren't i-adjectives), Na is used, however, because I guess in Japan they don't really use Nouns to describe other Nouns, there's such a thing as の-adjectives (no-adjectives). の-adjectives are apparently, "the term “no-adjective” simply means “nouns which are typically translated to adjectives in English and other languages.”" according to this stackexchange post: japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/2770/so-called-%E3%81%AE-adjectives-how-does-%E3%81%AE-really-work as well as a few other sources I've found online. So in this case, it should be correct because you are using a noun, "Touge", to describe another noun, "Lifestyle/Daily Life" as we normally do in English. So, 峠の暮らし振り in the context of no-adjectives, should read "Touge Daily Life" or "Touge Lifestyle". So yeah, it looks to be right, but then again, I have a toddler level of Japanese, if not less, and even though the internet is always right (kappa), you never know.
The reason it gets hard to put into gear under quick shifts is due to the synchros, that's why short shifters have the bad rep of blowing synchros. Easy way to not blow the synchros is slow shifts, either that or learn to double clutch. Hope this helps someone
Just recently got to LA for work, first time being on the west coast, and I can not believe how much I agree with you talking about the heat.. most of the cars I've owned had either had no A/C or I've taken it out, I wouldn't want that in LA..
Wife is all "eat your dinner, it's gonna get cold". "Hold on, carpassionchannel has a new video....." Seriously good stuff, and I'm not talking about dinner. I hope you can keep us updated on the ref thing. Thanks for the video!
Well done! Me and some friends were talking about the IRP-Shifter (and CAE) just a couple a days ago. Happy to see some use in a Miata here shortly after.
After years of watching, a couple of days ago i finally got a 92' 116k miles 1 owner miata. Pretty sweet, oem hardtop and glass window soft top. Looking to manual swap it.
If there was a shorter KMiata shifter rod to move it forward and a plate to cover the shifter hole (add holes to mount that stand for the shifter) with a hole opened up for the IRP shifter you could move that whole thing forward it looks like and avoid trimming the center console. Not sure on spacing RE: the dash though. I really like the look of this Greg, I might be getting it myself..
i would take that old shifter base plate, drill a big new center hole, drill holes for the new shifter mounting points and countersink them. To seal take one of those general purpose CV axle boots, cut to size and mount it upside down (cone facing down). Some tie rips and voilà
Sweet vid. There was a Terminator ad before it started. Youre moving up in the world. Two thoughts. Monday morning mechanic style. 1) could you have put a piece of 1/4” plate across the underside of your trans tunnel an bolted through that with washer shims? 2) Can you flip your current shifter boot upside down to get some temporary heat and noise relief until you sort that out?
Small block Chevy swapped a 300zx with a friend just after finishing it took it on a 800 mile road trip to roadkill nights and oh my god do I wish we made somthing to block the trans tunnel shifter hole the heat coming out of that hole was ungodly
Dude, you have to get rid of that oem console now that you have that sick shifter, grab one of those jass performance shorty consoles, or circular ring ones.
Flip Flop I’ve been around since I watched his how to buy a Miata video to get mine. I just like to keep the meme alive lol he truly is the Miata dad that has helped me do everything to my car from changing the radiator to watching the broke and boosted series that inspired me to boost mine. Even inspired me to buy a vvt motor that I will hopefully build soon once I have some more money.
If you ran a piece of flatstock under the front and then extended it out probably could line it up with the original miata holes and get a little more strength out of it. Awesome job though!
Greg, contact IRP and see if they can send you a rubber trans cover from a normal miata shifter kit. I got one of these recently (not fitted yet) but the shifter bolts straight to the trans and then there’s a rubber mat/metal frame combo that bolts to the stock transmission tunnel holes (like the stock mazda shift boot does). It’s a pretty simple thing that I think you could modify really easily to suit your car. Or you could probably fab something up similar just using a sheet of 1/8th rubber and a few bits of aluminium sheet/bar and get the same effect :-)
TheCarPassionChannel awesome! Like i say i’ve not got mine installed yet but I was doing the same as you (using extensions to get the top of the shifter closer to the wheel) and while it worked ok for me (never broke one) I’ve never really been that happy with it or how it looks and when I saw this in the video I knew this was what I needed :D
TheCarPassionChannel miata 5 speed at the moment, i’m a ‘90 1.6, NA on throttle bodies, so almost the complete opposite end of the scale power wise to you! But all your content with the KMiata stuff interests me as I think when my 1.6 dies I’ll likely be going the K20 way so you’re fighting all the same battles I’ll probably encounter
@@ChristianChalliner If you mean the vibration stuff, it sounds like the K-Series swaps haven't had many issues and most of the problems are coming out of BP cars. So you're good 😄 Hopefully we figure it out soon though
If you want to seal up the hole and keep the look of the inner workings of the lever, can you just make a plate mount that the shifter mounts onto and uses the holes you drilled?
I'm watching this wondering why you didn't think to try and pass the new shifter though the old adapter plate and fab a bracket an bolt the restrictor/lockout box to that
I’ve been trying for the past couple days to get my ecu set up with an aem afr gauge but when I start the car the arm gauge reads about 14.7 but the megasquirt reads 7.5. I calibrated it and I have it plugged into analog power and negative. I can’t find anything else on what could be wrong
Any thoughts on the difference between the roadster sport Miata shifter you had on the Miata trans vs this IRP one? I know the trans is different, but really curious
Why didn't you modify the nice plate on the Kmiata shifter since it was already broken? Could have made a hole with enough room for the shifter to work, and mounted the shifter itself to the plate..
Why not use an adjustable open rod (fork) end linage instead of cutting up the interior parts? Any length is possible with those treaded rods. And they are not expensive to set up. ---Just my two cents.
I am pretty sure that shifter says: Guregu-san, go get an NC, onegaishimasu.
Am disappoint. Not one mention of a ballcock shank washer.
Can we all take a moment and appreciate how Greg always tries to be funny and happy no matter the video so we would be happy too. I appreciate that a lot Greg, especially when I'm down in dumps
PS: When we pushing that built engine to it's limit?
If the current turbo goes, the engine is going to be crying because it will be time to upsize 😂
@@TheCarPassionChannel just do what your heart says it's right
Shifter looks awesome!
Recently had a ZF box put in my MX5, so I'll see how long it is before I get bored and put something like this in haha
Hiya Jimmer!
Hi jimmer
Shop tip; 5:37 A file only cuts on the forward stroke! In 7th grade metal shop, Mr. Edge, I had to write that 100 times on the blackboard.
Dragging the file backwards on the piece dulls the file, which might explain why your file didn't work very well.
Although a bastard file can cut in both directions
@@graymatter256 News to me. No bastard file I ever owned cut in both directions.
Depends on how the file is cut
Lol watching you drive while still having that ticket over your head stresses me out Greg! My offer still stands! If you’d like to borrow some parts for your state ref I got you! - TheMintMiata
My man Greg out here pioneering the Miata game
I always heard people express their dislike for the feel of notchy shifters, and after owning my Miata for a couple years (and being the only manual car I've owned so far), I literally don't understand why anyone would dislike it? I learned how to drive stick in my friend's GTI, and could barely tell when I was even putting it into a gear, especially with the long throw, and this was with literally zero experience driving a stick. Then more recently when I drove a friend's newer Mazda 3 with a stick, since it seemed to have the same kind of shifter as my friend's GTI (as I would assume a lot of standard sized cars would have), it made me appreciate my Miata so much more. Now I just want a new Miata so I can give my old one a rest, lol.
The reason i love this channel is because of how relatable your videos are. I’m sure I speak for most of us when I say we’ve all experienced the ‘close but no go’ fitment of parts and had to sit using a cutting wheel/dremel/sander to get the clearances we need.
Appreciate you 👏
You constantly tinkering and adding stuff to your Miata is really helping me with the shopping list for when I eventually get mine.
Started dying when you said "welp, hope no one from the authorities hears that one"
Great stuff! Keep it up!
What I like about your build is you keep breaking things then making them stronger and faster ;)
Based on my few weeks of classes before I dropped out, the internet, and all the anime I watch, the anime gods say it's 峠の生活様式 (Tōge no seikatsu yōshiki).
Apparently No (の) normally shows possession or position. So what you have there should say something like "Touge's Daily Life", I believe. The "Lifestyle" there seems to mean more "Daily Life", so I don't think it's necessarily wrong, but I could see that 生活様式 more means "This isn't just what I do everyday, this is who I am as a person." Na (な), however, is used as a descriptor for traditional adjectives. So for most normal adjectives (that don't end in I, and aren't i-adjectives), Na is used, however, because I guess in Japan they don't really use Nouns to describe other Nouns, there's such a thing as の-adjectives (no-adjectives).
の-adjectives are apparently, "the term “no-adjective” simply means “nouns which are typically translated to adjectives in English and other languages.”" according to this stackexchange post: japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/2770/so-called-%E3%81%AE-adjectives-how-does-%E3%81%AE-really-work as well as a few other sources I've found online. So in this case, it should be correct because you are using a noun, "Touge", to describe another noun, "Lifestyle/Daily Life" as we normally do in English. So, 峠の暮らし振り in the context of no-adjectives, should read "Touge Daily Life" or "Touge Lifestyle".
So yeah, it looks to be right, but then again, I have a toddler level of Japanese, if not less, and even though the internet is always right (kappa), you never know.
The reason it gets hard to put into gear under quick shifts is due to the synchros, that's why short shifters have the bad rep of blowing synchros. Easy way to not blow the synchros is slow shifts, either that or learn to double clutch.
Hope this helps someone
Just recently got to LA for work, first time being on the west coast, and I can not believe how much I agree with you talking about the heat.. most of the cars I've owned had either had no A/C or I've taken it out, I wouldn't want that in LA..
3:30 dude I thought I was the only person who also has to jiggle the lock to get it to open haha
Another jiggle lock guy here!
Get this man to 100k
Craig sending it hard😅 love your work my bro 👌🏼 Mx5 Miata Professor!
“oh those... those are my umm... those are my dash cams😐”
😂😂 that should definitely be a meme
Haha, i just said to drill those holes when you said it... Lol. You can hear the quality of the shifter when you shift, great upgrade
Very cool idea, glad it worked out!
Literally relevant to what I asked you guys re: taller shifter.
@@Shadowfax2121 it is! nice option for sure, glad we know about it now too.
Thank you for taking a risk for us, man. That really is passion.
Well ive watched anime for 10+ years and im Pretty sure it says, “Slow asff”
I agree
but it's for an NA Miata not for a BRZ/GT86
@@miralemnermina142 NA Miatas are actual a fuck ton slower than any BRZ/86
NippyMoto except for tj hunts piece of shit
Wife is all "eat your dinner, it's gonna get cold".
"Hold on, carpassionchannel has a new video....."
Seriously good stuff, and I'm not talking about dinner.
I hope you can keep us updated on the ref thing. Thanks for the video!
Lithuanian here 😅🙋♂️
💪💪💪
Random video in my recommendations, and then bam! The part is from my home country, which i didn't even knew about this company 😁 Wasup Lithuanians!
Sweet looking piece you installed there, still can't really get over how fast your car revs and how awesome it sounds. Great stuff man
Well done!
Me and some friends were talking about the IRP-Shifter (and CAE) just a couple a days ago.
Happy to see some use in a Miata here shortly after.
I'm glad I talked you into getting this shifter
After years of watching, a couple of days ago i finally got a 92' 116k miles 1 owner miata. Pretty sweet, oem hardtop and glass window soft top. Looking to manual swap it.
I have the IRP on my stock 5 speed. Great shifter 😁
Is it worth the hefty price tag?
Boys, we alone 8k subs away from that silver plaque and getting Greg closer towards full time TH-camr at 300k subs. Let’s get him there!
And plus doesn't TH-cam ship you a GTR at 100k subs??
Really? Cool! Knowing you you’ll probably sell it and buy 40 Miatas
You desrve more subscribers man fr 💯
Great work Greg! Car sounds so perfect man!
"Oh god, what did I drop?"
Story of my life with my NB1.
YEET That thing looks hella rad bro, worth every penny
Greg, my man. So proud to see you wearing gloves!
If there was a shorter KMiata shifter rod to move it forward and a plate to cover the shifter hole (add holes to mount that stand for the shifter) with a hole opened up for the IRP shifter you could move that whole thing forward it looks like and avoid trimming the center console. Not sure on spacing RE: the dash though.
I really like the look of this Greg, I might be getting it myself..
hope you get that ref-situation figured out. I would love to see Matt Farah do a onetake of your car.
Maybe a shorty console and some nice carpeting to cover the hole.
Yesssss
Awesome work! Just stumbled on this in after a night of drinking lol always loved these IRP shifters!
Good choice! I really like my IRP shifter. That 2-3 shift couldn't possibly get any faster than this shifter made it.
I jumped out of my rocket league tournament to watch this video.
man your car sounds so good.
Glad you're back into the car.. GREG.. and safe home from MATG
i would take that old shifter base plate, drill a big new center hole, drill holes for the new shifter mounting points and countersink them. To seal take one of those general purpose CV axle boots, cut to size and mount it upside down (cone facing down). Some tie rips and voilà
eyyy from lithuania im here watchin and lovin your vids and miatas in general
That worked out surprisingly well. I have a Garagistic shifter in my e36. Those Getrag 5 speeds will put some muscle on you.
This video saddens me because i broke a gear in my trans now its stuck in 4th. You keep my dream going tho
sounds like a shift fork broke, but I could be wrong
Still killin it Craig!
Im doing the same. E46 6-Gear but with a CAE Shifter. Quality if off the charts + color/knob type can be choosen.
Got to get myself one of these.
Great video 👌
Drive safe ✌
1000 IQ when he came up with the holes 😂
Sweet vid. There was a Terminator ad before it started. Youre moving up in the world. Two thoughts. Monday morning mechanic style.
1) could you have put a piece of 1/4” plate across the underside of your trans tunnel an bolted through that with washer shims?
2) Can you flip your current shifter boot upside down to get some temporary heat and noise relief until you sort that out?
Thats some pretty impressive gear shift kung fu right there.
It says "I don't even speak japanese. I just think it looks cool."
i love this channel so much!
Omg you saved the cup holder yessssss
missed you man, hope you get that ticket shit sorted soon
Small block Chevy swapped a 300zx with a friend just after finishing it took it on a 800 mile road trip to roadkill nights and oh my god do I wish we made somthing to block the trans tunnel shifter hole the heat coming out of that hole was ungodly
Reminds me of the day I drove a friends car and shifted in 2nd and had the shift knob in my hand when I went to grab the wheel
Hey Greg, where did you get that Mazda flag that's hanging in your garage? I need more garage art.
Bump
Dude, you have to get rid of that oem console now that you have that sick shifter, grab one of those jass performance shorty consoles, or circular ring ones.
Did you manage to solve the police problems or still working on those?
well he said he didnt drive the car in over a month so its safe to assume its not resolved yet
Video notification = Insta click
Nice video Craig
When are we getting that diff swap video Craig?
He's so famous by now and some call him still Craig?! Its Greg, GREG Peters. But I'm also waiting for that video✌
Flip Flop I’ve been around since I watched his how to buy a Miata video to get mine. I just like to keep the meme alive lol he truly is the Miata dad that has helped me do everything to my car from changing the radiator to watching the broke and boosted series that inspired me to boost mine. Even inspired me to buy a vvt motor that I will hopefully build soon once I have some more money.
Flip Flop I still have a 1.6 Torsen and make ~190-200 so I’m just playing the waiting game until it dies lol
When it arrives, there shall be video young grasshopper
Hi Graeigh nice job..
finally a new video!!!
Lithuania! We are here!
Did you get rid of the k power bmw shifter? Asking for myself.
The boss is back
If you ran a piece of flatstock under the front and then extended it out probably could line it up with the original miata holes and get a little more strength out of it. Awesome job though!
I could be wrong but the nylon lock nut looks a little loose the nylon is supposed to catch the bolt threads. 9:04
Yeah it was just tightened to the nylon in that shot, as far as I could go by hand.
Seeing your miata. i miss mine now..
Greg, contact IRP and see if they can send you a rubber trans cover from a normal miata shifter kit. I got one of these recently (not fitted yet) but the shifter bolts straight to the trans and then there’s a rubber mat/metal frame combo that bolts to the stock transmission tunnel holes (like the stock mazda shift boot does). It’s a pretty simple thing that I think you could modify really easily to suit your car.
Or you could probably fab something up similar just using a sheet of 1/8th rubber and a few bits of aluminium sheet/bar and get the same effect :-)
They actually built me a custom solution for my car and it came out sick, I'll have an update on that in an upcoming video
TheCarPassionChannel awesome! Like i say i’ve not got mine installed yet but I was doing the same as you (using extensions to get the top of the shifter closer to the wheel) and while it worked ok for me (never broke one) I’ve never really been that happy with it or how it looks and when I saw this in the video I knew this was what I needed :D
@@ChristianChalliner And you're running the Miata trans or a BMW trans setup?
TheCarPassionChannel miata 5 speed at the moment, i’m a ‘90 1.6, NA on throttle bodies, so almost the complete opposite end of the scale power wise to you! But all your content with the KMiata stuff interests me as I think when my 1.6 dies I’ll likely be going the K20 way so you’re fighting all the same battles I’ll probably encounter
@@ChristianChalliner If you mean the vibration stuff, it sounds like the K-Series swaps haven't had many issues and most of the problems are coming out of BP cars. So you're good 😄 Hopefully we figure it out soon though
ahhhhhhhh I don't know about all that clearancing. I surely hope the next video isn't "My Miata won't go into gear"
NippyMoto or “so I broke the mount on my new shifter”
but where’d the fire extinguisher go at 12:25
You want a DoctorMX5 upper shift boot, the centre hole will stretch to fit the shifter
Thanks man I'll check it out!
If you want to seal up the hole and keep the look of the inner workings of the lever, can you just make a plate mount that the shifter mounts onto and uses the holes you drilled?
I'm watching this wondering why you didn't think to try and pass the new shifter though the old adapter plate and fab a bracket an bolt the restrictor/lockout box to that
Greg couldnt u use a stock NA rubber tunnel boot and modify it for the shifter?
Roll up to the Miata meet and yell "LOOK AT ALL THE BALLCOCK SHANK WASHERS" Only the real ogs will get a good laugh out of it
What wheels do you have? They look sick.
Amazing job!
I’ve been trying for the past couple days to get my ecu set up with an aem afr gauge but when I start the car the arm gauge reads about 14.7 but the megasquirt reads 7.5. I calibrated it and I have it plugged into analog power and negative. I can’t find anything else on what could be wrong
Is your miata diff welded or not welded.?.
What stereo is that? Alpine IDA series?
how does it compare to the miataroadster.com shifter you had on the 6 speed?
I want the pewds knob lol
Any thoughts on the difference between the roadster sport Miata shifter you had on the Miata trans vs this IRP one? I know the trans is different, but really curious
I'm lithuanian and I hear about irp for a first time...
I wish I had the skills he's had with an allen wrench
Why didn't you modify the nice plate on the Kmiata shifter since it was already broken? Could have made a hole with enough room for the shifter to work, and mounted the shifter itself to the plate..
If I end up not liking the IRP, I can sell it and have someone fix + extend the KMiata shifter.
Deum ,kas čia dar iš Lietuvos?
Why not use an adjustable open rod (fork) end linage instead of cutting up the interior parts? Any length is possible with those treaded rods. And they are not expensive to set up.
---Just my two cents.
I have irp in my E46 it’s worth the money but god damn pain in the ass to mount trying to keep the center console look “stock”
What’s the % reduction on the short shifter?
Can you make a video of how much you’ve spent on this build?
Epic brofist for last