I got lucky with a washer I had laying around and didn’t have to sand it. Drop it on tighten it and it perfectly lined up. I never get lucky on shit like that.
Mine is for sale if anyone's interested, I sold the car..
I like it with one spacer nut which raises it a little higher than stock. Going to try this and if I don't like it I will adjust it lower.
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PMed you!I've gone a bit shift knob crazy in the past year and I should probably post up a comparison thread. I've got the original GT350 knob of course, plus the Ford Performance cue ball, the MGW gripper, the MGW cue ball, an Anarchy Motive knob, and now this beautiful creation from Billetworkz. Hopefully I will have more to come on the rest, but this is my favorite of the bunch and I think it's staying on the car. Here are some pictures of the Billetworkz knob:
This thing is really impressive. The laser engraving is very sharp, it has a nice weight, and the quality of the powdercoat is very good. I was dubious of the shape over a regular cue ball, but it feels great. I can't wait for it to warm up so I can start banging gears on backroads again.
The knob shape is their "short teardrop" and it has a reverse lockout pocket so you can use it with the factory shifter, but I have it installed on my MGW with the MGW OEM knob adapter. Billetworkz has other knobs including a regular cueball-shaped one that I suspect you could make work with MGW's jam nut for the MGW cueball knobs. I didn't weigh it, but according to their specs it weighs in at a smidge under 1 lb. It also appears to be the same diameter as the Ford Performance GT350 cueball knob that I have.
That shift pattern incorporating the GT350 emblem is my own design, feel free to PM me if you want a copy that you can engrave yourself or send to a different company.
Also, you might be able to tell that I have the knob set really high in the pictures, that's just how I prefer it. There's a lot of adjustment range on an MGW when you use the OEM knob adapter (M12x1.25) and a GT350 knob (M10x1.25) and I think you could get this thing to go down another inch and a half. The pocket inside for the reverse lockout is quite deep and I actually have some washers spacing it out.
I got the knob three weeks to the day after placing my order. That's a hell of a lot better than the thirty-seven weeks it took Anarchy Motive to ship their knob.
Only real downside is the price. This thing was $140 plus $10 shipping, but I think judging by my invoice if you skipped the cobras on the side and just did the GT350 shift pattern on top, it would be closer to $110 shipped.
I think it's totally worth it though, this is the knob that I had in mind when ordering the AM knob and it's a high quality piece.
Forum member pics:
@mkonrad 's:
PLEASE NOTE IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING AN ORDER:
See my post below (link) about which cobra emblem to have engraved on which colors for proper appearance.
R owners, please see my post (link) about the alternate shift pattern with the GT350R logo.
Comparison of GT350 Twister Orange to Billetworkz "Gloss Orange" (link)
I've got the candy blue that they offer in my lightning blue car. A little darker than the exterior, but it looks good on the inside of the car. That's probably the closest that they have to FP blue.
