Holden VE – Pontiac G8 – Vauxhall VXR8 &
Chevrolet Lumina - Ripshift Installation Instructions
Thank you for purchasing a GM Motorsport RIPSHIFT – Some of the feature of your
new shifter are
1. Adjustable stick height, tailor your own height in 1mm increments to suit your
driving style.
2. 2nd to 3rd Centralisation springs gives the VE Ripshift the straight gate feature,
push up when in 2nd to select 3rd.
3. Optional size springs for hardcore racers.
4. Polyurethane rear mounting bush insert, provides less flex in shift action.
5. Shorter throws than standard shifter.
6. Positive stop bolts, help prevent over shifts.
7. Developed and road tested for over a year in numerous test cars and GMM ‘s
own dedicated product evaluation vehicle.
8. Has been fitted to 10 and 12 second VE cars.
9. Made in Australia using the finest materials such as 7075 aircraft series alloy
[1] Inside Car
a) Remove plastic shifter surround – pull upwards to remove, being careful to
disconnect 2 electrical plugs as your removing it
b) Remove 4 phillips head screws [7]securing the gear knob boot
c) Remove gear knob and boot [13 + 14] – pull hard upwards to remove
d) Remove 4 Allen key base screws [6] holding shifter plate [1] to transmission
tunnel
[2] Under Car
a) Remove rectangular body plate – 4 x 15mm bolts
b) Remove 2 x 15mm bolts from Left hand rear muffler to exhaust – leave muffler
hanging
c) remove 2 x 15mm bolts from Right hand rear muffler to exhaust – leave muffler
hanging
d) Remove 1 x 15mm nut from rear exhaust rubbers / diff mount bracket
e) Unplug both O2 sensors – “leave screwed into exhaust”
f) Remove 2 x 15mm nuts from Right hand side catalytic converter
g) Remove 2 x 15mm nuts from Left hand side catalytic converter
h) Spray lubricant onto the 4 exhaust hanger rubbers
i) Remove exhaust by sliding the complete system backwards – “2 people
needed”
[7] Adjusting Shifter Stops - Inside Car
a) Inside the car replace the 4 allen key base screws [6]that hold shifter plate to
transmission tunnel
b) Adjust positive stops, when the Ripshift is in 3rd and 4th gears and you are
applying slight pressure leave approximately 1.2mm between the shifter shaft
and the positive stop, once this is done tighten the nuts locking the stops in
place
c) Installing red Ripshift shaft, screw supplied nut onto arm then screw red shaft
onto Ripshift shaft, set height and lock bottom nut
d) Once again remove the 4 allen key base screws [6] holding the shifter plate
to transmission tunnel – Note: this needs to be loose to re connect the rubber
boot [10]from under car
e) Slide top rubber boot over shifter – we will reconnect this to shifter plate under
the car
[8] Under Car
a) Using pointy nose pliers pull top rubber boot tags through the shifter plate
b) Reinstall heat shield 2 x 10mm bolts
c) Reinstall exhaust – slide onto rubber mounts
d) Reconnect O2 sensors
e) Reconnect exhaust to catalytic converters 4 x 15mm nuts
f) Reconnect rear mufflers to exhaust and replace 1 x 15mm nut on rear exhaust
bracket
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