Hybrid Racing Short Shifter for 97-01 Prelude/98-02 Accord/CL-S - Black

 

Hybrid Racing Short Shifter - Prelude, Accord, CL Type S, & Insight

We take our shifters seriously.
The shifter is one of the few parts you touch every time you drive, and when it sucks, you feel it instantly. A good shifter can be the difference between nailing third at 8,000rpm or money-shifting into disaster. After building short shifters for 15+ years, we’ve poured everything we’ve learned into this Hybrid Racing Accord adjustable shifter for the Accord CL1 / Euro R, Prelude, and Insight manual cars. If you’re chasing a legit Accord CL1 shifter upgrade or an Accord Euro R short shifter that doesn’t feel like a loose OEM refresh, this is it.

 

This Hybrid Racing steel frame shifter uses one of the strongest and lightest frames we’ve ever put in a car like this. It’s rigid, so it doesn’t flex when you’re banging gears, but it doesn’t weigh a ton either. The internal spring keeps every gear change smooth and consistent instead of notchy and vague. A four-link layout gives you a true Accord short shifter adjustable setup—short, precise shifts with less hardware to rattle or wear out over time.

Adjustability is where this thing earns its keep. With a single 5mm allen, you can set your adjustable shift knob Prelude / Accord / Insight height from 10mm to 30mm taller than stock. Same tool, same hardware, and you can also move the knob closer to or farther from the wheel so you don’t have to reach or take your hand off the wheel longer than necessary. Want a Prelude short shifter -40% throw? You can go anywhere from about 20% to 40% shorter than stock. Gate spacing (side-to-side movement) is also adjustable up to 5% shorter, so you can run short throws with wider gates, longer throws with tighter gates, or any weird combo you like. If you want a short gate spacing shifter Prelude or a short shifter CL Type-S style feel, you can dial it in exactly how you want it.

Look closely and you’ll see we didn’t cheap out. The links use full 6061‑T6 aluminum construction paired with stainless steel ball bearings, so they move smoothly and stay quiet without constant re-greasing. The shift levers are stainless steel too, which means no ugly rust after a wet season or two. This works great as a Hybrid Racing Prelude short shifter, a Hybrid Racing CL short shifter, or an Insight manual short shifter, and we run the same layout on our own cars. The internal spring is also swappable, so if you want a lighter or heavier resistance, you can tune it to your preference instead of being stuck with whatever the factory gave you. Think of it as a Prelude knob height shifter and Prelude stainless steel shifter that you can actually fine-tune instead of just “install and hope.”

Between the construction, the adjustability, and the real-world testing we’ve done on track and street, this Hybrid Racing Prelude short shifter and Accord / CL / Insight setup gives you a precise, mechanical feel you can trust at redline. It’s available as:
SKU: HYB-SAS-01-60 | Color: Black
SKU: HYB-SAS-01-61 | Color: Red
Options Summary: Color: Black, Red

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