That will work, but if you lengthen the piece that the other side of that rod connects to, it will shorten the throw with out increasing the resistance as much as the method you described.  I've done it the way you described, and it makes it kinda hard to get into gear at times.

i run both on my race car. believe it or not, its a smoother shift w/o any kind of weight on the rods than with it.

it's notchy, and you can definatley tell it's in gear, but i wouldnt say that it's hard to get into gear by any means. but that's me.

i ran both on my jetta as well...

notchy is good, heim jointed is best. all that factory bushing crap has so much play in it, even when new, its not worth trying to 'upgrade' the throw without eliminating all play first. and with the change of leverage the shift arms have, the bushings are just going to have more force on them , and wear out even faster. Also, the bushing setup gets to a point where the angles of the bent connecting rods are at such awkward angles that they develop huge resistances at certain points in the throw (read: wear out faster)

besides, heim joints are effin sexy. IIRC duff's design is a take off from that dieselgeek heim joint kit; either buying one or making one is mo betta.

yeah missing linkz was the name, got it confused.

is that on your vr duff?