ckwhite

I've read lots of earlier posts that praise the performance and ease of installation of the MGW short-throw shifter. My question is: is the stock C7 shifter really that bad? - on a brand new"state of the art 7-speed? Is this something I honestly need to think about budgeting for? (Yeah, obviously I don't have my car yet and haven't test driven a manual.)

JDM111er

I find it fairly easy to shift and this is my first manual car.

Kracka

Best manual transmission I've owned yet. My Honda S2000 was great too, but I yet found reason to modify that shifter. After 12k miles, I'm not yet convinced the C7 M7 needs modification.

TXArtic

My only complaint is that it requires more effort to shift when the vehicle is cold. Once everything warms up the shifting is quick/smooth, the throw is pretty short too. I am happy with the M7.

BERETTA

I love the stock shifter no way I would change to an MGW. Just My opinion...

SilverFish

I like the manual shifter. It's the best stock shifter I've ever experienced in a factory car. I have had aftermarket shifters in other cars because I didn't like the stock shifters in them. I installed an MGW shifter in my GT500 which made a huge difference and I had a Roush shifter in my 2009 Roush which I loved so an aftermarket shifter can make a big difference if you don't like the feel of a stock shifter but I've found I have no issues with my factory shifter in my 14 Stingray so I am staying stock. For reference I hated the stock shifter in my 07 Vette.

SoCalC7

No. It blows away the previous gens' shifter feel, IMO.

As Kracka said above, it's almost as good as the S2000 shifter's feel, which was widely praised. Having previously tested a C6, and not liking its clutch & shifter, I made sure I test drove a C7 prior to pulling the trigger.

For me... it's great. Nothing to change.

Mdm23

M7 shifter is great imo. I really think the need for aftermarket shifters is fading on today's cars.

oyealiz

On c5s, always changed out the shifters.

On my c6, I never did, nor do I plan to on the c7.

4thC4at60

You think the Vette is hard to shift when it's cold?

You should try to shift an old Ferrari when _its_ cold.... most of the time you gotta skip 2nd gear and go into 3rd when its cold.... once warmed up it shifts wonderfully...

As to the shifter on the C7 - as good as anything I've ever shifted and that includes five Porsches and BMWs....

I'd do nothing to the C7....

-CM-

Perhaps the question should be, is the MGW shifter really that good?

stephen1254

I'm hoping it is - mine shows up here tomorrow.

davidtcpa

Another vote for the stock shifter. Although this is my first manual car in many years, the shifter seems easy to shift and has a pretty short throw.

JerryU

All the detents and shifting mechanism are in the trans, very sold feel shaft going to the back as far as I am concerned. Very positive shifts. I did install the cue ball size shift **** pictured about 10 months ago. I find it helps with the 1st to 2nd shift and when moving sideways to 5th thru 7th. It also shortens the throw ~12% per my measurements. Really like the feel.




Cue Ball Size Shift Know Helps Getting Into 5th thru 7th and Shortens Throw ~12%

Blue Demon

My exact thoughts, I really like the C7 shifter.

Tom/99

I did change the shifter in my 2004. The shifter in the 2015 is great, I plan to leave it as is.

Corgidog1

I only drive sticks and always pay particular attention to any post regarding the feel of the shifter and over the past 2 or so years, I cannot remember a negative comment about the feel other than maybe some initial difficulty in finding 6th and 7th gear.

C7Joy

Add me to the contented manual C7 shift crowd. I would change nothing.

mjw930

The stock shifter works fine but I changed over to the MGW and simply love it. It takes what is a good shifter and eliminates all the slop induced by the rubber bushings and plastic shifter button on the bottom of the stock unit. It becomes very "mechanical" with the MGW, you can feel all the gate actuations and with it being a shorter shifter the effort is increased but overall I'm very happy with the upgrade, YMMV.

Nosferatu

it's a good shifter but here's a few things I've noticed...

Cold start getting into 1st requires just a little more effort than I'd expect. Once it's put into 1st a few times it's fine the remainder of the drive.

In addition, it can take some getting used to going from 4th to 5th vs 7th. In addition, downshifting from 7th to 6th you may find yourself going into 4th.

Lastly, not a fault of the shifter, but the transmission ratios could have been handled better. Why from 3rd to 4th is there a HUGE gap on Z51? 3rd ends at around 104mph and 4th takes you to almost 150. Should have made 5th 1:1 and a 4th gear less steep.