Hurst Shifter - Wow!!!
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Hurst Shifter - Wow!!!
I just replaced my stock '68 shifter with a Hurst Competition/Plus and what a difference. It's like driving a totally different car. I spent two evenings putting it in and had to jack up the trany. Overall it was a pretty easy project that has paid-off quite nicely!
Anyone else have the same opinion as me on the Hurst? This was the best money I have spent on my car thus far.
Andy
Anyone else have the same opinion as me on the Hurst? This was the best money I have spent on my car thus far.
Andy
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St. Jude Donor '10
What changes about the drive that makes you all like the change so much if I may ask?
Thanks for the data, we'll be talking more soon.
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edit-Wilcox has it.
http://willcoxcorvette.com/product_i...oducts_id=2675
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One thing among many that always bothered me about the Muncie shifter was that in neutral it wobbles back and forth.
cc
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David, one word sums up the Hurst shifter experience...Precision. After driving with a sloppy Muncie shifter, i.e. chicken leg, you'll find that you no longer have to hunt for the shift gates and you can shift with confidence that you will hit the next gear correctly.
One thing among many that always bothered me about the Muncie shifter was that in neutral it wobbles back and forth.
cc
One thing among many that always bothered me about the Muncie shifter was that in neutral it wobbles back and forth.
cc
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man, this is killing me. I want to keep part of the tranny original (I rebuilt my m20 as an m22) but the throws are so long and sloppy, and hard to get aligned. I am going to try and place the shifter on the shorter throw holes as a tune-up, but if this desn't work, I'm gonna just brake down and by a hurst kit. I need to be able to speed shift, and this old mechanism is so sloppy! my '64 race car has one, and it's real nice, but it's a real race version with reverse lock-out with modifactions to fit. DOes this Hurst kit take any mods to the interior?
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man, this is killing me. I want to keep part of the tranny original (I rebuilt my m20 as an m22) but the throws are so long and sloppy, and hard to get aligned. I am going to try and place the shifter on the shorter throw holes as a tune-up, but if this desn't work, I'm gonna just brake down and by a hurst kit. I need to be able to speed shift, and this old mechanism is so sloppy! my '64 race car has one, and it's real nice, but it's a real race version with reverse lock-out with modifactions to fit. DOes this Hurst kit take any mods to the interior?
cc
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I may need to do this in the future also. I've had a few Hursts in the old days and they are very nice.
What about the Reverse lock mechanism? Is it disabled? There's the lever to get into reverse, then the key lock.
What about the Reverse lock mechanism? Is it disabled? There's the lever to get into reverse, then the key lock.
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St. Jude Donor '10
Okay, great information and you have me very interested. Anyone care to share the ballpark dollars I will be looking at to make this swap out, Muncie to Hurst that is...
Appreciate your help guys, this is great data.
David
Appreciate your help guys, this is great data.
David
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That's right, no worries about going into reverse by accident. It's a little difficult to get into reverse but once you get the hang of it you don't have much of a problem. You just have to push on it a little harder. I went with the Hurst stick that looks like the stock set up; it even has the mock lock out as mentioned in an earlier reply. No body knows that you swapped it out unless they drive it.