Does Anyone Have Or Sell A Modified Stock C5 Shifter ?

 

Just cut yours down by one inch. you will love it for sure!

 

I read here on the boards where someone installed a stock C6 shifter in their C5 with little or no problem and it turned out to be a good improvement without going overboard. You might want to check out that option.

B.

 

Try this mod: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1048279

 

I dropped in a C6 shifter in my C5 and it is great. The knop just falls into your hand. I have a stock shifter that is cut down if you want it but I strongly suggest that you go for the C6 shifter and ****.

 

I'm thinking about the C6 shifter myself. might try this first though..

 

I followed the link above, read how to do it, then went to the garage, followed coast7's directions and in about a 1/2 hour I had my **** lowered!

Very easy mod. Very ingenious idea! Minimal tools required.

..rickko..

 

A few links that may help you out:

http://joshker99.home.comcast.net/shifterpage.htm

http://benelliwang.badassride.com/Shifter/

http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c5/pat...rInstall.shtml

I used the first one as a guide and just yesterday shortened a stock shifter by about 3/4" and gave it a slight tilt back and cant towards the driver. I'll putin the car and post my opinions later this week.

 

Post some pics if you do it yourself.

 

OK, here they are.

I started by cutting the stock shifter with a sawzall, I cut it right in the middle of the thick part. Pic

I didn't take any pictures along the way, but I used two 9/16-18 bolts to make the modifications, each 3" long initially. I cut the head off of one so it was still 3", and cut the other so that only about 1.5" of the smooth part in the middle was left. I used a stick welder to attach the bolt pieces to the top of the stock shifter, then ground it down smooth (smooth enough for me anyway), then covered the shiny spots with primer paint to keep it from rusting.

The hardest part of the whole mod was getting the stock shifter down to just the bare center shaft (due to everything being press-fit and glued on to it). Once I did that I ground an angle into the bolts I had already cut so they would line up to the shaft while being at the proper angle that I wanted.

The end result was a shifter that is about 3/4" shorter and physically positioned closer to the driver.

Click here to see a pic taken at a 90* angle that shows how much the mod tilts it straight back.

Click here to see a pic taken at a 90* angle that shows how much the mod tilts it towards the driver.

In both of those pics I have the cut off portion of the shifter positioned so you can tell how much shorter it is now.

Click here to see a pic taken at an angle that most obviously shows the mod.

Before installing it I taped it up to help with noise/vibration reduction, and to give the shift boot something to rest on.

Here'a a pic with a side by side comparison of my mod and a stock shifter.

End result, ME LIKE! The shifts are definitely shorter, and I love the way it is now angled and closer to me. Well worth the $20 I spent on the extra shifter.

 

I just fitted a Breathless shifter in my Z06 and wonder what all the fuss is about with aftermarket shifters. The shift is perfect and there are no issues with getting reverse or 6th as I've occasionally read (I used the softest springs)and the noise is no worse than stock. Recommended. The shift is now like a rifle bolt rather than a trapeze artist.