Please comment on the C6 Shifter
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Drifting
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From: Springfield MO
St. Jude Donor '05
Please comment on the C6 Shifter
For those of you who installed the C6 shifter, please let me know what you thought of it. I'm contemplating buying one since Fred beans has a nice sale on them.
I currently have the stock shifter cut down 5/8".
Please post comments on why you voted the way you did.
I currently have the stock shifter cut down 5/8".
Please post comments on why you voted the way you did.
Safety Car
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From: St Marys GA
See my previous post last week: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...r&forum_id=103
The throw is only a little shorter, but what I really like is the feel of the ****. It feels like what the factory shifter should have. I've only had the car 4 weeks but feel this was a worthwhile mod along with the CAGS jumper.
Good look with your installation esp the dreaded key (pin).
DBD
02 Triple Black
The throw is only a little shorter, but what I really like is the feel of the ****. It feels like what the factory shifter should have. I've only had the car 4 weeks but feel this was a worthwhile mod along with the CAGS jumper.
Good look with your installation esp the dreaded key (pin).
DBD
02 Triple Black
Race Director
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From: Haymarket VA
I had a B&M Ripper in but the effort was too high when an old wrist injury acted up. Installed the C6 which has a much lighter effort. I really liked the Ripper but the C6 is probably better overall for me.
Team Owner
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St. Jude Donor '05-'08
The throw on the stock shifter is just too long.
The shorter C6 shifter plus the angle of the shifter makes it much easier to shift gears than the stock one.
The installation is also easy. Take out the old and put in the new (ok a bit more complicated than that, but no much).
The shorter C6 shifter plus the angle of the shifter makes it much easier to shift gears than the stock one.
The installation is also easy. Take out the old and put in the new (ok a bit more complicated than that, but no much).
Drifting
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From: San Diego
Originally Posted by MARK's_C5TT
I'm waiting for someone to do it in my area so I can see and feel what teh C6 shifter is like in a C5. I Know the profile is even lower than the hurst shifter. Its the low profile that attracts me.
..rickko..
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Originally Posted by rickko
Not as low if you do this mod to the stock **** (See this thread/pic in Post #6 http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1098283 ). The Hurst is lower than the stock shifter but after doing this mod It will lower the **** another 3/4" maybe. Very comfortable plus solid shifts.
..rickko..
..rickko..
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From: Annapolis MD
The stock shifter sucks. I tried a Hurst and couldn't warm up to it. The C6 is fine for me, and is especially nice in heavier traffic, like anywhere in the DC Metro corridor. Shifts are shorter and seem smoother. I won't go back.
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Originally Posted by JackTsDBG
The stock shifter sucks. I tried a Hurst and couldn't warm up to it. The C6 is fine for me, and is especially nice in heavier traffic, like anywhere in the DC Metro corridor. Shifts are shorter and seem smoother. I won't go back.
Same here. The hurst is too too tight with not much room for error. And Ripper is even worse.
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Originally Posted by coast7
IMHO any shifter change should be accompanied by changing both the transmission and differential fluids to synthetic if you haven't already done so.
