I traded in my WS6 for a 2001 C5, its very nice but I cannot stand the shifter, or at least the ugly bulky ****. I had a B&M Ripper shifter in my Trans Am but noticed others with the Pro 5.0 in theirs and I must say it felt much smoother than the B&M and better feel.

I dont really see much talk about shifters but it may be because all these old guys drive automatics

My question is I dont see Pro 5.0's for corvettes, WS6's and Vettes both use T5-6 but id imagine that the shifters arent interchangable. I have seen B&M and Hurst made one and some others.... What do you guys use "recommend".

Graham

 

B&M, Hurst, BPP, theres a few others that I cant remember now.

 

I just cut down my stock shifter, as has been done by several on this forum. Gets rid of the rubber insulator piece (which is the major contributor to the spongy feel), shortens it by about an inch to probably shorter than you'd want to go, maintains the stock **** (which I like), and is just about free!

When I get home I'll try to dig up my install guide and post it.

HTH, and have a good one,
Mike

 

I am cutting mine as well. Tried the Hurst and didn't like it. I contacted Pro 5.0 several times in the past and they always told me they were working on one for the Vette, maybe they think the market is flooded at this point and aren't pursuing it further. I was a year or two ago last time I contacted them.

 

I am running the Kirban short throw and I like it a lot! Here are a few pictures of it next to a stock shifter;







BC

 

Wow thanks, cant wait for the guide..... So it looks like if you remove the rubber peice you get it an inch shorter? sounds great....

 

Well, I've struck out trying to find the photos I took when I did mine, but maybe I can verbally explain it to you.

I'm going to assume that, since you've replaced a shifter in a T-56, that part's going to be fairly obvious to you. This Tech Tip gives some info on how to get to the shifter: https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...D=28&TopicID=1
and this page gives you some options on how to shorten the stock shifter. The way I did it was Option 3: http://benelliwang.badassride.com/Shifter/index.html

The hardest part of the whole thing can be just getting the shifter **** off. The most consistent method of success is to use a mid-size set of vice-grips with a long (5-6" or so) 1/4-20 lag bolt used as the adjuster with some kind of sliding weight that you can use as a slide hammer. I used a 5/8" deep well socket; that gave me a good grip so I could get a good upwards whack to pop that wedge anchor (a.k.a the demon pin) out.

Once you've got the **** off, get stuff off until you can see the whole shifter, like in Bill Curlee's post. Take a cutting wheel, hacksaw, whatever, and cut/slice a length-groove in the large diameter part of the black part of the shifter. Underneath you'll see a rubber insulator, that's what's giving that floppy feel. Once you've got the slot cut, you want to peel it open so you can get the black piece off. Then you cut the black piece right at the narrow part of the taper, and drill&tap the black shaft and the silver pin (I used a 10mm tap and die), add a jam nut, and screw the two pieces together.

Voila! An adjustable shifter without the stiffness or noise of the aftermarket shifters, and you sure can't beat the price!

HTH, and have a good one,
Mike

 

I changed my stock shifter over to the Hurst short throw several years ago. I like it much better. Here is the URL that has the pix and good instructions. This is what I went by.

Ritch

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

 

It's not so much the height of the stock shifter that I disliked, but more the rubbery feel - something you can't get rid of unless you get an aftermarket shifter. Of course that super-short "snick-snick", bolt-action feel comes with a bit of vibration, but I am happy with the benefits of my BPP shifter. It is unique in that it is adjustable 16 ways to get just the right position for your particular physique.

You can see my install instructions at: http://www.conceptualpolymer.com/corvette_c5_corner.htm

 

Dave

That Snick- Snick feel and sound is what I like most about the thing! I too hear the tranny grind but only hear it every once in a while!

Love my Kirban!!!

BC