Has anybody installed a C5 short shifter...
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Racer
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Has anybody installed a C5 short shifter...
I'm thinking about the B&M short throw ripper shifter featured on page 62 of the October Corvette Enthusiast. Anyone have experience with that one or be willing to recommend another option? I've got a '99 hardtop.
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Originally Posted by Stick
I'm thinking about the B&M short throw ripper shifter featured on page 62 of the October Corvette Enthusiast. Anyone have experience with that one or be willing to recommend another option? I've got a '99 hardtop.
I threw a Hurst short throw shifter in my car and I love it. Initially I did not like it, because the Hurst shifter takes a bit more effort to get into gear than the stock shifter, but once I got used to it, it was great. The shorted length of the throws and accuracy of the shifts is well worth it.
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I chose the BPP short-throw (angled arm), primarily because of its 16 possible position configurations. It'll fit any size physique, that's for sure. You can see my install instructions by heading to:
http://www.conceptualpolymer.com/corvette_c5_corner.htm
http://www.conceptualpolymer.com/corvette_c5_corner.htm
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Originally Posted by SteveDR425
I threw a Hurst short throw shifter in my car and I love it. Initially I did not like it, because the Hurst shifter takes a bit more effort to get into gear than the stock shifter, but once I got used to it, it was great. The shorted length of the throws and accuracy of the shifts is well worth it.
The ad for my car said that it had a "short throw shifter". Not knwing what this meant, I thought this was an option thing the car came with. I do notice that compared to my son's Honda prelude, the shifter is a bit hard to shift into first gear. Going from 4 to 5 is a bit hard too. Reading the above qoute, I guess the car does have this shifter type after all. I have no reason to not believe the seller in what he claimed the car had. But...how do I know for sure what type of shifter it has?
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Racer
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speaking from experience, B&M never release a top tier shifter for a given car.. they're more like an entry level standard over OEM. As for Hurst, for some reason their shifters are always the quietest, seem to need less effort, but in the end offer the least effected "shorter" shift.
I like what BPP is trying to do, that may be the hands down best short shifter available.. But I'd be more comfortable with a Pro 5.0 or rally the troops and request that MGW make a shifter for us much like the one they did for the mustang community.
Pro 50 - A standard in good short shifters
BPP - May just be the better Corvette shifter available to date
MGW Ltd. - Shortest throw and all around best Mustang short shifter
The MGW mustang short shifter changed the game for mustang owners. After years of the same old thing and owners running the same shifters for years.. MGW re-invents the wheel and hit a grand slam.. suddenly everyone is switching over to a MGW. I've had personal experience with the difference between their shifter and others on the T56 and it IS hands down the best and shortest throw I've ever felt in a T56 equipped Mustang.
I like what BPP is trying to do, that may be the hands down best short shifter available.. But I'd be more comfortable with a Pro 5.0 or rally the troops and request that MGW make a shifter for us much like the one they did for the mustang community.
Pro 50 - A standard in good short shifters
BPP - May just be the better Corvette shifter available to date
MGW Ltd. - Shortest throw and all around best Mustang short shifter
The MGW mustang short shifter changed the game for mustang owners. After years of the same old thing and owners running the same shifters for years.. MGW re-invents the wheel and hit a grand slam.. suddenly everyone is switching over to a MGW. I've had personal experience with the difference between their shifter and others on the T56 and it IS hands down the best and shortest throw I've ever felt in a T56 equipped Mustang.
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Originally Posted by jag71usa
The ad for my car said that it had a "short throw shifter". Not knwing what this meant, I thought this was an option thing the car came with. I do notice that compared to my son's Honda prelude, the shifter is a bit hard to shift into first gear. Going from 4 to 5 is a bit hard too. Reading the above qoute, I guess the car does have this shifter type after all. I have no reason to not believe the seller in what he claimed the car had. But...how do I know for sure what type of shifter it has?
http://www.conceptualpolymer.com/corvette_install.htm
Once you lift up or remove the boot, you should be able to tell who the manufacturer of the shifter is by looking for a label somewhere on the shifter base.
