Looking For A Shifter That Does NOT........
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: Paducah Ky
I've also got the new B&M shifter. Not sure if the name is Precision or Sport but the model number is 45044. I've been very happy with it since installation. No noises and I haven't found it hard to get in any gear. I'd buy it again in a heart beat.
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Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Bellevue WA
Like some others, I simply shortened my stock C5 shifter by about 1". Didn't even have to remove it. The throw is somewhat shorter, as we ex-British cars owners used to say: "the shifter falls readily to hand". Cost..zero. Quiet as ever.
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2000
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From: Taildragers rule! USA1
Originally Posted by lloaf
.....rattle under hard accelleration (without holding on to the shift ****) Thanks.
For every post of some modified shifter there is a post from someone who is going back to the superior stock shifter.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2001
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From: Boulder CO.
Originally Posted by YLWFVR
Like some others, I simply shortened my stock C5 shifter by about 1". Didn't even have to remove it. The throw is somewhat shorter, as we ex-British cars owners used to say: "the shifter falls readily to hand". Cost..zero. Quiet as ever.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: Lincoln CA
St. Jude Donor '16-'17,'19
I shortened a C6 shifter and installed it on my C5 -- real nice. I cut appx 1.3" from the shaft and threaded 1.0" of the remaining 1.2" with a 9/16-18 die. I used a 2" black round ****.
The stroke (first to second and third to fourth) is appx 3.9" compared to 4.5" for my shortened C5 shifter and a stock C6 shifter, 5.2" for a stock C5 shifter, and 2.9" for a B&M sport shifter. I like the shortened C6 shifter best. The ease of shifting is much closer to stock than to the B&M, and it's as quiet as stock under all conditions. I also left the solid bushings (for the shifter box) from the B&M install in place. This provides a reasonably firm shift feel even though the rubber isolator on the C6 shifter shaft is left in place.
Ernie
The stroke (first to second and third to fourth) is appx 3.9" compared to 4.5" for my shortened C5 shifter and a stock C6 shifter, 5.2" for a stock C5 shifter, and 2.9" for a B&M sport shifter. I like the shortened C6 shifter best. The ease of shifting is much closer to stock than to the B&M, and it's as quiet as stock under all conditions. I also left the solid bushings (for the shifter box) from the B&M install in place. This provides a reasonably firm shift feel even though the rubber isolator on the C6 shifter shaft is left in place.
Ernie
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