Best shifter?
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That poor dead horse will never get any respect. What he means is you will never get a consensus asking "What's the best...?" questions here. We're all different. It's to subjective. It's why some owners change shifters as often as they change their underwear.
Your best bet is to try to drive as many cars with different shifters in them to get your own perspective. Make a choice...
Your best bet is to try to drive as many cars with different shifters in them to get your own perspective. Make a choice...
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That poor dead horse will never get any respect. What he means is you will never get a consensus asking "What's the best...?" questions here. We're all different. It's to subjective. It's why some owners change shifters as often as they change their underwear.
Your best bet is to try to drive as many cars with different shifters in them to get your own perspective. Make a choice...
Your best bet is to try to drive as many cars with different shifters in them to get your own perspective. Make a choice...
Soooooooooooooooooo,,,,,, TRUE my brother!!!!!!!!!The truth is,,,,,,,,,,,,,, There are only TWO types of shifters.. Stock, NON SPRING ASSISTED TO NEUTRAL & (Aftermarket) SPRING ASSISTED TO NEUTRAL
Other than that,,, there pretty much the same EXCEPT for % height above the ball (fulcrum rate)
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Agree,,,,,,,,, you have to experience a shifter to see IF,,,,,, its the one for YOU!For MY vote
(Deviant LS6) KIRBAN shifter with a Delrin ****.
KIRBAN,,,, is an excellent shifter!
(SPRING LOADED TO NEUTRAL)I have had TWO,,,, C6's...... 06 Coupe MN6 & 2011 MN6 GS VERT and,,,,,,, BOTH of the C6 shifters on that platform trans,,,,,,more than adequately preformed flawlessly and did not need an aftermarket shifter!
I can NOT say that for the C5 platform!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That OEM shifter/TRANS, seems to respond very well to aftermarket shifters..
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From: Yorktown Virginia
That poor dead horse will never get any respect. What he means is you will never get a consensus asking "What's the best...?" questions here. We're all different. It's to subjective. It's why some owners change shifters as often as they change their underwear.
Your best bet is to try to drive as many cars with different shifters in them to get your own perspective. Make a choice...
Your best bet is to try to drive as many cars with different shifters in them to get your own perspective. Make a choice...
Need to find some people around you who have aftermarket shifters and are willing to let you drive the car. You cant let someone else be the judge on this for you, like the shifter I have is ok but I would like something that has a little shorter throws if possible and sits lower but I dont want to dump money on them only to find out I dont care for it. I just need to find some people in my area with some c5s...
Le Mans Master
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From: Oswego IL
There is nothing "wrong" with the factory shifter. However, to many people, the factory shifter feels vague and the throws are very long. I am one of those people. I run a B&M Ripper with the "anti-venom" detent washer mod. Shifts are much more positive, and the throw is much shorter. I feel it is much better than the original shifter for my purposes.
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Alot of this is preference... some people like MGW which is very notchy and some people like a shifter like our TPS 427x Shifter which is a modified C6 Z shifter and works real well for only $119.99 We actually are working on a new shifter that we think alot of people will like and it's going to retail for $129.99 with a shift **** included 
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