B&M Ripper or Hurst?
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From: houston tx
St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07-'08-'09
Originally Posted by Perry Mason
I, too, have a ripper on my '04. I removed the stock shifter within 2 weeks of buying this new car. The stock shifter does remind me of rowing.
My Q: Did you remove the shifter to cut it? Did you add new threads?
Thanks
My Q: Did you remove the shifter to cut it? Did you add new threads?
Thanks
As an aside I also did the shorten modification on the stock shifter, the cut, remove rubber isolation, shorten, rethread two pieces and rejoin together. That is also a good mod which results better than the the Hurst. I would have stayed with that if I hadn't gotten such a good deal on the Ripper that I couldn't resist the experiment.
Team Owner
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From: Elmhurst, IL (West Suburb of Chicago) & Home of MEGA Horsepower
St. Jude Donor '06
I love my new HUST plus i just put on my 02 Z and it makes 0 to minimal noise and no rattling yet. I have a kirban on my previous 03 Z06 and that thing was DARN NOISY!!!! Two 
up from my on the HURST ****ER!!
up from my on the HURST ****ER!!
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by w8d4it
Exactly the opposite experience for me. I had a Hurst and it was way too stiff. I went to a Ripper. Liked it a much better. Then shortened it about an inch and a half and like it even better.
The Ripper has a lower upper/lower arm ratio making it mechanically harder to shift.... but with a shorter throw distance. Your Hurst must not have been adjusted properly...Rippers are way more notchy. If you shortened the upper shaft of the Ripper, you made the mechanical leverage even worse.... hense harder to shift. This is pure physics... not subject to likes or dislikes.
Last edited by HIGHRPM; Dec 27, 2004 at 10:19 AM.
