Mgw shifter
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Mgw shifter
I'm looking to reduce the shifting effort in my car due to having a stroke. I only have partial movement of my right arm. Will a MGW Shifter help with the situation? Also, is the shifter adjustable to move the shifter a little closer? Every little bit would help me out.
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Sorry to hear of your health issue. Best wishes for the future. 
My understanding is the MGW shifter requires INCREASED effort to shift, but I don't have personal experience with it. If you don't get answers here try asking the the C6 Tech Forum too. You might also want to ask a follow up question regarding recommendations for a shifter that does REDUCE shift effort. But I think the stock unit is probably going to be the easiest one to use.
Off topic story if interested: 51 years ago a friend suffered severe brain trauma in a car accident, paralyzed his right side. After months of physical therapy his doctor released him but told his dad he needed to find a way to daily use and exercise his right side, especially his right arm and hand. So his dad went out and bought him a brand new 1964 Corvette roadster with a 4-speed so he would have to shift all the time. Know what? It worked. He became quite famous in the local street racing scene.
So good for you for trying to make the best of the situation. Again, good luck and best wishes.
My understanding is the MGW shifter requires INCREASED effort to shift, but I don't have personal experience with it. If you don't get answers here try asking the the C6 Tech Forum too. You might also want to ask a follow up question regarding recommendations for a shifter that does REDUCE shift effort. But I think the stock unit is probably going to be the easiest one to use.
Off topic story if interested: 51 years ago a friend suffered severe brain trauma in a car accident, paralyzed his right side. After months of physical therapy his doctor released him but told his dad he needed to find a way to daily use and exercise his right side, especially his right arm and hand. So his dad went out and bought him a brand new 1964 Corvette roadster with a 4-speed so he would have to shift all the time. Know what? It worked. He became quite famous in the local street racing scene.
So good for you for trying to make the best of the situation. Again, good luck and best wishes.
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I'm looking to reduce the shifting effort in my car due to having a stroke. I only have partial movement of my right arm. Will a MGW Shifter help with the situation? Also, is the shifter adjustable to move the shifter a little closer? Every little bit would help me out.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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I installed the MGW shifter and shifter box on my car and it has a slight increase in effort. However, I can take two fingers and shift from 1st to 2nd or 3rd to fourth easily, as I was able to do with the oem shifter. Upshifts to 3rd and 5th, I use the open palm method.
The MGW shifter throws are shorter than the oem.
My oem shifter had worn mount bushings and the "0" ring on the shifter rod was dangling. This caused misalignment issues, especially at WOT. I also had about 40k miles on the car when I installed the MGW unit.
How many miles does your car have? If the oem shifter works fine, then I would leave it alone.
My best in your recovery!
The MGW shifter throws are shorter than the oem.
My oem shifter had worn mount bushings and the "0" ring on the shifter rod was dangling. This caused misalignment issues, especially at WOT. I also had about 40k miles on the car when I installed the MGW unit.
How many miles does your car have? If the oem shifter works fine, then I would leave it alone.
My best in your recovery!
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The shift effort is definitely increased with the MGW, after two surgeries on my right arm I had to raise the shifter **** up (threaded shaft) which helped with the effort required, but increased the throw distance which sort of defeats the purpose. I would keep the stock setup and look into a different style ****. Best wishes on a speedy recovery !
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The shift effort is definitely increased with the MGW, after two surgeries on my right arm I had to raise the shifter **** up (threaded shaft) which helped with the effort required, but increased the throw distance which sort of defeats the purpose. I would keep the stock setup and look into a different style ****. Best wishes on a speedy recovery !
Thank you, Russ
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Increased effort,
Yes, you can do the anti-vennon mod so it shift into each gear easier, as well as threads the shifter shaft up to give more leverage, but there will still be the increase in pressure needed out of the 3/4 gate line instead.
Hate to say it, but might be time to think selling it for one with a automatic trans instead.
Yes, you can do the anti-vennon mod so it shift into each gear easier, as well as threads the shifter shaft up to give more leverage, but there will still be the increase in pressure needed out of the 3/4 gate line instead.
Hate to say it, but might be time to think selling it for one with a automatic trans instead.
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I kept the stock shifter because A) I thought it was fine, and B) I could actually decrease the shifter length-of-shift by putting on a shorter **** (that **** happened to be the old-style cue ball, which lowered the shifting height by about two inches).
In your case, I would say that increasing the height of the shifter **** or even one of those more vertical shifter ***** could aid in mechanical advantage to decrease the effort.
Note: having just w/in the last 2 days replaced my cue ball w. the original shifter ****, I still can't tell the difference in shift effort even tho I've now increased the height of the ****, and increased the mechanical advantage (thus, allegedly lowering the shift effort).
In your case, I would say that increasing the height of the shifter **** or even one of those more vertical shifter ***** could aid in mechanical advantage to decrease the effort.
Note: having just w/in the last 2 days replaced my cue ball w. the original shifter ****, I still can't tell the difference in shift effort even tho I've now increased the height of the ****, and increased the mechanical advantage (thus, allegedly lowering the shift effort).