I like my B&M but for one thing, everytime I quickly shift from 2nd to 3rd it feels and sounds like I am clipping a gear or something. If I slowly shift between 2nd and 3rd no problem-any ideas?

 

sounds to me like you might be slipping the clutch a little too soon.


any chance you cliping the gear because you've let of just a little too much clutch or you haven't engaged it enough yet. are your wrist movements faster than you leg.

 

Zig you may be right as it happens when things are moving fast! It does only when above 3000rpm and not pausing at the shift lever center. I watch the leg/wrist timing to day if traffic will allow me.

 

Fantastic precision! You won't ever miss the 2nd to third shift again.

There IS some shifter noise/rattle under hard acceleration in second and third gears. I'm sure I can eliminate it if I ever get around to pulling out the console again. For now it isn't that big a deal.

Tom

 

I think I have found the solution to the buzz many of you have mentioned. I did an experiment last night and the fix eliminated 95% of the buzz. Now you just can barely hear it when you are winding out third gear.
What I did:
1. cut about a 3" X 3" piece of thin fabric from something like an old T-shirt. I cut mine from one of my old wife beater style Tees.
2. Remove your factory shift **** by removing the Allen Head bolt right below the top edge of the shifter boot.
3. Center and drape the piece of cloth you cut over the top of the shifter shaft and pull down the sides of the shaft, make sure it does not hang down far enough to cover the threaded hole for the Allen Bolt.
4. On the C6 shifter the flat part of the shaft should be pointed towards the dash of the car. There is also a keyway slot running vertically in the top threaded part of the shaft that faces the dash.
5. Pull all the loose fabric around and stuff as much as possible into the keyway slot so that there is a single layer of cloth around the shaft.
6. Keep your finger over the cloth that you have pushed into the slot and slowly push your stock shifter **** over the cloth and down. You will need to make sure you push all the way down so the bolt hole in the shifter **** lines up with the hole in the shaft.
7. Install and tighten the Allen Bolt and you are done.
Under normal driving, even if you are getting on it a little you should no longer hear the buzz.

 

so your cloth is between the **** and the stick?? (to make the **** tight on stick)

the noise is from the stick under the ball/****??

sorry not quite sure what the sound is from.... tranny noise or stick/****.... thanks for your time....

i just changed my B&M to a Z06 shifter... easy to shift and no noise...

throw is about half way between stock and B&M.....

i liked the B&M but reverse (to hard to get it in gear) and the noise was just getting old......

if i can get rid of the noise i would put it back (mine made noise all the time under WOT)

 

Thats great info....I thought the C6 and Z06 used the same shifter. If I can find one, I may just try that too.

 

I was given a ride in a new Z06 and I thought his shifting was way less than my C6. Now I know why...cool didn't know that.

 

thanks for the fix info....

wish i could get a ride in a Z06.....

 

I am planning on this upgrade.

You are happy with it????

No noise???

 

I am thinking of the same.

Should I???

Not happy with 2-3 shift at all...