good description.
Shifter questions
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Drifting
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: Fresno CA
Shifter questions
So I have been driving a few Trans Am's for a buddy who is in the market for one. Two of them had aftermarket shifters, one for sure was a Hurst shifter. They felt awesome, very precise, notchy in a good way. My C6 Vette shifter feels like Iam shifting with a rubber stick.
My question is if I install a Hurst or B&M or Breathless shifter in my Vett will it have this same type of feel as the LS1 F bodies I drove? You guys that have installed shifters in your MN6 C6 Vette's what do you think, are they nice and tight now, no more rubber stick feeling or will the Vette never feel nice and tight since the shifter is not mounted right into the tranny like on the F bodies? All replies greatly appreciated!
Also will a used Hurst shifter out of an F body fit into my Vette or are the different part numbers, different shifters all together?
Thanks!
Matt
My question is if I install a Hurst or B&M or Breathless shifter in my Vett will it have this same type of feel as the LS1 F bodies I drove? You guys that have installed shifters in your MN6 C6 Vette's what do you think, are they nice and tight now, no more rubber stick feeling or will the Vette never feel nice and tight since the shifter is not mounted right into the tranny like on the F bodies? All replies greatly appreciated!
Also will a used Hurst shifter out of an F body fit into my Vette or are the different part numbers, different shifters all together?
Thanks!
Matt
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: Ambler Pa.
shifters
So I have been driving a few Trans Am's for a buddy who is in the market for one. Two of them had aftermarket shifters, one for sure was a Hurst shifter. They felt awesome, very precise, notchy in a good way. My C6 Vette shifter feels like Iam shifting with a rubber stick.
My question is if I install a Hurst or B&M or Breathless shifter in my Vett will it have this same type of feel as the LS1 F bodies I drove? You guys that have installed shifters in your MN6 C6 Vette's what do you think, are they nice and tight now, no more rubber stick feeling or will the Vette never feel nice and tight since the shifter is not mounted right into the tranny like on the F bodies? All replies greatly appreciated!
Also will a used Hurst shifter out of an F body fit into my Vette or are the different part numbers, different shifters all together?
Thanks!
Matt
My question is if I install a Hurst or B&M or Breathless shifter in my Vett will it have this same type of feel as the LS1 F bodies I drove? You guys that have installed shifters in your MN6 C6 Vette's what do you think, are they nice and tight now, no more rubber stick feeling or will the Vette never feel nice and tight since the shifter is not mounted right into the tranny like on the F bodies? All replies greatly appreciated!
Also will a used Hurst shifter out of an F body fit into my Vette or are the different part numbers, different shifters all together?
Thanks!
Matt
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Joined: May 2007
Posts: 585
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From: Ocean County NJ
I have a Callaway shifter and love it. Very positive engagement, no rattle, very solid. I have had many different cars with different short throw shifters. If I had to do it again, I would get another Callaway shifter.
That being said, I have not tried the MGW shifter.
I do not know if the F-body shifter will work in your car.
That being said, I have not tried the MGW shifter.
I do not know if the F-body shifter will work in your car.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 922
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From: Columbus Ohio
The F-Body shifter will not work in the corvette, they are very different in design and function!
The feel of installing an aftermarket shifter in your Vette will feel similar to the f-body you have driven.
We typically sell both the brands you mentioned the hurst and the B&M, they will add a shorter throw, a more notchy feel, and less of the stirring soup feeling you find in stock shifters.
Look for our Black Friday weekend special flyer later today for a very good discount on the B&M short throw shifters! We may even be giving on away!
-Brandon
The feel of installing an aftermarket shifter in your Vette will feel similar to the f-body you have driven.
We typically sell both the brands you mentioned the hurst and the B&M, they will add a shorter throw, a more notchy feel, and less of the stirring soup feeling you find in stock shifters.
Look for our Black Friday weekend special flyer later today for a very good discount on the B&M short throw shifters! We may even be giving on away!
-Brandon
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Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 10,399
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From: Austin Texas
They are completely different shifters. The difference between a front transmission shifter (Camaro/Firebird) and a rear transmission single rod shifter (Corvette) is the difference between night and day
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