Dramatic improvement in shifter feel
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Racer
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Dramatic improvement in shifter feel
A simple oil drain plug gasket used as a shim under the detent spring on the passenger side of the transmission has made my 08 Z06 one of the best shifting cars I've driven. With the need to hold the lever hard enough to keep it from going into the center gate gone it slips easily into 2nd and all other gears.
Great improvement for the car.
Great improvement for the car.
Safety Car
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From: Apache Junction AZ
It's called the anti-venom mod.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...procedure.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...tion-procedure
BJK
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...procedure.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...tion-procedure
BJK
Last edited by 07MontRedcp; Mar 2, 2012 at 01:54 AM.
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Racer
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That is it exactly. This has no effect on the effort required to move the shifter fore and aft but decreases the effort required to move the shifter lateral into the 1-2 and 5-6-R gates. My goal was to make the effort equal in all directions and this modification did it.
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Funny, most of the guys who complain about the shifter claim it doesn't have enough centering force. The aftermarket shifters have springs that are used to increase that force. The transmission on my 08Z can be shifted with my finger tips and the heel of my hand. I can row through the gears just by rocking my hand back and forth with little to no arm movement.
Bill
Bill
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Racer
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Funny, most of the guys who complain about the shifter claim it doesn't have enough centering force. The aftermarket shifters have springs that are used to increase that force. The transmission on my 08Z can be shifted with my finger tips and the heel of my hand. I can row through the gears just by rocking my hand back and forth with little to no arm movement.
Bill
Bill
My shifter was much stiffer than those I've used in higher mileage cars. There was no way only finger tips could have gotten into the 1-2 gate.
Just ordered an MGW, look forward to using the springs to equalize the effort needed to get into both lateral gates.
Ken
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