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Aftermarket Shifters... what are you running and do you recommend?
in the market for a new shifter for my 68 cuda with a 727 trans... currently in there is a B&M Megashifter... and i really don't care for it much.. just too much slaping it around to do its thing...
so.. what'cha got? JOe |
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Joe,
i use the hurst v-matic 2, Its a regular shifter with reverse lockout and will work also for full ratchet when wanted it is basically a dual gate shifter, Its not over priced andI beat on mine for years with out 1 fail. doug |
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I agree, V matic II or any Hurst shifter. Just stay away from the b&m junk. THey tend to wear quickly especially the second gear gate. You get it into 2nd and can't get into third. The quick silver b&m junk is the worst for this problem.
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Yes, B&M is junk.
When I had my Barracuda, I found out that the shifter that fit best was the Turbo Action Cheetah. It's no baragain, but it works real well. Very beefy. Not stamped thin gauge metal like the B&M junk. Ran |
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I have had no problems with my B&M Quick Silver shifter for my automatic tranny and have had it now for 3 yrs. Works just fine...
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I have a Quicksilver in one of the cars... I think the Dart... seems to work ok... I use the Pro Shifter alot... Cheap and works ok and fits the custom consoles I build...I don't like the goofy little lids that come with them... My brother has a V-Matic 2 and has had nothing but trouble with it and swears it's the last Hurst he is ever going to buy...
I do like the Cheeta... little spendy but you get what you pay for... I have found, for every person that has something good to say about something, there is someone that that says it sucks... Personally I don't see a difference in quallity between Hurst and B&M but I must not be looking in the right places..... I do know the Star Shifter is a POS but hey... they only cost $50.00 buck too... again you get what you pay for.... |
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question... how do i know if i need a shifter for a...
Forward Valve body or Reverse Valve body? JOe |
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gotta love those easy answers to stupid questions... JOe |
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I use a cheap B&M Z-Gate. It works flawlessly. Perhaps it is the magnificent TCI tranny that masks any flaws in the shifter though.
Rock` |
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Been using the same B&M Pro Stick junk since 1988...never missed a gear with the reverse valve body shifter...
it is so junky...i bought a second one for my daughter's 71 Dart..... |
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I have a Hurst quarter stick in the superbee & I love it. My only gripe about all aftermarket mopar shifters, that I have seen, is there no option for a rear exit cable. I think the install would be cleaner beacuse the cable for mine is pretty close to my headers.
Just my $.02... Sam |
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I melted my cable at first but then found a way to anchor it out of the way. I've seen rear exit cable shifters for a powerglide, just not a 727.. Sam |
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B&M Pro Stick Issues
We're using a B&M Pro Stick in the '69 Roadrunner. Lifetime warranty too. We also like the removable aluminum cover that's "pinned" on. We might switch to the B&M Pro Ratchet shifter since it's mistake-proof in race conditions and the Pro Stick/Quarter Stick is not !
You can shift the Pro Stick into neutral from 2nd if your fingers slip off the lever before you let go of the shifter handle/ball. Once the lever is released, you can push the shifter into neutral with moderate effort. I hear that the Hurst Quarter Stick has the same shifting issues. We did have a major problem routing the 5 ft B&M "race" cable. It's heavy duty for sure, but too short, and we couldn't get enough clearance with the headers. After a week, the cable siezed up due to excess heat. We routed an 8 ft B&M "race" cable thru the speedometer grommet hole in the firewall after looping it under the dash, and over the steering column. We followed the speedo cable path to the driver side front of the torqueflight. We also added some silver/heat shield tubing and a 2 ft section of 1/2" heater hose (after slitting it open with an exacto knife) for extra protection of the cable near the headers and steering linkage. This has held up for over a year now. I agree with previous comments, a rear exit cable at the tranny would be much much better in our B & E body cars. Cable installation is a royal pain in the as.... and replacement cables aren't cheap (> $50 ea). Also, you hate to have the cable seize-up at the track as the heat pours out of the headers at the end of a run, Mark |
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IF you wrap your headers like you should, you'll pick up HP by lowering under hood temps and keeping heat inside the headers that makes the gasses exspand faster. This will prevent your shifter cables from melting too.
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I'm running a Hurts Indy 2 i love it no play great feel. And at $120 caint go wrong...
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Long or Liberty pistol grip vgates work very well on real transmissions.....
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I am installing a B&M Z-Gate in my 73 Dart Sport project car.
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Ones with a clutch not a converter. Im using a T/A SCS. Love it. |
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All this time & now I learn that my transmission is fake! I got ripped off! What is a T/A SCS? Sam |
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Oh, the Z-gate. I didnt like that one at all, but it was better than the Indy POS shifter that was on my car when I bought it. It was literally a lever that went through the tunnel and linked to the selector lever. From P to 1st was 6 detents in about 4 inches, no indicator and no lock out of any kind. From a light I had to pull it down to 1st and count up 2 clicks to know it was in D, and you could overshoot D from 2nd and end up in R (did that) or even P (never but it could have happened)! Thankfully the motor would die before any catastrophic damage was done, but that was one jerry rigged shifter. I use the Hurst Pro-matic 2 now, full ratchet both directions and a unique "pull the whole stick up" reverse lock out, and it fit under my stock '65 A mini console.
rear exit cable shifter, check out ArtCarr 42074 |
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