Hearing good things about the Hurst and knowing their long history with muscle, how is the shifter for normal city driving. I mean is it smoother and easier than our factory shifter as well?
I have no problem when I fly through the gears with the factory gates, but for mellow cruising, the skip shift feature and normal shifting needs constant thought and attention to keep the GTO moving smoothly.
it will notvoid warranty unless that install was a direct reason for the transmission breaking. Dont worry about it. Just unplug it. the computer will not record anything about that plug being installed. the dealer will never notice it anyway.
Installed the hurst shifter in my car yesterday and removed the GMM ripshifter. I like the look and feel of the Hurst, but I'm not crazy about how 2-4-6 gears feel. It feels like they dont go into the gates totally and will pop out of gear. So far it's been fine but it really takes some energy to move this shifter around. I'll have pics online tonight of the install...
It was a pain in the A$$ to install it but not too bad. My profile pics have the shifter installed in it. Unfortionatly I dont have any of the actual Install. We thought of it half way through the install "We should have brought a camera here to take pics for the forum" Yea well that didn't happen. but it looks nice and when it breaks in, i'm sure it will be better. My father said it's like the original and it hasen't changed. It's actually kinda hard to accidently shift back into 1st when going into 3rd, like the GMM.
Ok update.. It's broken in now. It rattles like a son of a b. everything is tight.. I might put something between the shifter and the mounting plate on the trans.. I think that's what the piece of dyonmat is for that comes with the shifter. It's approx. the size of the square for the shifter handle. Also.. I think it really needs to be greased up good. I'll be back with more info.
Ok update.. It's broken in now. It rattles like a son of a b. everything is tight.. I might put something between the shifter and the mounting plate on the trans.. I think that's what the piece of dyonmat is for that comes with the shifter. It's approx. the size of the square for the shifter handle. Also.. I think it really needs to be greased up good. I'll be back with more info.
Wow Paul, I am sorry your's is making all that noise. I did not install the small square of stuff. I hated the four nuts above the tranny. What a pain. Now that it is installed, it is quiet as the stock shifter and gives excellent feedback on gear location and shift points. I put the "T" bar knob on it. That made alot of difference. By the way, I just put a good covering on the ball nothing more. It is working great.
Best of luck.
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\I have one but it's not installed yet. I'm afraid it may void the warrenty if the computer log read out notes the change.
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