Advice on Shifter

[Scott_B]

Well i'll probably only have about a month or two worth of driving left before the stang goes away.

See my arm was broken, but is healing. The problem is that i severed some nervers and bruised others. So my bicep wasted away to almost nothing. But its starting to come back. I still cant curl my arm, but its gettting stronger. Alsoi cant make a full fist or use my fore-arm. This all means i use my shoulder more for shifting. But like i said, its getting better slowly. Thought a shifter might help.

I think really, no matter who i ask, im gonna get the i like this or that. Neither is wrong. Both are right..Just have to go with whatever!

I'vve tried the tri-ax, seems smooth. Never tried a pro50. I guess i'll just flip a coin! lol

 

[grey5.0beast]

i have the triax and its awesome never miss shift into third. i actually just got it acouple weeks ago and havent even fully worn it in.

 

[super302]

$240 is way too much, i got my tri-ax with free shipping, and free shift knob(its gay tho) for $169.00

 

[Scott_B]

Note the sig...Canadian!

 

[super302]

ohhhhh.....ok

 

[extozy]

i've got a pro 5.0 also, i love it.

 

[stangbear427]

Well i'll probably only have about a month or two worth of driving left before the stang goes away.

What, you mean for the winter?
This is from another thread I was in quite awhile ago. Just a bit of clarification for my first post, because I'm not sure you're headed in the right direction. If your injury is your reason for getting a new shifter, it may not help. They don't necessarily make it easier to shift, and on a purely technical level (as apposed to a performance level) the stock shifter is theoretically the smoothest and easiest to use, if not the easiest to bang gears with.

It isn't the shifter that is notchy, it's the tranny, or more commonly, the driver. This can be shown by "airshifting" (Hissen term) an un-installed shifter. You will note that no matter which one you mess with, when they aren't bolted to a tranny every one from the $130 Kirban to the $200 Pro5.0 will all feel the same: slick, smooth, and not a bit of notchiness. That every once in a while driving when it just goes "buttery smooth" and your going "wtf?" is when you actually matched rpm's perfectly on a gear change. It is the sliders and synchros moving that you feel to be catching on the gear change, and they don't do it unless they are getting worn, or your shifting skill isn't perfect. Now, Pro5.0 shifters are known to be "notchier" than the others. The fact is, they are made with far more steel than the others, and unlike the mush and give of all aluminum shifters (which tend to be more forgiving) the steel construction is absolute and transfers more of the tranny clockwork into your palm- much like aluminum driveshafts dampen the harmonics and vibrations sometimes induced by lower ratio rear gears, and are therefore recommended over the stock steel one when a gear change is done. So the shifter isn't notchy, the tranny is- or your shifting style is. Just like low profile tires aren't rough, the road is. They just tell you more acurately what is happening down there then tall sidewall tires do. Likewise, the Steeda makes everybody think they shift like a pro, while the Pro5.0 tells you just how good you and your tranny really are (or aren't). If your tranny is in good shape, and you drive enough, the day will come when every shift that you want to be buttery smooth, will be.

 

[Scott_B]

Yeah, thats a good reply. And yes, i mean for the winter. Usually only get up to october around her to drive them.

Oh and right nw my shifters not stock, its an old Hurst, and one of the problems it has is no stop bolts. So where im trying hard to shift, no stop bolts may be a bad thing, know what i mean?

But very good points!

 

[Daggar]

The stock shifter may be smoother but what a piece of crap. My original T-5 had the stock shifter in it and I never understood what people were talking about when they mentioned missing third. As the engine output went up the tranny went down and I replaced it with Superduty. It wasn't long after that, that I discovered what missing third was all about. Fish tailed right into a ditch after jamming the car back into first at around 60+ MPH. I put in the Tri-ax shifter and thought that it felt like ass. A month or so later, it became just as smooth as the stock shifter was in my old T-5 and missing third isn't even something that enters my mind. The peace of mind alone is worth the money.

 

[stangbear427]

Oh and right nw my shifters not stock, its an old Hurst, and one of the problems it has is no stop bolts. So where im trying hard to shift, no stop bolts may be a bad thing, know what i mean?

Yeah, I know what you mean, but if your physical condition is as you describe, then I doubt it will be much of an issue until you pull it out of storage next summer. No offense, but you don't have the balls right now to shift it that hard, ya know? Your Hurst, inferior as it is, is still far better than the stock one- both for smootness and protection of the tranny. It does provide a stop, just not an adjustable one. I just think that if you upgrade to a top notch shifter right now, you'll feel even more handicapped than you already do.

 

[Scott_B]

Yeah, very good points. Thanks guys!