Best shifter for a toploader 4 speed

[BDT 1967]

I am about to put a toploader 4 speed in my 67 stang convertible, and i would like to know what kind of shifter you recomend.

 

[Jimmys66]

Hurst competion plus

 

[wild70stang]

Yes Hurst makes the best shifters( good quality too).

 

[Realmongo]

Yes Hurst Competition Plus. Make sure you get the correct shifter part number and the correct installation kit. they are very specific including with or without a center console.

 

[DarkoStoj]

I know its a hurst shifter, and it has the reverse lockout but I'm not sure which model it is. I love this thing

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[1320stang]

That's a Hurst Super Shifter 3, a very nice shifter and probably a better choice if you street/strip your car quite a bit. If your street only with the very occasional strip, the Comp Plus is probably the way to go and RealMongo is right, make sure you get the correct install kit. If your going to drag only, you want a Hurst Vert-i-gate, much harder to miss a shift, but a pain in the butt on the street until you get used to it.

 

[DarkoStoj]

That's a Hurst Super Shifter 3, a very nice shifter and probably a better choice if you street/strip your car quite a bit. If your street only with the very occasional strip, the Comp Plus is probably the way to go and RealMongo is right, make sure you get the correct install kit. If your going to drag only, you want a Hurst Vert-i-gate, much harder to miss a shift, but a pain in the butt on the street until you get used to it.

i love the tight shift pattern. I'll even try to get a tighter one on the next shifter I buy for the tremec in the 68

 

[rbohm]

for most applications, the hurst competition plus

 

[mfp4073]

+1 hurst comp plus

 

[Gud T.B. Blown]

+2 hurst comp plus

 

[LMan]

*loans Darkostoj his vacuum cleaner*

 

[65fast]

I know its a hurst shifter, and it has the reverse lockout but I'm not sure which model it is. I love this thing

Did you cut the tunnel to get that shifter to fit? I know in catalogs they say it will not fit stock consoles, but yours obviously fits

 

[D.Hearne]

If your street only with the very occasional strip, the Comp Plus is probably the way to go and RealMongo is right, make sure you get the correct install kit.

In addition to this advice, if your car doesn't already have a Toploader and you have not bought one already, when you do buy one, you're going to need to buy one that's got the correct tailshaft housing for your application. Otherwise the install kit and shifter won't fit your car or transmission. In that case the only way to make it fit the car is to butcher the floor.

 

[DarkoStoj]

I know its a hurst shifter, and it has the reverse lockout but I'm not sure which model it is. I love this thing

Did you cut the tunnel to get that shifter to fit? I know in catalogs they say it will not fit stock consoles, but yours obviously fits

yea, nothing was cut

 

[BDT 1967]

Ya i think that it has the right tailshaft housing the specs on the trans are this

Tag RUG D 2
case has C8AR 7006-D W A
The tail shaft reads C4ZR7AO4O-A
This is going in a 67 stang convertible

So i think all this is right what do you think. Also i heard that B&M is a better shifter because Hurst uses plastic bushings, I dont know if there is any truth to this but from the looks of what i have seen on this forum i think i will go with the hurst

 

[Jimmys66]

The hurst shifter will come with plastic bushings for the linkage. For a couple of extra bucks, pop for the steel bushing kit.

 

[dennis112]

Ya i think that it has the right tailshaft housing the specs on the trans are this

Tag RUG D 2
case has C8AR 7006-D W A
The tail shaft reads C4ZR7AO4O-A
This is going in a 67 stang convertible

So i think all this is right what do you think. Also i heard that B&M is a better shifter because Hurst uses plastic bushings, I dont know if there is any truth to this but from the looks of what i have seen on this forum i think i will go with the hurst

RUG-D2 1968/69 Fairlane, Falcon 289, 302 wide ratio 28-spline

C4ZR7AO4O-A 1964-73 Mustang, Cougar 289, 302, 351 engines 14" length, 25 or 28 spline

It should fit a 67' Mustang with a small block just fine.

 

[65ShelbyClone]

The hurst shifter will come with plastic bushings for the linkage. For a couple of extra bucks, pop for the steel bushing kit.

Or in my case, cut them out of bronze bushing stock.

I will also corraborate that getting the right install kit is crucial. I pieced mine together from two kits, and it was a PITA. I'm still not sure if I have all the correct parts, but it fits fine and all the linkages work.

 

[D.Hearne]

The hurst shifter will come with plastic bushings for the linkage. For a couple of extra bucks, pop for the steel bushing kit.

I don't know why Hurst insists on including the POS plastic bushings in the kit. They'd do themselves a favor by putting both plastic and the steels in the kit. Not many know about the steel bushings, you have to search for their part# in their site. They used to be a common item in the speed shops (along with the shifters ) The plastic ones dampen the shifter noise, but the steels last longer and give it a slightly firmer shift feel.

 

[Jsprint68]

3180 Competition Plus shifter!

The 373-7637 install kit should also work for you. At least I hope so because that is what I bought to install.