Is everyone still happy with their hurst?
The shifter is integral to driving the car, so why would you go cheap on a shifter? It's like buying a cheap mattress, it makes no sense you spend 1/3 of your life on your mattress!
The hurst, while a slight improvement over the stock is not nearly has good as the 5.0, Steeda or MGW. You are better off just using the Saleen short throw kit rather than the Hurst.
You'd be a fool to go cheap on your shifter.
In fact, this is what Car and Driver said last month about the Hurst:
The Shelby also drew gripes for the Hurst shifter, which is so high-effort that it’s difficult to make two-to-three and four-to-five upshifts.
Holy Crap! Has anyone else had this happen them? That does not seem safe to me. Was this a case of not tightening up the hex by the installer? What do you Hurst owners (who installed the unit yourselves) think??? I am on the fence between the MGW and the Hurst. I think the MGW will shift better, but it is pricy. The Hurst looks awesome and many like how it shifts. This could be the deciding factor for me if this does not get cleared up (mind you I still don't have my car yetA note of caution. After having one of the shaft mounting screws back out and scare the beejeezus out of me on the freeway, I put some retaining nuts on the ends and Loctited the whole thing together. It's weld-solid now and I suggest this as a precaution to all.
still using wife's opinion instead of real world experiences?
I drove with the hurst, it's no better than stock, plain and simple. The stock shifter was the best stock shifter ford has ever offered in any car EVER, thus the saleen kit is the way to go if you want to do it on the cheap. Hurst owners don't want to own up because they were too cheap to buy a real shifter so they hype it up like it's better. Just look at the Tri Axe side by side with the Hurst.
Agreed the current Hurst comp plus shifter is not on par with the Pro5.o or MGW, but you are not comparing apples to apples in terms of build materials or price. The Hurst unit is much less expensive and the choice of Ford, Roush and Shelby. Also some of early comp plus shifters in the hurst line did not have the newer pivots in the bottom to prevent the rattle and up and down movement. Now the new billet plus, once released in about 60 days would be a much better comparison and will still be considerably less than the others..
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