Thread: Aftermarket shifters

Originally Posted by SlowNA06

Just don't lick your palm before you grab that guy in the dead of winter.

I'll try not to.

Originally Posted by Anthony Smith

I manually shift my car all the time, if you dont utilize that option your losing out. I have my shift settings adjusted to come down into manual first anywhere below 47mph, which in my car is about 4800-5k rpm and to stay in manual first to the revlimiter. Anytime I race someone I already have my car in first so I dont have to wait for it to downshift when I punch it. Plus if im racing from a dig it keeps it from jumping into second gear at 20mph if I screw up and spin too much which makes it way easier to pedal the car, jump back into it and not get my ass kicked. All that being said, a aftermarket shifter in a FWD grand prix would be a goofy waste of time.

You play all this out like you love it, and say then, that it's a waste of time? Cognitive dissonance, ahoy!

Originally Posted by Anthony Smith

No, The point of my post was that I manually shift my car often for legitimate reasons, even so much as to have the transmission settings adjusted to give myself more command over shifting and have found no reason to replace the stock shifter.

If you think that stock shifter is in any way a solid piece of engineering, you're not so well off in the intelligence department

(btw, the car's PCM can probably shift more appropriately than you anyway. Just saying.)

Originally Posted by Rico

Man!...NinetyEightGTP

Looks like everyone here would rather you lube that thing up and film yourself sitting on it.
These people are tough.

I still think the ratchet shifter idea has some validity.

Honestly, I was going to do it anyway.

I just came here to ask for ****s n' gigs.

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

Guys..I'm with you. Notice how post #2 in the thread was me saying.. no problem? I've actually seen it a few different times. Do it...

Now it's all down to deciding what shifter I drop in.

Anything that matches the 4l60e detent (which is actually a lot of them) will work.

Similarly, the 4L60 detent is the same as the 700r4, so those SHOULD theoretically work, too (perhaps with a little jury-rigging)

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

Pretty sure even the 4T65 is the same. Nice thing about GM is they often didn't mess with something that worked. Heck.. all the heated seats for years were 90ohms low and 2xx high. I mixed and matched elements with switches etc. VSS is 4000 per mile.

I'm pretty sure damn near all 4 speed shifters (for GM products) should work. Perhaps with a little finagling, but they've had the same detents for a very long time.

wut.

I wasnt making anything up... I am pretty much the authority on shifting transmisssions, and considering I need to downshift my car to race it from a roll (turbo downshifts = instant transmission failure)... I might know what I am talking about.

I never downtalked a shifter before... If i did it was on a perfectly stock n/a car.

Well, I think that decides it, fellas.

I'm going to put away some money and grab a hammer (with an appropriate T-Handle) quite soon.