New Member First thread, lots of questions :-)

[Corsec]

Good night for me!!! headed home from work and got call from dealer saying my interior trim kit had come in! picked it up, met the fam for dinner, got home to find my Hurst shifter and skip shift eliminator on my doorstep! Gonna be a long night in the garage!!!!

[Corsec]

Ok all you guys who put in the hurst short throw shifter you really need to mention how unbelievably fun the car is to drive afterwards! If you would have told me I would double the fun I would have called you a liar! Its like a whole new car all over again! Install went great took about two hours at a very leisurely pace so that we didn't mess anything up. We skipped the part of the instructions that said to lower the tranny, wasn't necessary. We did slide the heat shield back out of the way though, this isn't mentioned in the instructions and isn't necessary, but much more convienent. Also got the Skip shift eliminator installed. Started the project at 10:00 and were done at midnight. Took her out for a test drive and had a ball, had to take the garden hose to it at 12:30 though due to all the crap on our roads right now. Dreamed about driving it, thats how much fun it is! You have to put a short throw in your car! As far as the noise people have complained about, the Hurst definatly trasmits more sound from the tranny when you get on it. I personally like it, its not loud just there and adds to the growl of the exhaust. Also the shifting is much more positive, you know with out a doubt when she goes into gear, click, click, click 100mph shut her down. Pics attached, if they are to big let me know, I am new to the forum and don't know if you guys like smaller sizes or larger sizes on pictures. Also attached pics of the blackout on my bowtie with carbon fiber tape from O'Reilly's auto parts. Will start interior trim install tonite!


For an Idea of how short the throw is now the pics below are in 1st gear!







Bowtie








Thanks camaro5! I love all the ideas on this board! Makes it easy to make the car "mine"!

[tbarber87]

Looks great cortec! Maybe its because I didn't read all the way through, but what does your new trim look like? Have any pics? I may just have to wait till Feb but thought I could see early

[Corsec]

Haven't done the trim yet, still reading on modifying the cockpit lighting so That I get it the way I want it the first time. Will definetly post pics of interior when done!

[Sir Nuke]

Stan, CONGRATS on the ride, and Welcome to our happy little corner of the net, and to Camaro5. There is a BIG fridge on the back porch with anything you can think of in it...help yourself...of course only take what you can LEGALLY have. Make yourself at home on one of the big fluffy couches, kick your shoes off, put your feet up on one of the tables, yes we are allowed to do that, mom's, wive's, husbands, girlfirends and boyfriends here don't care....and take it easy.



oh...btw....every once in a while a food fight breaks out...so you may not want to wear nice clothes here.

Welcome!!

[USCAMARO14]

Welcome!!

[SeaCompiler]

This thread was resurrected from a 4 year sleep!