Hey Folks!

[Never2LowChevy]

Originally Posted by Badger

No Pics either of the CGM...I'm starting to think we are getting toy'd with

Yeah, I am gonna have to call

[TAG UR IT]

Welcome to the site! Your orders sounds very familiar.

[detroitboy]

Originally Posted by leatherneck

Im the nutty old ormer marine of the site all the other marines here are stll coherant--------welcome to the site

Semper Fi bro....and police work was just as much fun when the time in the Corps ended!

I'm still on the fence about the short throw though. I assume it would require a bit more shifting effort all thru the range because the handle is shorter=less leverage. I'm going to check out the corvette sites and see what the owners have to say about it. It can always be added by yourself later, and obtained at an employee discount if you have a friend who works at a dealer.

[TAG UR IT]

Originally Posted by detroitboy

Semper Fi bro....and police work was just as much fun when the time in the Corps ended!

I'm still on the fence about the short throw though. I assume it would require a bit more shifting effort all thru the range because the handle is shorter=less leverage. I'm going to check out the corvette sites and see what the owners have to say about it. It can always be added by yourself later, and obtained at an employee discount if you have a friend who works at a dealer.

Nooooo...the Hurst short throw shifter is not hard to shift at all! I've had it in my Z28 and SS and ...well, it's really all I know. But, there is nothing wrong with it and I'd swear on it so much that I've ordered it again for my 2SS/RS.

LOVE the Hurst. Not hard to shift at all. Promise.

[josh1147]

Boy did you welcome yourself to this site with the wrong words!! You get a break for now, but if your friend has a CGM Camaro you had better be enroute to get a photo!!


I say the next person who shows up talking about CGM without a picture gets the piss beat out of them!! :bangdesk:

[zebra]

^^ he does have a point

[garfin]

Originally Posted by detroitboy

Semper Fi bro....and police work was just as much fun when the time in the Corps ended!

I'm still on the fence about the short throw though. I assume it would require a bit more shifting effort all thru the range because the handle is shorter=less leverage. I'm going to check out the corvette sites and see what the owners have to say about it. It can always be added by yourself later, and obtained at an employee discount if you have a friend who works at a dealer.

You are correct. The laws of physics dictate that greater effort is required to move an object if there is less leverage.
Another aspect to consider is that with a short-throw shifter, the top of the shifter would be a greater distance from the steering wheel than the stock shifter. This is not the most desirable setup for road racing, since the driver is constantly moving his/her right hand from the steering wheel to the shifter and back.

That being said, the amount of increased effort in rowing the gears might not be a factor at all and the shorter distance your hand has to travel to shift from 1 gear to the other could very well outweigh the benefit of having reduced effort.
As well, if you're not spending a lot of time on the track in your car, the benefit of having a shorter distance between the shifter and the steering wheel may very well be moot. It's all a matter of individual preferences and priorities.
FWIW, I have a Lou's Short Stick on my '98 SS and never get into trouble on the track moving my hand from the wheel to the shifter... footwork is much more important, IMHO.
I prefer the short-throw setup since it seems to work better for me during the 99% of the time I'm not on the track.

Best regardSS,

Elie

[JMAN311]

Originally Posted by TAG UR IT

Nooooo...the Hurst short throw shifter is not hard to shift at all! I've had it in my Z28 and SS and ...well, it's really all I know. But, there is nothing wrong with it and I'd swear on it so much that I've ordered it again for my 2SS/RS.

LOVE the Hurst. Not hard to shift at all. Promise.

+1

Had the Hurst in my '00 SS and my '01 Vette. Hurst is by far the way to go. The stock Vette was a pain with getting into 3rd gear correctly sometimes with the factory shifter and the Hurst fixed that issue as well as making it soooo much easier to row through the gears on the 1/4 mile track.

[Never2LowChevy]

Umm.... WOW! I would think you guys would know that the hurst shifter isnt the actuall shifter but the linkage. The leverage of the stick isnt changed at all because the length isnt changed. Thus making the distance between shift stops "shorter".

[Inspector 17]

I am not sure that some people really understand what a STS is and what it does. Take a look at this picture and then read the article at the link. Very informative. I hope this helps.


http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...an.html?cat=27

[HTWLSS]

The smart-ass in me wants to say, "Your well-connected friend should have been able to answer your questions."

Everyone else has already covered the answers, so I'll just welcome you to the forum.

p.s....nice choice on the 2SS/RS + Hurst. That's what I have on order, too!