Hurst Shifter For venture3500
11-27-2005, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by WT485SPDSilverado
Speed, check out regency, see if they sell just the shifter for your truck. But my honest opinion of the hurst is it isn't THAT great. I mean the look factor is 10 times better than the factory shifter, but the factory shifter is smoother. Hurst has shorter shifts and all, but be prepared to have rattling noises come from it that'll drive you insane! I've had two of em and both of em rattled like a bitch and from what i've read about em, a LOT of em do it in trucks, esp. in the dakota's. Better off doing what stacy david did on trucks, and just buy a hurst shift handle, and rig it up onto your factory shifter somehow.
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11-28-2005, 02:38 AM
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Originally Posted by tdrumm
I replaced the factory shifter on my old '95 with a Hurst and thought it was one of the best mods I did to it. Yes, it was noisy, but what would you expect when all of the rubber isolation from the stock shifter mechanism (same thing that makes it feel sloppy) is gone? I got used to it pretty quickly. The throws were much shorter, and when I shifted, I could feel a positive engagement. Not the "shift and hope" sloppy feeling I got from the stock shifter. If my current truck was a manual, it would definately have a Hurst in it.
My Joe Gibbs shifter doesn't feel any shorter throw than the stock ones but it doesn't have the rubber isolation and feels much more positive. There is a little gear noise that is noticable but usually I have the radio up loud enough that I don't even notice it. My personal take on the shorter throw is that it isn't necessary due to the syncros in the tranny won't allow you to shift it any faster anyway. I noticed that the housing on my 05 MG5 is a little different than my 95 MG5 New Venture 3500 so I checked around and on Tremec's website they show that their TR-3450 comes in the 1500's. The gearing is a little different, I know the NV3500 has 4.02 1st gear and the TR-3450 is 3.82.
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