Thread: gearshift profiles
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01-08-2005 06:07 PM #1
gearshift profiles
I am about to order a floor shift to install in my roadster pickup. I have seen the Lokar offerings, and those from Gennie Shifter. They are fine looking gearshifts, and to a greater or lesser degree look like a "vintage" shift lever. In the 60's I ran a floor shift in my 60 Chev, (with a 4-speed manual tranny) that was made from a gracefully tapered bar stock, chromed, and drilled. It was about 1/2" wide by 1 1/2" at the base, and although the 1/2"width was constant, the other dimension (1 1/2") tapered from the floor all the way up to the round chrome shifter ball. About 2/3 of the way up from the floor, the shift lever had a bend of approximately 30 degrees towards the rear of the car. Does anybody make an aftermarket floor shift to work with an automatic transmission (turbo 350) that looks like what I just described? I really would like that "hot-rod" shifter look. I think that it must have been about 14 or 16" tall from the floor to the top of the shifter knobOld guy hot rodder
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01-08-2005 07:14 PM #2
The one from MR Gasket is cool just what you described you can get it at Advance Auto for under $50.00 The kid next door put one in his PU Truck works well universal fit with a reveres lock out .
Welcome to CHR. I think that you need to hook up your vacuum advance. At part throttle when cruising you have less air and fuel in each cylinder, and the air-fuel mixture is not as densely packed...
MSD 8360 distributor vacuum advance