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06-24-2007 10:43 AM #1
I was just at the Back to the 50's and posed the question ot a lot of the hotter car guys and they are all saying the same thing "get used ot it , pal"
I've got a 12" lever so it's probably about ideal. A couple guys with the longer ones said that they can over shift easily so you have to hang on.41 Willys 350 sbc 6-71 blower t350, 9in, 4 link
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older than dirt
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06-24-2007 11:18 AM #2
I put in one of these. It sure isn't what you nostalgia guys want, but it works great. No missed gears.Jack
Gone to Texas
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06-24-2007 11:44 AM #3
The Lokar with the 16" handle on my C4 is about the sams as the rest of you report - minimal detents.
Interestingly - at the NSRA show at York, it looks like the Gennie shifter is really being pushed by the big parts suppliers. I did a cursory look at them and really don't like the way they bolt up to the tranny - especially the C4. They attach to a couple of double ears on each side of the top of the case plus 2 of the tailshaft bolts rather then bracket the top plate solidly to bolts. In my mind it is flimsy. On my last car I had the cheapest B&M cable shifter on a C4 and it worked very nicely, especially after I got smart enough to lube it and bracket the cable against excessive movement.Dave
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06-24-2007 07:26 PM #4
Neither the Genie or the LOKAR are performance shifters, nor do they claim to be so.
Seems like there's room there for a performamce street rod shifter. I hereby patent any and all ratchet/gate shifter designs that are street rod asthetic ...........
Mine is a custom mounted B&M Pro Gate ........
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