Thread: C4 wont upshift....lokar dont feel positive

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First of all, do you have the vacuum hooked the manifold port (below the throttle plates) NOT the ported carb port? They wont shift smooth, if at all, on the wrong port. And yep, I HAVE hooked a C4 wrong port.

Lokar shifters are vague at best. Being tall, I often rest my knee on the shifter lever and end up in second. To do it again, I would opt for a cable shifter with positive detents - and may yet. Great shifter, but needs better positive detents, a subject that I have discussed with Lokar a couple times

I actually like Lokar shifters. They aren't meant to be a positive racing type like the B & M types, but are for street use. You have to fiddle with them a little after installation to get them dialed in. Mine was dropping down from third to second gear on hard bumps, but that was because I didn't tighten up the jam nuts enough. Once I did that, no more problem.

I think some of the problems come in because people pick one that is way too tall, just for coolness, and that causes the shifter to be a little wimpy. I had a 16 incher in my 23 and my Son Don has a taller Lokar in his T. Mine seemed a little more positive IMO, but his looks better for his car due to the tallness.

One thing I found helps a lot is to get the knob adapter and put a larger knob on it. I had been running a large round Gennie knob on my 23 that was a gift from my Son Dan. I liked the way I just had to put my hand on top and push down on the whole thing to get it into gear or shift. When I sold the car I kept that knob and put the original back on. The last day I drove the car it felt really strange and harder to put into gear with the small original knob.

By comparision, last night we installed a Gennie shifter on my Son Dans rpu. I know it's a personal thing, but I am not nuts about the action of the Gennie compared to the Lokar. I find the action to be less positive than the Lokar. I like the Lokars so much I will be ordering one for the 29 rpu I am going to start building, and that is after using the one in my 23 for 3 years of driving. I never had a missed gear, even when running hard through the gears.

Don

I use Lokar shifters in mine and customers cars and they have always been fine once setup correctly.