Core shifters back in stock

[mad618]

Core shifters are back in stock if any of you cared to know! Ordered mine yesterday!

 

[Donald Mitchell]

Holy crap, you should get the whole transmission for that price!

 

[sewlow]

Holy crap, you should get the whole transmission for that price!

That Core/Hurst shifter really makes a difference.
The crisp short throws are so much nicer than that factory oar. The Core has less play, side-to-side, in neutral than the factory one has in 1st gear.
The S/wheel, the shifter & the pedals are your connection to the vehicle.
They get used every time the truck gets driven.
A Core shifter along with a leather steering wheel were a couple of the best mods I ever did to my '97.
Felt very much like the Hurst Competition Plus that I had in my '70 BBC Nova SS.
Worth every penny of the $300.00.

 

[Donald Mitchell]

"Hurst Competition Plus that I had in my '70 BBC Nova SS". I understand those shifters and used them, but these 5 speed just look like a stick in a hole. I haven't driven one so I don''t know.

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[sewlow]

"Hurst Competition Plus that I had in my '70 BBC Nova SS". I understand those shifters and used them, but these 5 speed just look like a stick in a hole. I haven't driven one so I don''t know.

Lol! Gimme linkages! Bellcranks!
Manual pedal & shift-throw adjustments!
I understand them because I've broken them or screwed them up one way or another & have had to fix them.
I've snapped arms off of bellcranks. Bent the clutch adjustment push rod. Killed clutch forks.
Cause...high HP/big torque BBC + stick. Stuff happens.
Hydro clutches feel so...so...asian. Have a rubber-band consistency. Foot feel is 'light'. To me that equals weak. Seems cheap.
None of that nice crisp positive feel of a mechanical.
Hydraulics also limit the performance.
Without mods, they don't like high rpm quick, snappy shifting.
Forget about no-lift bang shifts. The fluid can't flow fast enough to keep up to the demand.

 

[Donald Mitchell]

Yeah,my brother had a L78 Camaro that would give me leg aches!

 

[sewlow]

 

[ccreddell]

Lol! Gimme linkages! Bellcranks!
Manual pedal & shift-throw adjustments!
I understand them because I've broken them or screwed them up one way or another & have had to fix them.
I've snapped arms off of bellcranks. Bent the clutch adjustment push rod. Killed clutch forks.
Cause...high HP/big torque BBC + stick. Stuff happens.
Hydro clutches feel so...so...asian. Have a rubber-band consistency. Foot feel is 'light'. To me that equals weak. Seems cheap.
None of that nice crisp positive feel of a mechanical.
Hydraulics also limit the performance.
Without mods, they don't like high rpm quick, snappy shifting.
Forget about no-lift bang shifts. The fluid can't flow fast enough to keep up to the demand.

Check out the drill mod the F-body crowd used to do. Theres a restriction built into the hose down to the slave cylinder that restricts the flow just so we cant shift without lifting. Open that up and it reacts just as fast as mechanical linkage.

 

[OutlawDrifter]

Hydraulics also limit the performance.
Without mods, they don't like high rpm quick, snappy shifting.
Forget about no-lift bang shifts. The fluid can't flow fast enough to keep up to the demand.

No argument on the feel issue, but I can no lift shift my 6.0L/T56 motivated Z28 @ 6700prm with no problems...that's how you get it into the 11s

Core definitely makes a good product.

 

[sewlow]

No argument on the feel issue, but I can no lift shift my 6.0L/T56 motivated Z28 @ 6700prm with no problems...that's how you get it into the 11s

Core definitely makes a good product.

T-56. Totally different animal than the basic minimum standard NV3500 with it's stupidly stepped ratios & it's weak-ish design.
Comparing a true performance oriented transmission against one designed for light trucks = apples/oranges.
There is no way an NV3500 will stand up for very long when up against even a stock 6.0 consistently shifted @ 6700 rpm.

Check out the drill mod the F-body crowd used to do. Theres a restriction built into the hose down to the slave cylinder that restricts the flow just so we cant shift without lifting. Open that up and it reacts just as fast as mechanical linkage.

Exactly. Like I said, "...without mods."
The mod requires a l-o-n-g drill bit to reach that restriction.