Yeah who makes one? A short throw or atleast a new knob.

This is the one thing that I don't like about the car besides the front wheel drive torque steer.

 

Grab a B&M or Hurst, almost positive they will swap right over from the Supercharged models.

 

umm the shifter is already short throw

 

Yup and my exprience from owning an aftermarket shifter is that the stock shifter is way lighter and shifts faster then aftermarket. As far as a knob you need one that can be pressed on and screwed down with the screw on top.

 

We have the Hurst and B&M in stock

 

I didn't know that. I have an '07 Z06 and this is my first econo beater so yeah, the shifter in this car sucks.

 

I have a hurst. I like it except it gets hot as hell in the sun.

 

They don't make a regular 8 ball for the shifter?

 

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For a front driver the shifter isn't that bad and there are way worse ones out there. You should sample this trans in the older Saab 9000's where it started off life a couple decades ago if you want a comparison of how much it's been improved over the years. The cable and routing design as well as the shift selection portion of the trans also play a big part in how the "shifter" feels, so if you decide to swap out only the shifter hardware don't be surprised if it still doesn't feel like a direct, linkage actuated rear drive transmission.

Like mentioned the short throw shifters usually increase effort compared to stock and may not increase accuracy or alter gear engagement, so if the shift knob is bugging you then you might try replacing that first. The only shifting issue I've seen on mine is that it didn't like going into 5th a couple times but haven't had any problems since putting a few hundred more miles on the car.

And if you think torque steer is bad in the new SS you must not drive many front drivers. There's quite a few naturally aspirated cars I've driven/owned that are by orders of magnitude worse than the Cobalt.

 

I think the shifter is good for stock and the torque steer is non-existant

 

tribute to retuned power steering and updated motor mounts, I'd assume.

finally. then again, i haven't really been following the '08+ SS much, so I may be wrong.

 

I love my Hurst. Best mod on my car to date...

 

Actually the torque steer really isn't bad but I have only driven rear wheel V8's all my life so this car is taking some getting used to.

And as far as the shifter goes it is the shifter not the gear box that I don't like. I have over 1000 mies on the car and I haven't missed a shift and I have done some very hard accelerations and banged the gears on....well lets just say alot but it's the feel of shifter I don't like.

Thanks, the hurst looks more like what I like.

This is what I'm used to driving.
'07 Z06 Killer Bee Intake and a MGW shifter pretty much stock







My procharged Z28

 

Nice Z06.

 

i want a hurst soooo bad,,,, does it shorten the shifts a lot? because its already pretty damn short

 

it shortens it some nothing drastic though. It was enough that I have to get used to the location of the gears again. I just think the shifts feel more solid because the shifter is all metal and the stock one is cheap plastic...

 

Keep in mind Tazmanian_Dvl doesnt have a turbo - he has the older s/c version. The shifter was revised for this car, and is a short shifter stock.

 

Either way IMO a billit aluminum shifter is better than a plastic one any day of the week. I love my Hurst shifter and if I were to switch to a turbo Balt I would definately be putting one in. The overall feel of the shifter is way better then the stocker. From the way the shifts feel to the way the shifter feels in my hand. Even if it didn't shorten the throw I would still give it a 10 ot of 10 when compared to stock.

 

Are those HREs I spy on the Z28?

 

Yeah 547's

 

Personally, I like the leather wrapped shifter on the 08 turbo balt. I find it very comfortable. Its not the same shifter from the 07 and earlier (they even beefed up the shifter linkages). However, I can understand the appeal of the billet aluminum.

 

Well I'm sure you can get a leather wrapped shifter knob for the Hurst...

 

Or you can always have someone wrap it in leather.