My New Shifter Knob
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pdub
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Great minds think alike, haha.
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CEJ
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Looks good! Did you get that from MGW?
Come to think of it, doesn't Dave have one of those in red/black?
Come to think of it, doesn't Dave have one of those in red/black?
Canadian Snake
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Cool! 
Darn you! Now I have to get an all blue with the white stripes!!! Now does anyone have one or can I be the first on something pleeeease?????
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here ya go. 1/2 x 20 thread as well.
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Fatboy 18
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Ive got one of those too 
Mines Red with Silver stripes On a Gen 2 you have to run a tap down the thread to make it fit on the threaded shaft.
Mines Red with Silver stripes On a Gen 2 you have to run a tap down the thread to make it fit on the threaded shaft.Goatman
Viper Owner
Nice, Is it an MGW?
No its not, its a sickspeed. Fat boy, what did you re-tap, the knob or the shaft and what size did you use. I have a Gen II (96 gts)
whitebluevipe
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sweet. i have been thinking of getting one myself
DrTaco
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Looks good!
Fatboy 18
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I got mine from MGW, The MGW Cue ball shifter comes with a Metric thread. the MGW Shifter uses 12 x 175mm. MGW said they could mount the knob on a adapter shaft for me but it would increase length. The thread on a stock Gen 2 shifter is 1/2 inch 20 This job took less than 5 minutes holding the cue ball in one hand and the 1/2 Inch 20 hand held tap in the other hand to run down the brass threaded insert inside the cue ball
My Ball shifter has the Sneaky Pete logo on the side too There was a thread about the Shifters and Cue balls Here
http://forums.viperclub.org/threads...ow-Shifter...?highlight=HURST+SHIFTER+INSTALL
One thing I would mention about these Cue ball shifters are they are slightly bigger diameter than the stock ball. So if you have small hands this may not be the shifter for you!
Ya, read allot of threads about it but my question still is if you remove the stock knob and throw a cue ball type knob like you have, does it make it too short? Tremec makes a cool white knob but I am afraid of taking my stock knob off and putting on the Tremec cue ball one will make it too short. Thoughts?
They make an extension.
Works fine in my hands, unless your a midget it should be fine
Fatboy 18
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daveg, As Sybil TF says, they do make an extension which can screw onto the stock shifter thread then the Cue ball screws onto that
My preference is for a shorter shifter than the stock one.
I also did not like the OEM Gear shifter mechanism, So swaped it out for the Hurst Shifter.
Now the Rant
First impressions after swapping to the Hurst shifter are, .. Well its different, Im not sure if i'm liking it or not really, I still miss gears if trying to change too fast even with this shifter and Woodhouse Engine and Transmission mounts and solid billet Transmission cross member.
If Im honest I hate the Bloody Gearbox, Call it blasphemy or what ever you like but having mainly driven manual cars all my Driving life, I would love to have a better gate on the gearbox like in a Ferrari so you know exactly what gear you are selecting, hell even paddle shifters. Or Sequential!
In my Cobra (which I had before the Viper) I had a BW T5 Gearbox, Gear selecting was much more positive than the Gen 2 Gearbox.
My preference is for a shorter shifter than the stock one.
I also did not like the OEM Gear shifter mechanism, So swaped it out for the Hurst Shifter.
Now the Rant
First impressions after swapping to the Hurst shifter are, .. Well its different, Im not sure if i'm liking it or not really, I still miss gears if trying to change too fast even with this shifter and Woodhouse Engine and Transmission mounts and solid billet Transmission cross member.
If Im honest I hate the Bloody Gearbox, Call it blasphemy or what ever you like but having mainly driven manual cars all my Driving life, I would love to have a better gate on the gearbox like in a Ferrari so you know exactly what gear you are selecting, hell even paddle shifters. Or Sequential!
In my Cobra (which I had before the Viper) I had a BW T5 Gearbox, Gear selecting was much more positive than the Gen 2 Gearbox.
Thanks for the info. I hear ya on the gate. I have a Muncie M22 in my 69 Vette and have never missed a shift (with the stock shifter installed no less) . I have missed shifts in the Viper though..daveg, As Sybil TF says, they do make an extension which can screw onto the stock shifter thread then the Cue ball screws onto that
My preference is for a shorter shifter than the stock one.
I also did not like the OEM Gear shifter mechanism, So swaped it out for the Hurst Shifter.
Now the Rant
First impressions after swapping to the Hurst shifter are, .. Well its different, Im not sure if i'm liking it or not really, I still miss gears if trying to change too fast even with this shifter and Woodhouse Engine and Transmission mounts and solid billet Transmission cross member.
If Im honest I hate the Bloody Gearbox, Call it blasphemy or what ever you like but having mainly driven manual cars all my Driving life, I would love to have a better gate on the gearbox like in a Ferrari so you know exactly what gear you are selecting, hell even paddle shifters. Or Sequential!
In my Cobra (which I had before the Viper) I had a BW T5 Gearbox, Gear selecting was much more positive than the Gen 2 Gearbox.
Yes but which one stops people in the street to gaze upon it's glory?
The Viper only because they are far and few between BUT, I still get my rocks off when I drive the Vette and I have owned it since 1982. Bought it 2 years after I graduated from high school... Guarantee you would enjoy a ride in that car especially when the top is down...
I don't like the ride in the c3 vettes but at least you have a vert. Is that your Husky? Now I have had 2 of those and a full blooded Wolfe.
That’s Ginger. She is a “Seppala Siberian Sled dog” Shes a Direct descendant of one of Leonhard Seppala’s dog’s. He was known for the 1925 Alaskan diphtheria outbreak Serum Run. We got her from a Mid distance musher here in MA and her parents were the lead dogs. She's awesome!!!
Looks like my Husky I had named Bubba. The female was named Tonka and the Wolfe was named Sheeba.
IMO, there is no better dog in the world than a Husky!!! Had a few myself...
dave6666
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I let my passenger shift.
I thought you put an automatic in yours?
Oh wait that was 1fast400, nevermind.
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dave6666
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If you knew anything about cars, you would understand what you said. But you don't.
I know plenty. Like, you put gas in it to make it go, Like, you put air in the tires so it will roll, Like, you put oil in the engine , etc, etc......Kiss it good night so it will start.
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