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I have (had) 2 cars with the B&M Mega Shifters installed by the previous owners. One has already been returned to stock, the other will be returned to stock when I get it fixed up and driving. I don't see any need for a ratcheting type shifter in a stock car, they are just annoying and something else to go wrong.
I have (had) 2 cars with the B&M Mega Shifters installed by the previous owners. One has already been returned to stock, the other will be returned to stock when I get it fixed up and driving. I don't see any need for a ratcheting type shifter in a stock car, they are just annoying and something else to go wrong.
I don't see any need for a ratcheting type shifter in a stock car, they are just annoying and something else to go wrong.
I could not agree less, but to each his own.
There isn't a vehicle I own, including my column shifted Suburban and Venture minivan that I don't USE the ability to manually control the automatic transmission from time to time. The sportier the car, the more I will use it. Thus, a shifter with the ratchet mechanism, and an extra block against accidentally slipping into neutral or reverse, is a valuable thing.
And the factory shifter in these cars, IMO, is utterly lacking in feel and precision. It won't happen soon, but replacing it is on my long term plan list.
There isn't a vehicle I own, including my column shifted Suburban and Venture minivan that I don't USE the ability to manually control the automatic transmission from time to time. The sportier the car, the more I will use it. Thus, a shifter with the ratchet mechanism, and an extra block against accidentally slipping into neutral or reverse, is a valuable thing.
And the factory shifter in these cars, IMO, is utterly lacking in feel and precision. It won't happen soon, but replacing it is on my long term plan list.
I am curious, in what scenarios are you manually shifting an automatic and actually gaining some sort of advantage over leaving it in D?
I am curious, in what scenarios are you manually shifting an automatic and actually gaining some sort of advantage over leaving it in D?
When racing and shifting at 7000-7200 rpm like I do.
Or when in burnout box and do not want trans to upshift to third gen
Or when towing a load (in my truck) up a steep hill
Or when towing a load down a steep grade to force engine braking.
Or when towing a load (in my truck) up a steep hill
Or when towing a load down a steep grade to force engine braking.
These two for sure. Also autocrossing. Steady state cornering where I want to be in a lower gear coming out of a turn, and don't want a shift (up or down) that will disrupt the chassis (think long, sweeping high speed ramp, for instance).
Pretty much any time when I KNOW, with vision, knowledge, experience and education...what I AM going to want the car to do, and IT DOES NOT know what I am going to want.
I cannot begin to express my loathing of "e" transmissions, where the machine decides what you will get, and when.
