Hurst "Hot Shift"

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Any one used this? Any remarks? I picked it up as a water damaged deal less than half price. Is it worth installing?

http://go.mrgasket.com/ProductDetails.aspx?brandID=2&productID=5000545&txtSearch=hot shift

 

[HarryH3]

Hmm, when I read this:

Chirp the tires with this high performance shift modifying kit for street-strip. Provides a firm shift without any harshness.

It seems to contradict itself.

If you want to regularly bark 35's or larger, I hope you have something beefier than a 10 or 12 bolt rear. Otherwise you're gonna be breaking stuff. Been there, done that, got a dirty T-shirt (from laying under the truck swapping gears).

 

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Yeah, interestingly (or not) the kit comes with the parts necessary to give two levels of performance, "heavy duty towing - police, fleet, motorhomes" or "street strip - multi purpose vehicles, street strip and 4 wheelers, desert."

 

[HarryH3]

The "tow" setting usually is not too bad. It just firms up the shifts a bit. Street/strip gets a bit more violent and and barks the tires pretty good at or near full throttle. It can get a bit tiresome when just driving around town. Some kits also have a 3rd "race" setting that sets the shifts to "stun". They'll chirp the tires at every shift, even at part throttle.

A friend in high school had a wicked '67 Chevelle with the 425 HP 427 factory engine, and THEN it had been hopped up even more. It had the Stage 3 kit in the Turbo 400. The car would come sideways at about 100 MPH when it shifted into 3rd at full throttle. It would make ya stain yer shorts.

 

[fireplug]

Thanks for the input. How do you think either tow or street would do with a Detroit and snow or ice on the street?

 

[HarryH3]

You'll want to manually shift when taking corners in the snow and ice. A hard upshift just as you round a corner can put ya sideways in a heartbeat. The tow setting shortens up the shifts without giving you whiplash.

 

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Ttt

Any more first hand accounts?