What shifter is better, B&M, Katech, or UUC

[GMBOUND]

Bossplayer recently felt the difference btw his stock & my UUC shifter, he might can chime in and provide you some feedback.

[CTSV_Rob]

Hmmmm.

So Bossplayer was playing with your shifter huh?

[SS from the "Wood"]

Originally Posted by CTSV_510

Bushings - you have to get from Luke. I haven't gotten them yet because my B&M shifter is so tight and my bushings are in good shape so I didn't think there was a need yet.

FYI - I tested a UUC shifter w/bushings last weekend and it felt like the stock compared to my B&M. I don't know, maybe it worked itself loose or something, but the difference was staggering to me.

Hey 510,

It's a toss up to me at this point... I like what I hear about your B&M (price, usability, ease of install) but need to know more about the bushings. My car's only got 16K on the stock stick, and I'm sure the stock bushings too. What's the benefit of replacing these, and how will I know when it's time? When/if I do replace them, do you recommend going w/ UUC's?

Shannon (I love bush(ings)

[rangerrob]

Originally Posted by justin311

Naw I'm driving 10 hours to hang out with the coolest guys on the forum. It's a plus everyway I look at it:

1. UUC Shifter install @ the best dealer in the East, beers
2. Track day, 09 CTS V tour, beers
3. Visit ye ol mister Bush in Washington, more beers & strippers
4. Have a freakin blast w/o the ol lady, beers, beers, beers wooohooo

i couldn't have said it any better myself!

[Koooop]

I bought a B & M for about $150. Paid the local Corvette shop about $100 to put it in, he didn't want to change the bushings for whatever his reason was, after 25 years of using him I don't bother arguing cuz he's right. The Vette guy said run it for about a few thousand miles and it'll quiet down (noisy bastard when I had it put in). I did stuff the box and wrap the shifter with insulation. After about two months it was quiet, but it is notchy and stiff compared to stock, but it's smooth and easy to use compared to an M22 with a Hurst shifter. I just used the stock shift knob, weighted shift knobs do have a cool feel to them.

Read up on UUC, you will find a number of posts (not just in the Cadillac forum) regarding they are known to break.

B&M is a very direct short throw shifter. If you want smooth a short throw shifter may not be the best idea for you since the stock is just rubbery smoothness at it finest.

Any shifter is a giant improvment in my book.

[04vman]

I think i'm going with a B&M and UUC bushing. Thanks for everybody's input.

[rand49er]

Originally Posted by Koooop

... he didn't want to change the bushings for whatever his reason was, after 25 years of using him I don't bother arguing cuz he's right. ... Any shifter is a giant improvment in my book.

A shifter is one of the best mods you can do to a CTS-V.


Also, look at the difference between the stock bushing after about 20+k compared to the UUC bushings.

http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums...tml#post729023 (Tpis Short Throw Or B&m)

[GMBOUND]

Originally Posted by CTSV_Rob

Hmmmm.

So Bossplayer was playing with your shifter huh?

Yep, his hands are smaller (to fit inside the Hi beam headlight housing) but my shifter is shorter.
We just used a little team work to get the job done

[CTSV_510]

Originally Posted by SS from the "Wood"

Hey 510,

It's a toss up to me at this point... I like what I hear about your B&M (price, usability, ease of install) but need to know more about the bushings. My car's only got 16K on the stock stick, and I'm sure the stock bushings too. What's the benefit of replacing these, and how will I know when it's time? When/if I do replace them, do you recommend going w/ UUC's?

The benefit of replacing the bushings is that the UUC ones will pretty much last forever as opposed to the stocks that may not be worn out yet, but they will at some point.

Originally Posted by Koooop

I bought a B & M for about $150. Paid the local Corvette shop about $100 to put it in, ...

Hey, if anyone near me needs a B&M installed, I'll do it for $100 on my lunch break.

Originally Posted by Koooop

Read up on UUC, you will find a number of posts (not just in the Cadillac forum) regarding they are known to break.

I am pretty sure that UUC fixed that issue a while ago - I don't think that is a problem with the current ones.

Originally Posted by rand49er

Also, look at the difference between the stock bushing after about 20+k compared to the UUC bushings.

http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums...tml#post729023 (Tpis Short Throw Or B&m)

Mine weren't quite that bad so I left em in for now, but I will be ordering UUC ones from Luke because they'll need replacing soon enough.

[trukk]

Just to add to this...I drove my buddies V with a few weeks back and he has a stock shifter. I've had my UUC for about 2 years now (completely trouble free). I forgot what an utter & total POS the stocker is. Totally new car with a proper shifter in there.

-Chris