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Old Apr 29, 2008 | 02:01 PM
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ok im comin over from the m6 world and need a shifter and flexplate for my th400! what do yall recomend?
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Old Apr 29, 2008 | 08:16 PM
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I'm a rachet kind of guy. I just bolted in the b&m quick silver for my swap. It took some fabricating, but it's in and looks nice.
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cheetah shifter and tci flexplate. I had a b&m hammer and didn't care for it.
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I'm a rachet kind of guy. I just bolted in the b&m quick silver for my swap. It took some fabricating, but it's in and looks nice.
got any pics?

also i no nothing bout autos or shifters, but with a ratchet you can only change one gear at a time and it spring loaded, so i would be like hitting it once for rev, twice for neu, and three times for 1st and ect and dosent slide all the way thru like a stock shifter? that is if you tranny was park, rev, neu, 1st, 2nd, 3rd
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and ive heard tci flexplates are the way to go!
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Originally Posted by 4SFEDZ
got any pics?

also i no nothing bout autos or shifters, but with a ratchet you can only change one gear at a time and it spring loaded, so i would be like hitting it once for rev, twice for neu, and three times for 1st and ect and dosent slide all the way thru like a stock shifter? that is if you tranny was park, rev, neu, 1st, 2nd, 3rd
You got it. It's a little pain in that aspect, but I like it when its go time. You just push the shifter up from 1st, it ratchets back, shift again. I've got the TCI flexplate as well.
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Old May 1, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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TCI and B&M Pro rachet here...really pleased with it. If you are using the M6 console guys just keep the boot and use it on the shifter. I went from an A4 and made it work with the stock console..turned out real nice. There are tons of pics on here of this setup.
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Old May 1, 2008 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Stroked96Bowtie
TCI and B&M Pro rachet here...really pleased with it. If you are using the M6 console guys just keep the boot and use it on the shifter. I went from an A4 and made it work with the stock console..turned out real nice. There are tons of pics on here of this setup.
I liked the pro ratchet too, with the **** and button set up. I could have used that for my 2 step. I just didn't know about the small lever on the side of the shifter. I couldn't tell if that was the lock out release or what. The pictures and descriptions weren't clear. Oh well. I guess now I know it could've worked. Guess I'll have to stick with my getto switch under my ****.
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Cheetah here!

Some Pics of it Here https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...0107&highlight=
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Originally Posted by Firechikn
I liked the pro ratchet too, with the **** and button set up. I could have used that for my 2 step. I just didn't know about the small lever on the side of the shifter. I couldn't tell if that was the lock out release or what. The pictures and descriptions weren't clear. Oh well. I guess now I know it could've worked. Guess I'll have to stick with my getto switch under my ****.
If is the lever on the left side, that sticks up next to the handle thats the lock out release. Keeps you from hitting neutral/reverse or really overshifting which can sometimes be easy to do with these shifters. Used a cutting wheel to mod the console to allow it to slide through it.
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I used a new GM flex plate and a Quarter Stick. The shifter fits perfectly in the A4 console where the old shifter sat. It looks very clean and you have the added advantage not havin to use a ratchet shifter. IMO. GM flexplate runs about $110.
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I'm also running the TCI flexplate but I'm shifting gears with a Quarter Stick
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Old May 2, 2008 | 08:53 PM
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couple of pic of my quicksilver and getto switch. you don't have a lever to pull to release the lockout, you pull the handle up.


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