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Old 05-04-2010, 04:29 PM
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Was wanting your guys' opinions on what your favorite short throws are and the best place to buy them. Input is appreciated.
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Seems like the popular choice now is the MGW. It is a nice piece of work. I am thinking of selling mine though
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Originally Posted by JCS30TH
Seems like the popular choice now is the MGW. It is a nice piece of work. I am thinking of selling mine though
whats the reason for selling it?
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Originally Posted by 936spdZ28
whats the reason for selling it?
It takes a quite of bit of effort and with the short stick its hard as hell on my back. I also don't really like the short stick on it. I think it would be much better with a stock lenght stick but outside of bleeding my ******* in a machine shop, I can't find any options.

As far as a shifter goes though. Precise, tight and just pretty amazing compared to the stock one.
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I absolutely LOVE my MGW. It is not notchy at all and I have never missed a shift with it. Go for it - you won't be disappointed!
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I'm pretty happy with my Pro 5.0 with stock length stick. Opted to not get the short stick. A good solid piece for sure. Got it from Speed Inc. a couple years ago.
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pro 5.0 here as well, had a b&m and it blew, better than stock but blew, pro 5.0 is notchy but i like it like that, but mgw does seem to be the "in" shifter right now lol
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pro 5.0 here
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love my pro 5.0
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I have a pro 5.0... but I dont exactly like it. the 2-3 still seems to be a difficult shift for me... I may try a MGW one of these days.
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I have a pro5.0. Bought it used. Its ok. I also have a Tick master, and i heard it was going to make my shifting so much better, but honestly i dont notice much of a difference.

Unfortunately where i live isnt conducive to WOT hard shifts, so i suppose i might notice a huge difference there. I hate the city. Gonna hopefully hit the track in the next couple of weeks
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Originally Posted by udienow
I have a pro 5.0... but I dont exactly like it. the 2-3 still seems to be a difficult shift for me... I may try a MGW one of these days.
no kidding? the 2-3 shift is almost straight up for me. i have to be careful when coming back from 3-4 i dont accidently go to 2nd.
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have the pro 5.0 and i like it.....but from what i hear everyone likes the mgw shifter too....so if you go with either of these you cant go wrong
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thanks for all the input guys!
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Pro 5.0 here with a UMI stick.
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Pro 5.0 base with a WS6 Store short stick. Tried Lou's short stick, didn't like it so I went with WS6 Store's short stick and love it.
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Hurst billet plus with short chrome stick, also Tick mc. Night and day difference from stock.
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Hurst billet plus !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

from jegs $187
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MGW is the ONLY way to go...I've had the Pro 5.0 with short stick, and now the MGW, with the stick machined down and cut shorter, and I LOVE it. You'd have to be an idiot to miss a shift with this thing.
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Originally Posted by squee
MGW is the ONLY way to go...I've had the Pro 5.0 with short stick, and now the MGW, with the stick machined down and cut shorter, and I LOVE it. You'd have to be an idiot to miss a shift with this thing.
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