Hurst Black Billet Plus Short Throw Shifter - T-5/T-45 (83-Early 01 GT; 83-04 V6; 96-99 Cobra)

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Overall Rating 4.6

out of 5 stars

Installation Time:Afternoon

Installation Cost:0-$100

• Fit 4.68421 4.7
• Bang For Your Buck 4.421052 4.4
• Throw Reduction 4.421052 4.4

• 5/5

  Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

  March 23, 2019

  Hurst Shifter

  Great quality compared to stock shifter and only took 45 minutes to install. Shift stops are easy to adjust and shifting fees shorter.

  Pedersen

  Year: 1996 Submodel: Cobra

  Helpful (0) Thanks for your input!

  • Fit 4

    4

  • Bang for your Buck 5

    5

  • Throw Reduction 4

    4
• 5/5

  Installation Time: Shop Install

  Installation Cost: 0-$100

  February 19, 2018

  Hurst black shifter

  Received the shifter within 2 days. Had it installed in about an hour. Looks good and shifts smoothly. Very happy with it.

  Allstar

  Year: 2001 Submodel: Other

  Helpful (5) Thanks for your input!

  • Fit 5

    5

  • Bang for your Buck 5

    5

  • Throw Reduction 5

    5
• 3/5

  Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

  January 17, 2018

  The shifter is great

  The shifter is great but the instructions say to torque the new bolts to 20 pounds but when I put my torque wrench to it the last bolt snapped and now I have to remove it with an extractor kit

  TannerC

  Year: 2000 Submodel: V6

  Helpful (5) Thanks for your input!

  • Fit 5

    5

  • Bang for your Buck 3

    3

  • Throw Reduction 4

    4
• 5/5

  Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

  February 16, 2016

  This is what the mustang needs

  The stock shifter has such a long throw that it would make it uncomfortable, and sometimes miss the gear when shifting fast. I love this thing.

  SVTCobra

  Year: 2001 Submodel: Cobra Fontana, CA

  Helpful (6) Thanks for your input!

  • Fit 5

    5

  • Bang for your Buck 5

    5

  • Throw Reduction 5

    5
• 5/5

  Installation Time: Afternoon

  November 18, 2014

  Pretty "shifty"

  This short throw shifter works very well. It was relatively easy to install and took me about 2.5 hours to do which included researching the type of transmission, assembling the tools, taking off the factory unit, scraping the RTV from the base, installing the new unit and cleaning up. Compared to the factory unit it uses very high quality materials that seem to be much heavier. It shifts well though I expected even shorter shifts, but the shift from 2nd to 3rd is considerably shorter. It rates as excellent overall.

  Misguided1

  Year: 2003 Submodel: V6 MD

  Helpful (6) Thanks for your input!

  • Fit 5

    5

  • Bang for your Buck 4

    4

  • Throw Reduction 3

    3
• 4/5

  Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

  September 15, 2014

  Good quality and good upgrade

  Installation took right around an hour, and a lot of that time was just scraping off old sealant. The spacer plate for the T45 trans is asymmetrical and will only go on one way. I had a bit of a scare thinking I had the wrong part until I realized this. I recommend initially breaking the shifter mounting bolts with a six-point socket and a breaker bar so that you don't accidentally round the heads of the bolts. The shift action is a bit shorter and more precise than the stock unit, so it requires slightly higher shifting effort. But I mainly got this unit because I wanted a good shifter with built-in adjustable stops.

  motorhall

  Year: 1997 Submodel: Cobra Pacific NW

  Helpful (6) Thanks for your input!

  • Fit 5

    5

  • Bang for your Buck 3

    3

  • Throw Reduction 3

    3
• 5/5

  Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

  May 30, 2014

  Would buy over and over and over again!!!

  What more can I say? I LOVE this product!!! Nothing but quality! WORLD of difference in my pony! I did buy the gasket with it as you don't need the sealant. Did I say this was amazing??? So amazingly easy to install yourself!!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!!

  mylilponygirl

  Year: 2004 Submodel: V6 Colorado

  Helpful (5) Thanks for your input!

  • Fit 5

    5

  • Bang for your Buck 5

    5

  • Throw Reduction 5

    5
• 2/5

  Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

  April 25, 2014

  thought hurst was good company

  I was looking into shifter for a while and I was told that Hurst was a great company. I decided to give Hurst a shot for myself. I bought this shifter and I noticed something was unusually with it and that was that the rail cup (the plastic piece that goes on the ball of the shifter) was really loose. Not sure if that was normal so I continued installing it and after I installed a it and put everything back together I drove it to work that night and I put it in fifth and I was just cursing and it constantly pops out of gear and my old shifter never did that so I'm not to happy about that especially with it being over $200.

  Josh0524

  Year: 1998 Submodel: V6 Louisville, KY, USA

  Helpful (5) Thanks for your input!

  • Response from AmericanMuscle

    Definitely sounds like the shifter needs to be readjusted or you may have received one that wasn't manufactured properly if readjustment doesn't fix the issue. We haven't heard of any similar issues on this shifter in the past. I will have a customer service rep in contact with you as soon as possible so we can rectify this situation for you.

    Lisa , Customer Care
    

  • Fit 3

    3

  • Bang for your Buck 3

    3

  • Throw Reduction 3

    3
• 5/5

  Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

  September 24, 2013

  Magic

  Love the shifter! Super easy install! Went from banging a soda can in 2nd to being able to actually shift with a BK large drink cup in the front drink holder.

  Cozy

  Year: 2000 Submodel: V6 Chicago

  Helpful (8) Thanks for your input!

  • Fit 5

    5

  • Bang for your Buck 5

    5

  • Throw Reduction 5

    5
• 4/5

  Installation Time: Afternoon

  August 31, 2013

  Fitment

  Be sure to dry fit first before silconing. The spacer plate for the t45 only fits one way all tho it looks like a perfect rectangle we made the mistake of siloconng and putting it together nd only 2 holes ligned up had to take it apart than clean all the silicone off after it dryed other than that worked great my shifter no longer touches the dash in first btw tighten the Allan bolts that hold th lever to the shifter mine came loose after a day

  Jmahov0099

  Year: 1997 Submodel: Cobra Sc

  Helpful (5) Thanks for your input!

  • Fit 3

    3

  • Bang for your Buck 5

    5

  • Throw Reduction 5

    5
• 5/5

  Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

  April 25, 2013

  worth the extra money !!

  shipping was fast missed one part in my order tho but w/e, install was simple WAYY bestter than stock shifter feeling better day by day cant wait to fully brake it in!! Great prodouct

  500000121

  Year: 1995 Submodel: GT Vancouver, BC, Canada

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  • Fit 5

    5

  • Bang for your Buck 4

    4

  • Throw Reduction 5

    5
• 5/5

  Installation Time: Afternoon

  March 24, 2013

  Feels Amazing

  The first thing you will notice about this shifter is how solid it feels and is constructed, compared to the sloppy factory/Tremec shifter. This shifter also moves the shifter knob further forward, allowing you to use your front cup holder and moving the shifter to a much more suitable place in relation to the steering wheel. Now, my shoulder doesn't need to come off of the seat to shift into 5th. Note: installation was a snap, however the factory shifter rubber surround needs to be trimmed, and cannot be wrapped around the entire shifter assembly. In hind-sight, I should have trimmed the rubber and wrapped it around the shifter below the Hurst boot. I didn't do that, and had to come up with something to combat the excessive amounts of road noise that will enter the cabin if you completely remove that rubber. Also, the tie strap supplied with my shifter kit was too short to fit around the shifter body. Had to go a pick up some longer ones.

  SonicEvan

  Year: 2004 Submodel: V6 Lethbridge, AB, Canada

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  • Fit 4

    4

  • Bang for your Buck 5

    5

  • Throw Reduction 5

    5
• 5/5

  Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

  November 09, 2012

  hurst short shifter

  I love it quick shipping and as soon as I got it I installed it. Took maybe around 30-45 mins. Fit perfect all you need is to buy the gasket sealing. Came with instructions but didn't even bother to look at the. Feeels great. Before you put it in tho you should put some trans fluid in.

  95GTCoCo

  Year: 1995 Submodel: GT San Diego, CA, USA

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  • Fit 5

    5

  • Bang for your Buck 5

    5

  • Throw Reduction 5

    5
• 5/5

  Installation Time: Afternoon

  August 25, 2012

  Great shifter

  Really, in a daily driver, there's no performance gains. But it feels great, throwing it into gear. It just slides, then clicks into place. I ran into an issue when installing it; I had my trans rebuilt, and the shop didn't drive a pin all the way home (on the top of the shifter mechanism in the trans). It wouldn't go into gear at all or anything. Once I figured out the problem, I had it in in about 10 minutes. Works perfectly, no problems.

  Bryan94

  Year: 1996 Submodel: GT

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  • Fit 5

    5

  • Bang for your Buck 4

    4

  • Throw Reduction 5

    5
• 4/5

  Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

  July 27, 2012

  Decent upgrade

  I installed the shifter in combination with my trans rebuild project and the lightweight driveshaft. The throw reduction was less than I thought it would be. But never the less, it works well and is a quality product. Just be sure to tighten those adjustment screws down all the way or you could end up on the city sidestreets without 1st, 3rd and 5th gears... Lesson learned the hard way!

  TG86

  Year: 2003 Submodel: V6

  Helpful (6) Thanks for your input!

  • Fit 5

    5

  • Bang for your Buck 4

    4

  • Throw Reduction 3

    3
• 5/5

  Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

  April 29, 2012

  99 svt cobra

  hurst is one of the best shifters i would say. it was very easy to install just have to remove some bolts basically. other than that i recommend this shifter 100%.

  MCCOBRA

  Year: 1999 Submodel: Cobra greer

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  • Fit 5

    5

  • Bang for your Buck 5

    5

  • Throw Reduction 5

    5
• 5/5

  Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

  March 28, 2012

  great shifter!

  I bought this shifter and three days later it arrived. I could not believe how quick the shipping was. The install was real simple only took me 30 minutes from start to finish. You will be satisfied if you purchased this shifter it has much firmer and shorter shifts.

  jacob28610

  Year: 1999 Submodel: V6 Claremont,NC

  Helpful (5) Thanks for your input!

  • Fit 5

    5

  • Bang for your Buck 4

    4

  • Throw Reduction 4

    4
• 5/5

  Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

  March 22, 2012

  Great Shifter

  Awesome shifter! Installation was a breeze. 2000 and older owners will enjoy using their front cup holder!

  TimW

  Year: 2000 Submodel: V6

  Helpful (12) Thanks for your input!

  • Fit 5

    5

  • Bang for your Buck 5

    5

  • Throw Reduction 5

    5
• 5/5

  Installation Time: Afternoon

  December 09, 2011

  hurst short throw

  love it,just installed it haven't had a chance to take it out yet,weathers been to bad,but seems fine.

  j4gwig

  Year: 1999 Submodel: GT wood river, IL

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  • Fit 5

    5

  • Bang for your Buck 5

    5

  • Throw Reduction 5

    5
• 5/5

  March 28, 2011

  Quality Shifter

  Good product. Shifts are quick and easy. Only took an hour to install. Hurst makes great shifters, better than Steeda.

  Noah

  Year: 2003 Submodel: Cobra

  Helpful (14) Thanks for your input!