I would be interested to know from those who do what the deal with these aftermarket shifters is all about? I posted the thread on the "2nd gear syncro loss" after I anstalled a Steeda short throw conversion kit on my 05. I do not blame the shifter for this problem or even me the driver as I do know how to shift and am not a newbie in the performance car hobby.
Anyway, on older cars I know that many had stock shifters such as these new Mustangs do, made by the auto company. Many would install a Hurst or other aftermarket shifter to improve performance. On older cars the entire shifter including linkage was changed with much improved action and it was a complete change of the entire unit and it was all external.
On these new cars most of the parts of the shifter are internal and are not affected by the replacement of the external parts of a Hurst or other replacement shifter unit. The Steeda kit I used requires the dis-assembly of the stock unit and replaces the shift lever with a shorter one and hence the "short shift".
Any of these new shifters is just a ball and socket affair and any of them can only shorten the throw as you are not changing the shifting parts that do the real work inside the transmission. If you have a problem such as I do the problem is the internal shifter rail or other problem. The external shifter should not have much to do with it if it has a problem. It is just a lever and nothing more.
So changing to a hurst or other unit should not affect anything but the length of the throw and probably the feel somewhat as a loss of leverage will make it harder to do the work of shifting. Am I right about this or am I all wrong?
BTW the 05 goes in for warrany transmission repair next Monday. I know the service advisor, so I am getting it fixed. I will let you know on that one.