I recently purchased a hurst competition shifter to replace my hurst billet plus short throw. The short throw isn't very comfortable and the hurst knob is huge. Although the competition doesn't fit the style of the fox in my opinion, it's a pretty comfortable shifter and I really don't notice the extra length that much. I've yet to actually drive the car with the new shifter so the jury is out at this point.
The instructions, as well as a few on line videos (professional), say to use the hurst provided rubber dust boot after you install the shifter, then put the original OEM rubber dust boot (bolts to the trans tunnel), then install the leather boot and trim plate that you see on the inside of the car. First, that's a lot of boots! Second, I got to the step of installing the factory Ford boot over the hurst dust cover (ford dust cover is a huge pain to install by the way) and the tension from all the boots actually pulls the shifter out of first and third back to neutral. That obviously won't work.
When I pulled the billet shifter out of my car, the OEM dust cover was not installed and I guess I know why. On top of being a huge PIA to install, it doesn't seem like it would work in conjunction with the hurst supplied boot.
So my question- should I use the hurst provided boot than nicely wraps around the shifter plate or use the OEM Ford boot/plate instead? The OEM boot is probably quieter since it covers the entire opening in the tunnel and probably keeps more heat from the pipes out since they are in close proximity.
I'm sure others have run into this.
Thoughts??
The instructions, as well as a few on line videos (professional), say to use the hurst provided rubber dust boot after you install the shifter, then put the original OEM rubber dust boot (bolts to the trans tunnel), then install the leather boot and trim plate that you see on the inside of the car. First, that's a lot of boots! Second, I got to the step of installing the factory Ford boot over the hurst dust cover (ford dust cover is a huge pain to install by the way) and the tension from all the boots actually pulls the shifter out of first and third back to neutral. That obviously won't work.
When I pulled the billet shifter out of my car, the OEM dust cover was not installed and I guess I know why. On top of being a huge PIA to install, it doesn't seem like it would work in conjunction with the hurst supplied boot.
So my question- should I use the hurst provided boot than nicely wraps around the shifter plate or use the OEM Ford boot/plate instead? The OEM boot is probably quieter since it covers the entire opening in the tunnel and probably keeps more heat from the pipes out since they are in close proximity.
I'm sure others have run into this.
Thoughts??