Short Throw...With or without bend?

So I was looking into getting a short throw sometime soon and I've noticed that some have a S bend and some are just straight. Whats up with the bend? I've noticed that some companies, like B&M have both kinds.

So are there any advantages to the bend? If its just for looks, I'm kinda partial to the straight kind.

ricers like to call them "Type R" shortthrow shifters.well a friend of mine has one with a bend and he went to shift one day and the threads busted right off......quality huh?payed 70bux for it too..lol

I think the ones with the bends actually sit a lil bit closer to the driver...don't take my word though. Mine kind of has the 's' bend it in, and nothing has gone wrong with it in over a year.

I have a Hurst Short Shifter for sale for $40, its excellent quality, a really nice shifter. PM me if you are interested.

Just makes it sit a little closer to the driver like said above, so you dont have to reach as far to shift, for the lazy scumbags!

haha like me :iceslolan

i wanted something that was closer to me so i got a S-Bend short shifter. worked great so far, i've had it for about a year.

:werd: I didn't wanna have to lean forward just to grab my shifter in 1st, 3rd, or 5th gear.

I have a Hurst Short Shifter for sale for $40, its excellent quality, a really nice shifter. PM me if you are interested.
take his deal

Hurst is hands down best no bend but very easy to reach even for my short self.

mine has no bend and im very content with it (B&M)

Go with the Hurst from FourthGenHatch. If you don't like his color, Hurst offers 5 total colors for $49.95 brand new from www.jcwsportcompact.com A very good suggestion is shifter stabbilizer bushings for $10.00 from the same website. Stay away from the "adjustable" short throws because they break. It's not the shifter length, it's the space between the pivot point & linkage mounting point that makes it a short throw. You always have that one person "I cut my shifter down so now it's a short throw" yea right . . . .
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=3052/35564Hurst.jpg

Is that your own personal scanner in the background Jackasssi? And also, what the hell were you doing with it in your car? Did you convert to OBD-1 or something?

Yes that's my scanner & no it's not OBDI or II. Just happened to be in the car while photos were taken.

wow man, from what i ahev hear those thing cost alot of money. my shop teacher said it cost that school 5000 cdn

yeah they're not cheap, my dad's got the second gen snap-on like that one except i think the screen has like one more line or something and he gave a couple thousand for it even after he traded in his old one. Of Course then the updated cartridges for it are 1000 a piece too

I got it used from a snap-on guy.