2008ShelbyGTcabriolet Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 I just ordered a TCI StreetFighter Ratchet Shifter for my 08 SGT Auto. Should be here next week. I do not know if anyone has ordered and installed this unit, but I will let everyone know how it goes and what I think... Below is a link on an install: http://www.powerperformancenews.com/forum/...ifter-2084.html Also go here to order: http://www.compperformancegroupstores.com/...;Category_Code= TCI.bmp TCI.bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShowCar Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 I was looking at that shifter Yesterday. Let us know what you think? Im leaning towards a torque converter from Precision Industries. I want to go 12's on the motor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardluck33 Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 I just ordered a TCI StreetFighter Ratchet Shifter for my 08 SGT Auto.Should be here next week. I do not know if anyone has ordered and installed this unit, but I will let everyone know how it goes and what I think... Below is a link on an install: http://www.powerperformancenews.com/forum/...ifter-2084.html Also go here to order: http://www.compperformancegroupstores.com/...;Category_Code= I do not have this but I just rode in a car with it today--- one of my friends cars that he tracks has it. It was a real nice set-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008ShelbyGTcabriolet Posted April 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Update: Installed it 3 weeks ago and works fine. Excellent quality and it is a highly reccomended mod! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pottydr Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 I tried to order one Monday from TCI and they said it will be 2 months before they have any in stock, I will buy it now if anybody knows who has one ready to ship, Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hfrosso Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 I don't have an automatic, but just got this catalog from moss muscle performance , really nice !!!! they're just more expensive $429 , don't know if they have it in stock. here's they web address an phone. www.mossmuscle.com - 1800-479-8515. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pottydr Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Tried them yesterday, out of stock,also 4 other places, Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HORSBYT Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Update: Installed it 3 weeks ago and works fine. Excellent quality and it is a highly reccomended mod! Looks good, nice mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500-07 Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Tried them yesterday, out of stock,also 4 other places, Rick maybe Evo, http://www.evoperform.com/shop/index.php?m...products_id=520 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelleee Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 maybe Evo,http://www.evoperform.com/shop/index.php?m...products_id=520 I ordered one for my dad's birthday a couple weeks ago, it shipped last Friday from TCI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 can someone with it installed give us a full review of how it works? I sometimes upshifted my auto manually, as I loved the difference in performance and sound when letting the engine rev higher than the stock auto will go. But downshifting has always been a pain, with there being well over 2 seconds of delay before engaging a lower gear, like when downshifting from 3rd to 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RACERX009 Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 I just ordered a TCI StreetFighter Ratchet Shifter for my 08 SGT Auto.Should be here next week. I do not know if anyone has ordered and installed this unit, but I will let everyone know how it goes and what I think... Below is a link on an install: http://www.powerperformancenews.com/forum/...ifter-2084.html Also go here to order: http://www.compperformancegroupstores.com/...;Category_Code= Thats a nic looking shift TCI make great products, I love ratchets shifts alot of fun and no knee pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RACERX009 Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Update: Installed it 3 weeks ago and works fine. Excellent quality and it is a highly reccomended mod! Looks sharp are you going to do any tranny work ?? If my right knee needs to be replaced, I might have to switc to automatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pottydr Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 I finally got around to installing the TCI ratchet shifter, it is a mod to get if you have a automatic, It rips thur the gears and I can downshift without any problems, just have to be careful when going up into 2nd, it wants to go sideways, no need for pictures as it looks like the others, Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank S Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 I seem to ba able to downshift my automatic without any particular delay, although you may be talking about a different kind of shifting or driving than I am used to, or contemplating. This is a thread from The Nostalgia Forum, wherein someone quotes Denis Jenkinson about highway driving with/by Grand Prix champions: Grand Prix Drivers on the Open Road Looks like anticipation is the key there, and probably in the effective use of downshifting in an automatic transmission car. I'd like to hear what "ratchet-shift" means, practically speaking. Way I understand it, with the transmission in "Low", you push, the transmission shifts, the lever returns to the original position. Another push the same direction, another shift, another return. Same as long as you have gears to shift up to (what about overdrive? The TCI item accommodate that?). As long as there is a lower gear to shift to, a pull on the lever downshifts, the lever returns to its normal position. Do I have it right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbstang Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Frank, I had the B&M Mega Shifter on my 72 mach 1, I cannot speak for the new shifter from TCI, but you kinda have the idea.. I would come to a light and rachet the tranny down into 1st, that is rocking it back three times each time the tranny drops a gear. Then when I shoot out of the hole I would just "Pull" the shifter back, not forward and this would progress the shift up to second, repeat for third.. I think the idea was it is easier to pull then push when accelerating.. I think the new TCI though has you rocking the shifter forward to progress through the gears unlike B&M.. Either way, its is nice beacause if your really in the moment and forget which gear your in and try to go up again, you will not go into neutral! BTW, O/D will be on if you leave it on and off if its switched off. Personally, I see a difference with it on, that is it seems to shift,,,"oddly" with it on.. go figure? I do wish TCI would make the shifter with a line lock switch built into the "Tee" handle. I know they moved the O/D switch down off the handle to the cover but it would be nice to have the ability to locate the LL switch on the handle vice anywhere on the dash. GNB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank S Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Thank you. I'd like to see one in operation, but no one around here has one that I know of. Fascinating idea, but expensive, so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BergShelby Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Just check out the videos at the TCI site to see it in action. http://www.tciauto.com/Products/Shifters/streetfighter/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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