TrailBeast
AKA Mopars4us on Youtube
Hurst's 5 foot cable would probably be fine for something like a swamp buggy where the shifter is 3-4 feet above the trans, but it sure sux to figure out how to run all the extra cable in an A body.
On top of that, the 5 foot snake is the one and only choice for the Promatic series shifters.
I emailed Hurst's tech line and asked about the 36 inch universal cable and mentioned my concerns about BOTH ends of the cable being different as well as the attaching methods to the trans and shifter both.
Yea, two days later they answered with "Use either one".
(Somebody actually gets paid to send responses like that apparently)
Well, with more looking I found the cables B&M has for their Pro Ratchet, Pro Stick, and Pro Bandit shifters that once received does look exactly like the Hurst cable with the correct ends and all, (the eyelet might be a bit larger but I can fix that) but their cables come in 3-4-and 5 foot versions and look as well as feel quite a bit tougher than the Hurst cables.
I'm going to start with the B&M Super Duty Race cable in the 3 foot version and see how it all goes.
I won't need to worry about how I route 5 feet (2 extra feet) of cable in an engine compartment with a hot motor and hedders.
I was very careful to keep it as far as possible from heat sources and even wrapped the hedder tube closest to it, but the cable only made it 3 years before the casing was disintegrating and the inner cable seizing in the housing.
It should also be a lot more accurate being only 3 feet instead of 5 and they make a point of mentioning the low .015 per foot backlash of the Heavy Duty Race cable.
The cable housing itself is larger and stiffer than the Hurst cable as well, and the dust covers on the moving parts fit MUCH better, tighter and heavier material than the Hurst cables.
We'll see.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/bmm-80831
On top of that, the 5 foot snake is the one and only choice for the Promatic series shifters.
I emailed Hurst's tech line and asked about the 36 inch universal cable and mentioned my concerns about BOTH ends of the cable being different as well as the attaching methods to the trans and shifter both.
Yea, two days later they answered with "Use either one".
(Somebody actually gets paid to send responses like that apparently)
Well, with more looking I found the cables B&M has for their Pro Ratchet, Pro Stick, and Pro Bandit shifters that once received does look exactly like the Hurst cable with the correct ends and all, (the eyelet might be a bit larger but I can fix that) but their cables come in 3-4-and 5 foot versions and look as well as feel quite a bit tougher than the Hurst cables.
I'm going to start with the B&M Super Duty Race cable in the 3 foot version and see how it all goes.
I won't need to worry about how I route 5 feet (2 extra feet) of cable in an engine compartment with a hot motor and hedders.
I was very careful to keep it as far as possible from heat sources and even wrapped the hedder tube closest to it, but the cable only made it 3 years before the casing was disintegrating and the inner cable seizing in the housing.
It should also be a lot more accurate being only 3 feet instead of 5 and they make a point of mentioning the low .015 per foot backlash of the Heavy Duty Race cable.
The cable housing itself is larger and stiffer than the Hurst cable as well, and the dust covers on the moving parts fit MUCH better, tighter and heavier material than the Hurst cables.
We'll see.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/bmm-80831
