2010 GT500 Shifter Install

[MongoCobra]

Hi
I just picked up my 2010 GT500 yesterday and already itchy to mod. First one I think will be a short throw shifter but it looks like they changed the design from the 07-09. Has anyone done this mod yet, and is the install easier than what i've seen for the earlier design? Install pics would be great

thanks

 

[Wilson & Co]

what was different? look forward to hearing what you find

 

[MongoCobra]

found this on the net, looks like it didt get any easier:

Shelby Short Throw Shifter Installation - Mustang Monthly

 

[09Troublemaker]

congrats on the new toy:beer:

 

[TaraFirma]

Factory shifter is pretty short. What would you replace it with?

 

[mullens]

Yea I thought they put the KR shifter in the 2010. No?

 

[1 bad bullitt]

Yea I thought they put the KR shifter in the 2010. No?

Whatever it is, I love it, it's the best feeling factroy mustang shifter I have ever had!

 

[cobrkilrl]

I have the KR shifter in my 09 gt500KR. I think this is the Ford racing parts short throw shifter. It is great and I love it. Short shifts and very smooth. Have not missed 3rd gear yet. Just a great product. You cannot go wrong with it.

 

[Red Turtle]

I have the KR shifter in my 09 gt500KR. I think this is the Ford racing parts short throw shifter. It is great and I love it. Short shifts and very smooth. Have not missed 3rd gear yet. Just a great product. You cannot go wrong with it.

You have the KR shifter in your KR? :shrug:

j/k keep slamming those gears

 

[Colleton]

Yea I thought they put the KR shifter in the 2010. No?

I don't think so. I have the FRPP (KR) shifter in my 09, and when I test drove a 2010 last weekend it felt nothing like the KR shifter. It felt like the stock 2009 shifter. Mushy, with a lot longer throw.

 

[rsnyder]

I drove a 2010, and I must say that the stock shifter felt really good. I was a little suprised, and if I bought a 2010, I'm not sure I would swap it out......

 

[96slowbra]

2010 shelbys have the shelby upgrade shifter for the 2007-2009 shelbys. i believe that is the kr shifter

 

[Colleton]

I think you're wrong, and you'll have to show me a spec sheet that backs up your claim to convince me.

I know what the FRPP shifter feels like, I use one every day. The shifter on the 2010 is not the FRPP shifter. The 2010 stock shifter felt exactly like the stock shifter on my 09 did before I replaced it. Mushy.

 

[1fast10shelby]

“All our changes were about making the car to respond as fast and as predictable as possible,” Hameedi said. “The 2010 Shelby GT500 conveys an athletic, confident feel. The shifter, clutch pedal, brake-pedal efforts and overall steering efforts are easier now. We wanted to make sure we had a nice, crisp short-throw shifter that was easy to go from gear to gear.”

I don't know what shifter is in the '10's but it sounds like it is different than previous years.


Rob

 

[evasive]

I doubt it is the $350 Shelby shifter.

 

[96slowbra]

look in the ford racing catalog, there is no shifter for 2010.... but there is for the 2007-2009. if you go to ford for a replacement it is $600
Ford Racing Performance Parts []

 

[96slowbra]

i also work at a ford racing dealer. i have heard about the shifter, just not sure where. i'll find some back up evidence soon

 

[mullens]

I can't say for sure if it is the short throw FRPP (KR) shifter on my 2010 but it IS definitely different than my 08. Shorter throws for sure.

 

[Grey03]

According to the supplemental manual for the GT 500 that came with my 2010, under unique features it lists "short throw shifter" which one it is..... couldn't tell you.... But I like it better than the Steeda unit that I had in my 03 Cobra.

 

[Spawn]

I just wish MGW would make one for the 2007 -up.

I miss that shifter. Had it in the o4 cobra and we installed it in a friends 5 speed GT but for some reason he only made a couple for the shelby and never took off with it. I think there are more shelbys running around than the 03-04 cobra.