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My .02
Yeah, it's an older thread but I have to chime in...
Moving the shifter closer to you my lengthening and angling the UPPER portion of the handle does NOT make for noticeably longer throws. It does however give you more leverage and as such you can do some serious tranny damamge by over-shifting. The 3650 tranny has internal stops to counter some of this problem and most after market shifters have adjustable stops as well to allevaite the issue. The Tri-Ax and MRT recommend that you REMOVE their stop bolts and just rely on the internal stops in the tranny. Something to do with improper adjustments causing the shifter to pop out of gear.
I use the MRT in my car, and love it. Far better than the licorice stick the car came with.
On another issue with the shifter, the aluminum ball is a PITA. Summer time I burned myself several times (no I don't learn easily). Several people have switched over to the "pool ball" shift knobs to resolve this issue.
Dunno about the shift knob in the winter, as the car hibernates up here for that season.
Fit issues.... I am 6-4 and 300#. I slip into the car just fine.
The biggest issue I have is knee space for the left leg when operating the clutch. Have turned off a left turn signal more than once when letting the clutch out.
I have driven my Mach from Minneapolis MN to Bowling Green KY and back, plus another several thousand files (around 8,000 now) and have not had a single mechanical problem. No tick.
Compared to my old 96 cobra (vortech blown), this car is a dream. The 96 would over-heat if you looked at it funny, the Mach is rock solid in the temp gauge. The 96 had all sorts of issues with the front suspension, the mach made a little squeaking noise up front due to improperly packed bushings from the factory. The 96 went through 3 tranny's (before being supercharged), synchros, bent forks, exploded gears. My Mach hasn't had any problems (but some have reported issues with popping out of 2nd, grind on the 1-2 or 2-3 shift... all of which have TSBs to fix them under warranty).
Appearance... hands down to the Mach. I replaced the stock flat black stripes (on a black car... what was Ford thinking???) with Silver, and the car looks even better. I don't really care for the wheels (they are a bitch to clean), but it completes the look.
Okay... back to work for me.
Later
Rod
Yeah, it's an older thread but I have to chime in...
Moving the shifter closer to you my lengthening and angling the UPPER portion of the handle does NOT make for noticeably longer throws. It does however give you more leverage and as such you can do some serious tranny damamge by over-shifting. The 3650 tranny has internal stops to counter some of this problem and most after market shifters have adjustable stops as well to allevaite the issue. The Tri-Ax and MRT recommend that you REMOVE their stop bolts and just rely on the internal stops in the tranny. Something to do with improper adjustments causing the shifter to pop out of gear.
I use the MRT in my car, and love it. Far better than the licorice stick the car came with.
On another issue with the shifter, the aluminum ball is a PITA. Summer time I burned myself several times (no I don't learn easily). Several people have switched over to the "pool ball" shift knobs to resolve this issue.
Dunno about the shift knob in the winter, as the car hibernates up here for that season.
Fit issues.... I am 6-4 and 300#. I slip into the car just fine.
The biggest issue I have is knee space for the left leg when operating the clutch. Have turned off a left turn signal more than once when letting the clutch out.
I have driven my Mach from Minneapolis MN to Bowling Green KY and back, plus another several thousand files (around 8,000 now) and have not had a single mechanical problem. No tick.
Compared to my old 96 cobra (vortech blown), this car is a dream. The 96 would over-heat if you looked at it funny, the Mach is rock solid in the temp gauge. The 96 had all sorts of issues with the front suspension, the mach made a little squeaking noise up front due to improperly packed bushings from the factory. The 96 went through 3 tranny's (before being supercharged), synchros, bent forks, exploded gears. My Mach hasn't had any problems (but some have reported issues with popping out of 2nd, grind on the 1-2 or 2-3 shift... all of which have TSBs to fix them under warranty).
Appearance... hands down to the Mach. I replaced the stock flat black stripes (on a black car... what was Ford thinking???) with Silver, and the car looks even better. I don't really care for the wheels (they are a bitch to clean), but it completes the look.
Okay... back to work for me.
Later
Rod
