Upsh1ft

Back on topic:

I noticed an audible clunk every time I press the clutch hard to shift from first to second. I'm a newbie with a stick so I was wondering if it's normal.

On another note, I let my best friend try the car. First time ever driving anything other than an econobox and she was smooth as butter, so that confirms that the jerkiness is my own fault for being a newb lol xD

Funster_2011V6

AFAIK 3. First was clutch pedal stays on the floor at high revs. Fix is GT500 pedal with stiffer spring. Second was dificulty putting into gear and gear clash. Fix is new pressure plate bolts. Third was balky shifts in all gears espesially in cold weather. Fix is lighter weight MTF.

Upsh1ft

Could u explain gear clash and what u mean by balky?

sketchy00

You can look that sort of thing up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_(mechanics)

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/balk

Upsh1ft

Gosh I hope I'm wrong but... I did notice that when cold sometimes putting it into first takes a bit more effort.. and sometimes as it goes in I hear some sort of vibration. Doesn't feel like grinding though but I could be wrong... ugh

EDIT: The vibration and extra resistance is usually when slowing to a stop, brakes on, coming from neutral with about 5-10mph left in speed.

Funster_2011V6

Gear clash is what ford calls "grinding". These are syncromesh transmissions. The gears should never grind unless something is wrong or the clutch isnt fully depressed.

Balky is what people often call "notchy". You push the shifter in a slot and it doesnt go in smothly. It has stiffness or a stepped feel.

Funster_2011V6

Except for the vibration part, what you describe here is perfectly normal. The resistance you feel in the lever is the synchros matching the gear speed to the wheel speed with the clutch pedal on the floor so that the gears dont grind.

To avoid resistance either come to a full stop before shifting into first or double clutch.

If vibration you mean a grinding, then be sure you are fully depressing the clutch. Otherwise, you may have the pressure plate bolt problem. I did.

With the defective bolts, the clutch never fully disengages even with the pedal on the floor.

Upsh1ft

Well ok I'll try to be a bit more clear I realize my information might be misleading, by vibration I mean a sound that sounds like one, I don't feel anything in my hand through the shifter like I would when grinding from not pressing the clutch fully(i know how it feels, it's happened to me in another car last year). but I always make sure it's to the floor and the issue i'm describing only ever affects first gear. But i'll still stay aware and wait until i'm fully stopped before going into first. I do legit stops at stops signs(seriously I do LOL) anyways.

Thanks for the input Funster.

And thanks for the links Sketchy.

regalt87

Sorry, The install was lenghly but nothing that a fairly experienced person with mechanical abilities and a full service shop couldn't do. Took me 2 days with farting around doing some other things. The directions were easy to follow with good illistrations laid out in proper order. As expected it's a different car. Lower RPM's because of the tune it's peppy with a slightly better throttle response. Pulls hard from 4500 to 7K really hard from 5500 to 7k where it is making the best power then you hit the limiter. ( I am going to bump the limiter up to 7500 ) I am in the process of installing 373 gears now so that will make a slight difference. The car that Procharger did the set up on to build the kit originally did 429 RWHP @ 8psi. With a 4.10 pulley. Glen put headers, and full exhaust and a 4.0 pulley on and put 460 at the wheels at 9 psi at 85% of the duty cycle of the 50 lb injectors. I can't afford the headers and exhaust now but it looks like a full exhaust is worth doing. Hope that helps. Visit V6mustang performance.com

Upsh1ft

Here's my problem that i've started noticing.

When the transmission was cold last week, was a chilly day out, 3rd gear grinded twice as it popped in gear and 5th gear too. Then it went away and it was buttershift.

Now yesterday and today I noticed a very slight grind when the tranny is still gold popping the shifter into 5th for the first time in a drive after letting the car sit there for a full day or night even when the weather isn't particularly cold. Happens once and then it's all perfect.

any guesses?