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03-07-2010, 10:00 AM

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Jazzer The Cat

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Originally Posted by Aereon

reverse is 1 click past 5/6 and up towards 5th, on the cobra there is a reverse lockout, with your swap there will not be. I've learned to live without it but still at times I accidently push it too far and grind reverse a bit when I am going into 5th.

When I did the swap we took the tranny mounts and cross member out of the cobra, clutch/flywheel will be the same, 10 spline will need to stay if you have a 6 bolt crank (which I hate since I had to swap the 26 spline input shaft out for a stock 10 spline because of my damned 6 bolt crank..) if you have an 8 bolt crank, get a 26 spline input shaft.

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Originally Posted by teej281

So how does it work on the cobras??? Why cant that mechanism be used on our cars??? is it electronically controlled or something??? If so, could it be added in a tune???

As WW has mentioned, this is controlled by the computer so that reverse lock-out is "released" when the car is under 5 mph. I am sure the GT does not have this option on the computer. I just put a lighter spring in mine and is MUCH more convenient than running power to a button. I have found reverse a couple times looking for 5th, but was soon after my swap. Not a problem any longer.

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03-07-2010, 10:10 AM

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Heck i'd wire up a switch so that wouldnt be a problem at all period. lol but that would probably get annoying after a while. Jazzer, what do you mean that you put a lighter spring in??? Im confused.

03-07-2010, 11:52 AM

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My thread and has a complete description on how to replace the two reverse lock-out springs with a single lighter one. When the Cobra computer "tells" the trans that the car is only going 5 mph, the lock-out is actually just a selonoid switch that removes the heavy spring from the equasion and then uses only the lighter one. I have simply removed BOTH the orginal springs and put one light one to do the same job. This eleviates the need to "overpower" the original one, as in the case of Aereon.

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