JesseW.
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little background on me and the car. I'm 24, a mechanical engineer, been around cars all my life. Helped my dad build his 5 second 1/8th mile (high 8's, low 9's in quarter depending on weather and gears) Camaro over several different build cycles and restored my 67 Nova SS when i was 15. this mustang is the 1st ford owned in the family.
I bought a 05 GT with 27,000 miles on it about 2 months ago. Vortech H.O. kit, JBA headers, Centerforce Clutch and Aluminum Flywheel, Eibach Pro springs. 440 rwhp. When i test drove it, it was really hard to shift, i knew something was up with it but bought it anyways because i knew i could fix the shifting and the car was a screaming deal. That weekend i killed the second gear syncro. I got a new takeout tranny from speedconcepts.net for $625 and put it in along with a hurst pro-billet shifter and new ford throwout bearing. Still really hard to shift, bled the system several times. it never helped.
Then i noticed that when i depressed the clutch over 2000 rpms, the rpms didnt fall, infact, the car slowed down like i had only let off the gas until it got to 2000 rpms, then the rpm's dropped really fast and shifted easily.
So i did some research and ordered a RAM slave cylinder/throwout bearing. dropped the tranny again and installed. I had to cut down the metal guide to keep from hitting the weights on the centerforce clutch, and played around with the spacers (ended up with 3 thick spacers) and now i can easily powershift 1-2 and 2-3 without a problem. no aftermarket mounts, no torque limiters. the clutch now fully disengages. It releases near the top of the pedal at idle, but at high rpms, the clutch releases after depressing the pedal 3/4 of the way to the floor ( because of the weights on the centerforce clutch)
I took my time and did it myself after reading some of the horror stories about the RAM slave on here and other boards. The biggest thing i noticed was most people let someone else install it who may not care as much about the install procedure and blew the o-rings out of the thing.
I believe this may be the majority of the shifting problems on this board (i've been lurking for a month and read most of the tranny threads) It is like another car it shifts so much better. I drove my friends mostly stock 07 with an MGW and stock clutch and it is much harder to make the 2-3 shift in than my new setup.
anyone need a ford tob with 300 miles on it? lol
little background on me and the car. I'm 24, a mechanical engineer, been around cars all my life. Helped my dad build his 5 second 1/8th mile (high 8's, low 9's in quarter depending on weather and gears) Camaro over several different build cycles and restored my 67 Nova SS when i was 15. this mustang is the 1st ford owned in the family.
I bought a 05 GT with 27,000 miles on it about 2 months ago. Vortech H.O. kit, JBA headers, Centerforce Clutch and Aluminum Flywheel, Eibach Pro springs. 440 rwhp. When i test drove it, it was really hard to shift, i knew something was up with it but bought it anyways because i knew i could fix the shifting and the car was a screaming deal. That weekend i killed the second gear syncro. I got a new takeout tranny from speedconcepts.net for $625 and put it in along with a hurst pro-billet shifter and new ford throwout bearing. Still really hard to shift, bled the system several times. it never helped.
Then i noticed that when i depressed the clutch over 2000 rpms, the rpms didnt fall, infact, the car slowed down like i had only let off the gas until it got to 2000 rpms, then the rpm's dropped really fast and shifted easily.
So i did some research and ordered a RAM slave cylinder/throwout bearing. dropped the tranny again and installed. I had to cut down the metal guide to keep from hitting the weights on the centerforce clutch, and played around with the spacers (ended up with 3 thick spacers) and now i can easily powershift 1-2 and 2-3 without a problem. no aftermarket mounts, no torque limiters. the clutch now fully disengages. It releases near the top of the pedal at idle, but at high rpms, the clutch releases after depressing the pedal 3/4 of the way to the floor ( because of the weights on the centerforce clutch)
I took my time and did it myself after reading some of the horror stories about the RAM slave on here and other boards. The biggest thing i noticed was most people let someone else install it who may not care as much about the install procedure and blew the o-rings out of the thing.
I believe this may be the majority of the shifting problems on this board (i've been lurking for a month and read most of the tranny threads) It is like another car it shifts so much better. I drove my friends mostly stock 07 with an MGW and stock clutch and it is much harder to make the 2-3 shift in than my new setup.
anyone need a ford tob with 300 miles on it? lol
