First look: 2011 5.0L Clutch Assembly & Shifter

[Jared@Lethal]

We pulled our tranny today so we can start working with one of our vendors on aftermarket clutch options. Here's a few pics of what we found. We should have some great clutch options available for these cars real soon. I also believe we'll see a TSB about the clutch pedal box assembly which is supposedly the cause of the clutch pedal sticking to the floor during high rpm shifts.

In the meantime enjoy the pics and feel free to comment or ask questions if you have any.

Guess how many splines are on the new clutch assembly

Nodular Iron Flywheel

A billet spacers is used to shim the slave cylinder.

Check out this crazy shifter. I'm sure the aftermarket companies are going to have a blast trying to figure this one out.

 

[09 Ricky]

Made in Turkey hmm, ford

 

[bpmurr]

It looks a lot like my GT500 clutch just not toasted!!!

No McLeod though....

 

[GrnBullitt08]

That shifter assembly looks crazy...

 

[SirKnightTG]

Does this shifter look weird b/c of the skip shift feature?

I hope to see a "delete" for that.

 

[Dr Detail]

Sure would be nice to see made in the USA on these parts. Shows how we have become a global market.

 

[tyler_2118]

Does this shifter look weird b/c of the skip shift feature?

I hope to see a "delete" for that.

Whats that?

 

[JeremyH]

Does this shifter look weird b/c of the skip shift feature?

I hope to see a "delete" for that.

No, skip shift is for the automatic.

 

[94tbird]

No, skip shift is for the automatic.

no it isnt lol. Manual too

 

[Twinscrewgt]

The skip shift is hardly noticeable.

 

[BSell]

The skip shift is hardly noticeable.

How so?

 

[Fallenauthority]

Yea that would be wrong. The skip shift feature is in the manual cars.

Does this shifter look weird b/c of the skip shift feature?

I hope to see a "delete" for that.

No, skip shift is for the automatic.

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[Twinscrewgt]

It's not like the skip shift in the Chevys. Ita very easily over riden with very little effort. The first time I drove my car I forgot it even had it. It wasn't until I had a few hundred miles on it when I actually noticed it.

 

[SOHC46]

Wow! Really Ford?!? I guess that answers my question about the shifter orientation. That is even more screwed up than my 05 shifter. I guess no 5.0 in my future... MGW is going to have it's hands full trying to come up with a shifter for the 5.0's. I would love to see Georges face when he pulls that shifter out!!!!

 

[fdjizm]

First time I have ever seen "made in turkey" lol
and that shifter? wtf is that about, looks like it had sex with a lower control arm.

 

[carbd86gt]

Whats that?

Supposed to help with fuel mileage. When you are in 1st getting ready to change gear, if you are in lower RPM, a solenoid blocks 2nd gear and moves you right over to 4th. I only encountered it once, and you have to be shifting at like 2k or something. I usually shift at like 2500-3k, so the solenoid is usually always open for me when I want to use 2nd.

 

[assasinator]

what happened to DUAL MASS flywheel?

 

[assasinator]

that is not a dual mass.

 

[Low Dogg]

Would that clutch bolt to a 05-09 Flywheel......For tranny swap....

 

[Brn N Rubr]

Wow! Really Ford?!? I guess that answers my question about the shifter orientation. That is even more screwed up than my 05 shifter. I guess no 5.0 in my future... MGW is going to have it's hands full trying to come up with a shifter for the 5.0's. I would love to see Georges face when he pulls that shifter out!!!!

You are going to base a vehicle purchase on shifter design? That's ridiculous. Although I'm not a huge fan, remote mount shifters like this have been used quite successfully for a while now (think front wheel drive).

Maybe there's a little more background to your statement that I/we don't know about, but taken as is, it seems quite outlandish!