FRITZ

I have been driving autos for the last 20 years (my '05 GT was an auto). I just bought a '07 GT/CS manual (what a blast to drive). Anyway, it had 2.4 mi on it when i picked it up (last week). It has about 200mi on it now, when i downshift to 2nd i hear (not feel) a little clang, am i doing something wrong in the way i'm driving? or do i have a drive line problem?

tom281

The manuals in our cars are pretty noisy- I wouldn't be surprised if it was nothing at all.

G.T

sounds rather normal..
but in any case, at what speed/RPM are you downshifting to 2nd?
and how fast are you letting go of the clutch?

SteelTownStang

Being that it's more of a noise than a feel I'd just keep monitoring it... Although, I have not experience anything like that when downshifting

RadBOSS

Drive line is pretty noisey on these cars. A lot has to do with the throttle hang when up shiffiting, and the back las is getting reversed. Depending on what you are doing a light tap of the throttle during the down shift will smooth the transition between the gears. This NOT a close ratio transmission.

dreem363

My car does that in the mornings when I shift to 2nd gear, it is normal. Every morning when I drive to work and I go to 2nd gear I get a little clunk/clank. when car warms up that noise is going.
Also my car seems to try to get away from me when I hit the throttle in 1st gear in the mornings.

RKNMACH

It will clang upshifting from second to third if you don't have the rpm's up just a bit - just the driveshaft banging around.

metroplex

The driveline and drivetrain is quite noisy on the S-197 GT. The autos don't have as much of a problem since the torque converter is a pretty good dampener.