Hey frank, are you getting all this. Just never know where a thread is going to go.

 

Smarten up namecallers, young magazine readers full of *()@ and vinegar, and all the others.....

Keep it civilized

Good information when you strip away all the ego

 

I have been shifting at full throttle with the clutch (and a tri-ax) since april, and the second gear synchro is starting to go.....only grinds at high rpms (above 5000) but it is nevertheless going.....

powershifting is hard on the tranny.

bottom line is that you pay through the nose for speed. If you want to go fast you have to beef things up, and drive it like you stole it, and that is not a recipe for drivetrain longevity.

im kinda bummed about the synchro...i wonder if the dealer will give me a hard time, or replace it under warranty. I kinda dont expect them to be too cool about it because i am fearing the worst, but they did install a camber kit when i lowered the car at no charge...so i guess you never can tell.....
fingers crossed!

 

But yet, you ARE wrong, "period." Shifting with no clutch will not give you any sort of advantage, it'll just tear your tranny up.

I am not disputing that there are some people out there that will always, regardless of how much logic you throw at them, continue to behave in a certain fashion. If you would like to call your method powershifting, be my guest. I really don't care what you call it - I didn't copyright the technique, lol. I just figured that you wouldn't want to encourage a techinique that gives your ET no boost whatsoever and destroys your gearbox in the process.

I'm not the only one saying you are wrong. Every website on the web says you're wrong, every guy who goes to the track at Englishtown says you're wrong, but hey - it's your car, brother! You wanna tear it up, be my guest! More wins for me.

I'm not going to call you names or be condescending. I'm a bit more mature than that. I was just trying to help out a fellow Mustang owner before he did irreperable damage to his drivetrain for no reason.

 

Maybe you should reread his posts, he simply said that powershifting is shifting without a clutch. He never said it was to your advantage to do so.

 

tell them to prove it, it was parts failure

a T-56 is 1800 new on ebay

Faber aka Johnny, put the stock shifter back on before taking it to the dealer

 

to all, i am sorry for name-calling, to Tim, research before u speak.

 

Really? you think they would blame the synchro on a short throw? I would think that the short throw shifter (with its adjustable stops) would actually protect your tranny (at least the shifting forks) from damage.

but i do see your point...

 

Yes, Ford thinks that it was caused by the aftermarket product, its a excuse to get out of paying for it in my book.

 

I did the same thing. Drove my 1986 SVO 100 miles on the Turnpike with a broken clutch cable.

Eased it in and out of the gears using the starter motor to get me going in first.

 

interesting...

 

lol... i had to drive my old F-150 like that for a couple days until i could get it into the shop...but i wouldnt dream of racing like that. I know that the gears mesh at specific rpms (and all the clutch does is synchronise the tranny to the flywheel to induce this) but at high rpms i would think it would be pretty hard to find the right time to slip it into the next gear...without hosing the tranny...

 

This is how you should really powershift

right click, save target as

 

Goota love how that motor SCREAMS between shifts! This thread is evil... makes want to go out and do some redline powershifting.

 

Just my two cents: The way I was always told and the way that I would say that most of the old grizzled muscle-heads always taught me was that power-shifting was shifting without the clutch.

 

I do believe you, but I'm still wondering what the point of doing so would be.

 

their is no point in it, its not called powershifting and it provides no advantage.

 

Such a thought provoking post.

 

Why Did u say that?