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SVO WOODY said:I see American Muscle has the Barton Shifter and bracket on sale any reviews on the product or comparisons with others??
NFSBOSS said:I'm one of the few that is not in love with the MGW. The quality is top notch and it's an improvement over stock. My opinion is that it's the bracket design that delivers the largest improvement in the shifting feel.
The first thing I'd ask is WHY are you changing out the stock shifter? If you hate the stock shifter go straight to the MGW. If you just want to eliminate the vague shifting but want to retain the smooth feel of the stock shifter I'd try the Barton twin post bracket. If that doesn't do it you can always sell the bracket and recoup most of your money.
I had the Steeda bracket installed before I installed the MGW and it wasn't that big of a difference to me. IMO the MGW is more notchy than stock and by now it's not going to get any better. I'm keeping my stock shifter and if I ever stop tracking my Boss it's going back in.
There are several of us with the MGW and it did not eliminate shifting lock out...PeteInCT said:I have the MGW and used it for a full season in '12 and am very happy with it. It totally eliminated my lock out issues and the feel is much more definitive than stock IMO.
I've been thinking of trying that.PeteInCT said:Try taking out the second spring do-dad ?
NFSBOSS said:There are several of us with the MGW and it did not eliminate shifting lock out...PeteInCT said:I have the MGW and used it for a full season in '12 and am very happy with it. It totally eliminated my lock out issues and the feel is much more definitive than stock IMO.
NFSBOSS said:I'm one of the few that is not in love with the MGW. The quality is top notch and it's an improvement over stock. My opinion is that it's the bracket design that delivers the largest improvement in the shifting feel.
The first thing I'd ask is WHY are you changing out the stock shifter? If you hate the stock shifter go straight to the MGW. If you just want to eliminate the vague shifting but want to retain the smooth feel of the stock shifter I'd try the Barton twin post bracket. If that doesn't do it you can always sell the bracket and recoup most of your money.
I had the Steeda bracket installed before I installed the MGW and it wasn't that big of a difference to me. IMO the MGW is more notchy than stock and by now it's not going to get any better. I'm keeping my stock shifter and if I ever stop tracking my Boss it's going back in.
CaliMR said:Rick, I had the clutch issue too. My suspicion is that there is too much heat getting in there, as after driving it rigorously it will still spit some black gunk up into the reservoir if I pump the clutch. Also, bleeding the clutch will result in better all around clutch performance for a few hundred miles. But I also suspect that many of the lock outs are not caused by the clutch, it seems to be independent of when the pedal gets soft or sticks. I plan on bringing my vacuum kit to future track days to test my theory.
And with the bushings, yeah you should probably do them all if you are doing any. But if anyone has the 3rd gear lockouts, try applying slight right pressure instead of going straight up. Like 2mm to the right. You have to do it coming out of neutral, not after you pushed up, if that makes sense. Push right slightly then up. My trick is I twist me hand so my palm is on the left side of the ball, and elbow is out to the right, and it naturally pulls my hand that direction as I shift.
Like me. It doesn't do anything other than add some additional heat protection from outside sources like headers.PeteInCT said:FYI - some guys have switched to the SS clutch line and they still had the issue.