Beef up the MT82 or find a Tremec

[Jeffery Dempsey]

I've heard of a couple cars, but they had blowers and sticky back tires.

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I have the sticky tires in 305 on all 4 corners, but not going the blower route. I love the idea of all that power, but for my purposes I am good with an intake swap and my existing exhaust upgrades.

 

[2012-Boss]

I am running a tune on the car, just not the Ford Performance calibration. Kooks or as far as I know any long tube header is going to cause a check engine condition.

Your warranty is already void, so I would not worry about the Ford power pack calibration.

 

[2012-Boss]

More on topic, I would not spend any money on the MT-82. That includes shifters, shifter mounts, clutches, driveshafts, etcetera. The transmission is not durable under hard use regardless of what bandaids you throw at it.

Save your money and go straight to a Magnum or 6060 when the MT-82 fails.

 

[Competition Orange]

Nobody that I know of has launched one in a s550 on a road course. Clutches have let go, but not the trans itself.

I will say that I have a shifter bracket and it helped a great deal. I shifted an MGW and it felt maybe 15% better than mine with just a $50 bracket installed.

Go with it until you need to upgrade, then send it on it's way. It'll probably live longer than you think.

 

[Fat Boss]

My '82 in the Shelby is absolutely perfect. Shifts smooth as butter whether cold or hot. My only beef with going to the Tremec at some point is the loss of a gear. Yeah, yeah it's got 6 gears, but who the hell needs or wants 2 overdrives??? It's hard to beat the close ratios with 5th being 1 to 1. Why isn't the aftermarket stepping up? I'd rather have a 5 speed with NO OD, than a 6 speed with 2.

 

[Mad Hatter]

TOO TRUE! The long legs on the tremec are a real turn off

 

[spiller]

Nobody that I know of has launched one in a s550 on a road course. Clutches have let go, but not the trans itself.

I will say that I have a shifter bracket and it helped a great deal. I shifted an MGW and it felt maybe 15% better than mine with just a $50 bracket installed.

Go with it until you need to upgrade, then send it on it's way. It'll probably live longer than you think.

What's the go with the shifter brackets? Are they aimed at increasing the reliability of the transmission under heavy use conditions or simply designed to aid in shifting gears easier? I anticipated a lot of dissatisfaction with the MT82 shifter while I was waiting for my car to arrive (based on countless negative forum reviews) but can honestly say I haven't had a single issue with it. I have spent the past few years operating cable driven shifters in rear and mid engines cars, so the MT82 feels like a breeze by comparison. With that in mind, is there any need to upgrade the shifter for longevity of the transmission?

 

[steveespo]

I have a MGW race spec for MT-82 in S550 chassis if anyone needs one. Best shifter out there.
Steve

 

[spiller]

@steveespo you are selling one?

 

[Competition Orange]

What's the go with the shifter brackets? Are they aimed at increasing the reliability of the transmission under heavy use conditions or simply designed to aid in shifting gears easier? I anticipated a lot of dissatisfaction with the MT82 shifter while I was waiting for my car to arrive (based on countless negative forum reviews) but can honestly say I haven't had a single issue with it. I have spent the past few years operating cable driven shifters in rear and mid engines cars, so the MT82 feels like a breeze by comparison. With that in mind, is there any need to upgrade the shifter for longevity of the transmission?

It's 100% for the shifter action. It moves the shifter from body mounted to trans mounted which firms up the shifting nicely.