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Stock vs. Blowfish bracket vs. Steeda Tri-Ax vs. MGW vs. MGW + BG Syncroshift II

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Thanks for the post mindys. I am definitely experiencing the third gear lockout and it is driving me bonkers. I am going to start with the Blowfish bracket and maybe the Sychroshift fluid as well. That should be good enough for my needs.
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Thanks for the post mindys. I am definitely experiencing the third gear lockout and it is driving me bonkers. I am going to start with the Blowfish bracket and maybe the Sychroshift fluid as well. That should be good enough for my needs.
No problem! Hope it helps!
 

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I did a few things over time, and looking back I wish I had just dropped the money on a Barton/MGW/or Steeda Race shifter.

I did the Steeda trans mount bushing, shifter bushing, and street shifter. Then I swapped the trans fluid to BG. Overall I am happy and it is much better than stock but with all that added up I should have just started with a full short shifter and added the other stuff later if needed.
This is my daily and I have driven another S550 with the Steeda race shifter and I couldnt believe how much better it felt than mine.
 

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MGW + BG fluid. That's all it needs to feel wonderful folks.
 

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Yeah, unless a person is really satisfied with the feel of the stock shifter, the MGW+BG combination makes this car shift so much better. The only complaint I have heard about mine is that it seems like fifth has a small gate and is harder to find. For me, after driving on this setup for nearly a year and about 10k miles, the shifter is so easy to use and makes quick shifting a piece of cake!
 

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I took Mindys & BmacIL advice and did this combo couple weeks ago. Totally worth the money! Mine isn't even broken in yet and I love it! No more worrying if my car will go into gear under hard acceleration.
 

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Mgw will give u 5% just ask
 

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I had a pretty significant increase in the noise present in the cabin. I attribute this to the shifter being mounted to the body of the car just like the stock one. If I was coasting between 2K and 3K and giving enough throttle to keep a constant speed, I had this boomy sound (kinda like drone) under these conditions.
Man! I had the same issue with steeda tri-ax! Boomy, drone-ish sound. I search forums but didnt find answer for that and it was so annoying i ended with stock shifter again.
But since i really wanted shorter shifts I get boomba short throw shifter - so its now stock but with shorter handle and its pretty good imho.
And ofc I swapped the trans fuild too :)

May I get your opinion on Stock vs MGW in therms of daily driving comfort (traffic jams style N - 1 - 2 - N shifting etc)?
Is it the same level or harder (I mean more annoying) to shift in that conditions?

Again I am thinking about MGW after your post :)
 

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Man! I had the same issue with steeda tri-ax! Boomy, drone-ish sound. I search forums but didnt find answer for that and it was so annoying i ended with stock shifter again.
But since i really wanted shorter shifts I get boomba short throw shifter - so its now stock but with shorter handle and its pretty good imho.
And ofc I swapped the trans fuild too :)

May I get your opinion on Stock vs MGW in therms of daily driving comfort (traffic jams style N - 1 - 2 - N shifting etc)?
Is it the same level or harder (I mean more annoying) to shift in that conditions?

Again I am thinking about MGW after your post :)
It's a non issue. Easy peasy.
 

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Agreed. I also DD mine with MGW/BG combo and absolutely love it. My opinion its when you are in the stop/go traffic of DD that you least want to worry about shifting issues and I have none. Do it and don't look back.
 

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How is the noise inside the car with the blowfish?
Supposedly the new version has isolators that fix the reverse lockout collar noise.
 
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Man! I had the same issue with steeda tri-ax! Boomy, drone-ish sound. I search forums but didnt find answer for that and it was so annoying i ended with stock shifter again.
But since i really wanted shorter shifts I get boomba short throw shifter - so its now stock but with shorter handle and its pretty good imho.
And ofc I swapped the trans fuild too :)

May I get your opinion on Stock vs MGW in therms of daily driving comfort (traffic jams style N - 1 - 2 - N shifting etc)?
Is it the same level or harder (I mean more annoying) to shift in that conditions?

Again I am thinking about MGW after your post :)

[MENTION=25531]laardilla[/MENTION] Absolutely no problem in stop and go traffic. Shifting with the MGW is really easy. I would just get the standard so that you have only a 15% throw decrease, which means you do not lose as much leverage when shifting when compared to 20%, 25% etc. throw decrease. I go to downtown Chicago nearly every weekend and there is a lot of 1-2-n-1-2 shifting.
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