Performance Pack remorse?

[2wheels4me]

I have the PP, appreciate the brakes, extra bracing, radiator, diff, wheels and tires. However, the springs are too soft and the swaybars don't control roll sufficiently for backroads and canyon driving at speeds that I like to drive. The Steeda springs and swaybars that I now have transformed the car's handling and steering immensely, eliminating the stock PP car's roll and incessant bobbing, and did so with no degradation of ride. I spent $555 in parts and four hours labor (about a grand total) to turn the car into a real backroads machine that looks lower and meaner and feels great. Steering is far more exacting and progressive now. Curves now beg me to hit them. S-turns and off-camber turns are no problem anymore.

I have also ordered Steeda's inexpensive G-Trac brace to further solidify the chassis.

The Mustang PP is a must, but for me it needs some tweaks for matching the car's power and weight. At first I just wasn't confident with it when entering, executing, and then rolling on power when exiting turns at speed. But, I sure am now, and that's without getting fatter tires, which, by themselves would add grip, but would not clean up the softish and confidence-killing not-quite-there stock PP dynamics.

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[Don's Ruby]

Brakes and gears alone were enough to me to buy it and I sold the stock wheels for $1400 locally. Can't ask for anything better then that

 

[Grimace427]

I love my PP brakes, Torsen, and gears but god this MT82 is trash. I hate the feeling of the shifter and synchros grinding. Shoulda been a T56 or something better.

Swap your transmission fluid and you'll get rid of most of your complaints. I personally recommend BG SyncroShift II but there is also Amsoil MTF/MTG(depending on your climate) and Redline MTL that work very well.

https://www.bgprod.com/catalog/drive-line/bg-syncro-shift-ii/

 

[Jeepwx03]

Swap your transmission fluid and you'll get rid of most of your complaints. I personally recommend BG SyncroShift II but there is also Amsoil MTF/MTG(depending on your climate) and Redline MTL that work very well.

https://www.bgprod.com/catalog/drive-line/bg-syncro-shift-ii/

That link says it is for FWD manuals.

 

[LHousePhoto]

BG Syncro Shift® II Full Synthetic Gear Lubricant is a professional-use product designed for manual transmissions, trans-axles and transfer cases.

The first paragraph does say FWD, but it later says the above.

 

[101charley]

The big quandary I am facing is PP vs. auto transmission since you cannot get them together. This will be a daily driver and I will get annoyed shifting repeatedly in slow traffic and I cannot (will not) pay for the 50-Year LE which does come with PP and auto.
So I plan to order a GT Premium, Auto trans, 400a, 3.55 gears. After market I will install the Steeda performance handling package (strut tower brace, Eibach Pro kit lowering springs, and larger front and rear sway bars $730). Not a PP I know, but better than OEM.

 

[Don's Ruby]

Shifting in traffic really isn't all that big of a hassle. It keeps me awake and aware and gives me something to do while bored in traffic.

 

[xris]

The big quandary I am facing is PP vs. auto transmission since you cannot get them together. This will be a daily driver and I will get annoyed shifting repeatedly in slow traffic and I cannot (will not) pay for the 50-Year LE which does come with PP and auto.
So I plan to order a GT Premium, Auto trans, 400a, 3.55 gears. After market I will install the Steeda performance handling package (strut tower brace, Eibach Pro kit lowering springs, and larger front and rear sway bars $730). Not a PP I know, but better than OEM.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I have an ecoboost auto with the PP pack.

Unless I'm really mistaken, the PP is just an add-on so you are able to add to any ecoboost or GT.

 

[OppoLock]

Maybe I'm missing something, but I have an ecoboost auto with the PP pack.

Unless I'm really mistaken, the PP is just an add-on so you are able to add to any ecoboost or GT.

PP + EB = available
PP + GT = not available

 

[Todd15Fastback]

Swap your transmission fluid and you'll get rid of most of your complaints. I personally recommend BG SyncroShift II but there is also Amsoil MTF/MTG(depending on your climate) and Redline MTL that work very well.

https://www.bgprod.com/catalog/drive-line/bg-syncro-shift-ii/

Grimace - What made you go with BG vs. Amsoil or Redline?

 

[Grimace427]

Grimace - What made you go with BG vs. Amsoil or Redline?

Answered in the other thread:

Simple, the dealership I work at keeps it in stock.


The real reason however is that this stuff worked wonders for problem transfer cases we had a few years ago. They would chatter like a racing differential and the BG SynchroShift II fluid cured it completely. Swapping that fluid into my MT-82 was night and day difference, and I've had a few forum members buy the same fluid for their cars(a few years back).

https://www.bgprod.com/catalog/drive-line/bg-syncro-shift-ii/



I have also helped friends swap in Redline MTL with very good results.

 

[Todd15Fastback]

Answered in the other thread:

Thanks buddy!

 

[Grimace427]

Thanks buddy!

Not a problem!:cheers:

 

[Rig Dawg]

Performance Pack.
Badass.

 

[Kowalski]

Some good info here. It looks like I can skip the PP altogether. Especially if the suspension bits aren't up to snuff. A good tower brace/adjustable shocks/sway bars combo should do the trick.

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