Glad to hear this. I drove a stick in high school before driving an automatic through college and a little after. Sometimes driving my mustang I feel like I used to be a whole lot better at driving a standard. Especially going from 1-2. Feel like I have to try too much to keep it smooth. Could be the rev hang. Glad to know if/when I tune it that it might help.
Correct, that's my opinion.
I think getting rid of the rev hang helps a lot. What I do is to slow the hand motion just a tiny bit or let go the throttle just a wee bit sooner, helps a lot to synchronize and smooth the dreaded 1-2 "jolt".
BG works with Ford I believe so their synchro shift won't void the warranty, even if you drained out and put back to stock fluid after break in it would make a difference I'm sure if thats the route you'd wanna take for warranty purposes. Break in fluid always gets contaminated quickly
THIS!! I've driven manuals for 40yrs and had a hell of time w/first gear in this thing... took that spring out and never looked back. Feels like a real clutch and plants you in the car. I've got LT's and tune on the car for over 10K now (a hard 10K ;))...stock clutch holding up just fine....
The steeda spring will make the pedal feel a bit more soft or easier to push compared to no spring. But the steeda is much more stiff in pedal feel than stock. I had the steeda and switched back to stock because i didn't like the tiny bit of play in the pedal when released. I was worried about clutch wear. With the stock back in there is no play in the pedal at top.
you shouldn't need to change the gear oil. Just slow the shifts when the transmission is cold, particularly 1st to 2nd.
stock clutch should be fine. It is V8 with a single disc clutch so there isn't a lot of margin. The 2018 is suppose to ship with a bit more power and a twin disc, so that's something to consider. If you can get a deal on a 2017, the savings would cover an aftermarket twin disc.
