Joeblowv1
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Hey all,
Wanted to quickly reach out about a slight concern on my new Bullitt. Figured I'd go to the source where a lot of you would have similar and accurate feedback to send my way.
My "new" 19 bullitt has 300 miles on it now. Still taking it a bit easy on the thing for those first 1000 miles, but the one thing that somewhat "worries me" is the first shift or two starting up on these cold mornings. I've googled around and see people mention the transmission being "notchy" initially but I'm not sure that is how I would describe it. It almost feels like the clutch is "slipping" or something like that until I get a few shifts under way.
There is a definite shudder that you can feel through the car, and i've tried to vary how long I hold the clutch at the grab point, vary how many rpms I'm giving it etc to see if I can prevent the issue. I switched to the Steeda clutch spring, and true to form the grab point is now very predictable, so its not like I'm failing to notice where I need to be with the clutch. After 2-3 shifts everything is smooth as butter, so I'm just not sure what I'm experiencing here.
Not sure if this could also be combined with (or totally) some sort of tire grabbing issue/traction control as its about 20-30 degrees on average right now when I'm getting the thing moving, and I'm on stock summer only rubber.
Can anyone else share their experience from when they first got their Bullitt with their trans and if it felt the same at all?
Wanted to quickly reach out about a slight concern on my new Bullitt. Figured I'd go to the source where a lot of you would have similar and accurate feedback to send my way.
My "new" 19 bullitt has 300 miles on it now. Still taking it a bit easy on the thing for those first 1000 miles, but the one thing that somewhat "worries me" is the first shift or two starting up on these cold mornings. I've googled around and see people mention the transmission being "notchy" initially but I'm not sure that is how I would describe it. It almost feels like the clutch is "slipping" or something like that until I get a few shifts under way.
There is a definite shudder that you can feel through the car, and i've tried to vary how long I hold the clutch at the grab point, vary how many rpms I'm giving it etc to see if I can prevent the issue. I switched to the Steeda clutch spring, and true to form the grab point is now very predictable, so its not like I'm failing to notice where I need to be with the clutch. After 2-3 shifts everything is smooth as butter, so I'm just not sure what I'm experiencing here.
Not sure if this could also be combined with (or totally) some sort of tire grabbing issue/traction control as its about 20-30 degrees on average right now when I'm getting the thing moving, and I'm on stock summer only rubber.
Can anyone else share their experience from when they first got their Bullitt with their trans and if it felt the same at all?
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