7MT Club

[AlpineDescent]

I’m still waiting on my BL EG 7MT to be delivered, so I was hoping to live vicariously through others while I wait. Anyone have any informative tales to spin about their three pedal Bronco? Anyone take it off-road yet? Any rock crawling? Anyone use the “Crank in Gear” feature?

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[HoosierDaddy]

On my baseBase, I felt like the tranny/tires/gears were way over geared. 1st felt too short and led to a lurchy 1-2 shift.
When I swapped on the new 35's, it went from being very over geared to ever so slightly under geared, but it launches and does the 1-2 shift MUCH better now.
I'd say 33's would be the perfect fit for the manual and 4.46 gear set I have.

Look up Dusty's videos for manual offroading. They're excellent.

I keep forgetting the crank in gear feature ... but my daughter has used the self restart after you stall it feature. LOL She's just learning.

 

[mtap]

I rotate driving my bronco and my tundra to keep mileage low on both. Only thing i can say is that my foot keeps looking for the clutch in my tundra when i switch vehicles

 

[ChompSticks]

On my baseBase, I felt like the tranny/tires/gears were way over geared. 1st felt too short and led to a lurchy 1-2 shift.
When I swapped on the new 35's, it went from being very over geared to ever so slightly under geared, but it launches and does the 1-2 shift MUCH better now.
I'd say 33's would be the perfect fit for the manual and 4.46 gear set I have.

Look up Dusty's videos for manual offroading. They're excellent.

I keep forgetting the crank in gear feature ... but my daughter has used the self restart after you stall it feature. LOL She's just learning.

My Suzuki lurches from 1-2 and I found I just need to wind the engine up more to have a smoother transition. No idea if its the same for the bronco, but I cannot wait for my 2 door BD 7MT!

 

[Shoresy]

I have BL with optional beadlocks. So it’s got the 4.70 gears. First and second are short, but I’m not racing it. Just hit 1000 miles, so trying to keep rpm below 3k, so shift to 3rd happens around 25. 3-5 pull nice and get good help from turbo even as low as 2krpm.

on the trail, all I can say is wow. 4L with crawler gear and the 4.70s,it just says, let’s go on steep and technical. No need to touch the clutch , just walk it up the grade at 1mph, 1000rpm. 2@2k, etc.

Crank in gear is handy, stalled one time when I neglected to turn on lockers. One locks were on, just crank it and go. The clutch is very forgiving, but when you’re in a compromising position (stuck on a hill, foot mashing the brake, trying to figure out the right line, etc)not having to think about clutch is nice. Even could left foot brake and right foot on gas to get er moving!

almoat too much for words, it’s fantastic!

 

[grayshadow]

Hoping to get in some off roading next weekend.

 

[BroncoAZ]

Mine is a stock Badlands with the 4.70 gearing and 285/70R17 tires. I love how slow it can crawl, reminiscent of my 87 Bronco with the T-18 granny gear (6.32 first) trans and 4.10 gears. I did a lot of rock crawling in my old Bronco, this one will see more sandy beach and some woods. The price of entry was high, but the heated seats are very satisfying with the manual.

 

[AlpineDescent]

here’s a good video on when it is useful. The Bronco is a bit different in how it activates, but the use cases are the same. If you stall the Bronco and press the brakes instead of the clutch, it asks if you want to restart in Gear. If you are on a steep incline, it lets you continue with no roll back, essentially, the starter moves you forward until the engine takes over.

 

[slypops]

Mine is a stock Badlands with the 4.70 gearing and 285/70R17 tires. I love how slow it can crawl, reminiscent of my 87 Bronco with the T-18 granny gear (6.32 first) trans and 4.10 gears. I did a lot of rock crawling in my old Bronco, this one will see more sandy beach and some woods. The price of entry was high, but the heated seats are very satisfying with the manual.

Badlands 4.7 L4 33" tires Off road is near perfect / On road 2nd gears pulls really strongly, 13/15 lbs of boost: 1st gear runs out of breath early, noticed less than 2 lbs of boost maximum; has to be computer pulling it out. Not looking for a V-`10 but traffic is thick in Florida. Purchased Premium Care so mods must be carefully thought out.

 

[AlpineDescent]

Look up Dusty's videos for manual offroading. They're excellent.

Got a link?

 

[NorthShoreBronco]

I’m still waiting on my BL EG 7MT to be delivered, so I was hoping to live vicariously through others while I wait. Anyone have any informative tales to spin about their three pedal Bronco? Anyone take it off-road yet? Any rock crawling? Anyone use the “Crank in Gear” feature?

Oh man, you're going to like my new video coming out in the next few days! I did a full demo/review of the Manual. I'll let you know once it's released. just a bit more editing to do.

 

[iamchewby]

On my baseBase, I felt like the tranny/tires/gears were way over geared. 1st felt too short and led to a lurchy 1-2 shift.
When I swapped on the new 35's, it went from being very over geared to ever so slightly under geared, but it launches and does the 1-2 shift MUCH better now.
I'd say 33's would be the perfect fit for the manual and 4.46 gear set I have.

Look up Dusty's videos for manual offroading. They're excellent.

I keep forgetting the crank in gear feature ... but my daughter has used the self restart after you stall it feature. LOL She's just learning.

100% agree on the gears. My BL feels so much happier on 35's with the 4.7s.

My wife is also very familiar with the automatic restart she's getting better though

 

[Petey]

I love my manual transmission. I use to only drive manuals back in college and I haven’t had one in years. Fun to go back to my roots. I would agree that 1st and 2nd are a tad short, but for off-roading it makes sense. The throw length is perfect, and shifting gears is a breeze. I’m excited to get it off-road this spring!

 

[wrbix]

Many comments on first being really short. Anyone played with starting out in second?
Last time I suggested this in another thread all the clutch-wear-worriers came out of the woodwork…….I’ve driven MTs since the 60s and have, for various reasons, started off in second from time to time and I’ve not experienced clutch wear issues. Done correctly starting in second doesn’t slip the clutch.

Looking forward to trying it myself…if/when my Bronco arrives.

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