Any manual upgrades yet?

[JoeSpeed]

Short shifters
Bushings
Mounts
Clutches
Flywheels
Stainless Steel Clutch lines

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[GaryB2220]

The only upgrade I have planned is finding or making a new shifter knob. Guy on YouTube epoxied a giant hornet on a section of honey comb and turned it down on a lathe. One of the coolest/cringiest knobs I've ever seen

 

[rutherk1]

I’d like to see a short shifter like the B&M. This is my first Ford manual that isn’t a top loader so it feels really loose. Like an old VW.

 

[JoeSpeed]

All I wanna hear is someone just mentions "Hey, we're working on so and so part as we speak", that would make my day

 

[GToddC5]

The only upgrade I have planned is finding or making a new shifter knob. Guy on YouTube epoxied a giant hornet on a section of honey comb and turned it down on a lathe. One of the coolest/cringiest knobs I've ever seen

I'm hoping to somehow get a 7-Ball shift knob to work.

 

[JoeSpeed]

I'm hoping to somehow get a 7-Ball shift knob to work.

That too, but im talking performance mods, not aesthetics

 

[Dads_bronze_bronco]

Agree with motortrend - the shifter is ok for cable shifters, the clutch pedal feel is non-existent and certainly not nuanced compared to the JK.

 

[BrentC]

I need to wait until mine arrives and see how the throw feels before I‘ll know what I’m doing. I’ve heard the throw is “right” for this vehicle but I do like very notchy and short throws so we’ll see.

On my Focus ST using a Steeda short shift lever, a Boomba shift arm on the tranny, and a heavy weighted custom-painted steel knob to get balance back to the linkage I obtained shifting nirvana equal in feel to high-end BMW sport shifters. It will be possible IMO, and in time, to make this linkage work however you want.

 

[JoeSpeed]

Surprised no manufacturers chimed in yet

 

[AZ_Liberty]

I need to wait until mine arrives and see how the throw feels before I‘ll know what I’m doing. I’ve heard the throw is “right” for this vehicle but I do like very notchy and short throws so we’ll see.

Feels like the newer mustangs with the cable shifter, which is no surprise since it is essentially the same transmission reworked to add the Crawl gear.

Throws "feel" a bit longer than the 'stang, but I think that's just because the handle is longer.

 

[BrentC]

Feels like the newer mustangs with the cable shifter, which is no surprise since it is essentially the same transmission reworked to add the Crawl gear.

Throws "feel" a bit longer than the 'stang, but I think that's just because the handle is longer.

Thanks for the info!

Are you planning on making any changes to the linkage?

 

[Catmandu]

Agree with motortrend - the shifter is ok for cable shifters, the clutch pedal feel is non-existent and certainly not nuanced compared to the JK.

I never really cared for the shifter or clutch on my JK, I felt the feel of the friction zone was non-existent. I enjoyed the feel of the demo unit i drove, so much so that I switched immediately from the 2.7.

 

[Dads_bronze_bronco]

I never really cared for the shifter or clutch on my JK, I felt the feel of the friction zone was non-existent. I enjoyed the feel of the demo unit i drove, so much so that I switched immediately from the 2.7.

What year on your JK? On my '08 you can feel it start to engage at 25% and fully engage by about 60% of travel, whereas the four door badlands I drove gave me no feel and then bam, at 25% it's fully engaged, then 75% of meaningless pedal travel.

 

[Catmandu]

What year on your JK? On my '08 you can feel it start to engage at 25% and fully engage by about 60% of travel, whereas the four door badlands I drove gave me no feel and then bam, at 25% it's fully engaged, then 75% of meaningless pedal travel.

Mine was a 2013, I could not feel it engage at the pedal at all. Weird, I felt the engagement start around that same 25%-ish mark, and full control the remainder of the travel. I had it for 3 days and 350 miles....lots of smiles per gallon. A friend just picked up a manual BD today and mine should be in the driveway in a month or so....so I'll have some more seat time soon to compare.

 

[Dads_bronze_bronco]

Mine was a 2013, I could not feel it engage at the pedal at all. Weird, I felt the engagement start around that same 25%-ish mark, and full control the remainder of the travel. I had it for 3 days and 350 miles....lots of smiles per gallon. A friend just picked up a manual BD today and mine should be in the driveway in a month or so....so I'll have some more seat time soon to compare.

Maybe the clutch changed when they changed over to the 3.6 Pentastar.

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