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It was either an Eaton swap or the Recaros, went with the seats for nowView attachment 1624779 View attachment 1624782

need more info on this - how hard is it to do that swap? Im assuming no change of keeping the electric motor?


I like it! I miss my Lightning. If this new venture takes off I'm gonna go find another and just make it a 60'/stop light animal, that old "make it hook on a dirt road" bullshit.
 

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need more info on this - how hard is it to do that swap? Im assuming no change of keeping the electric motor?



I like it! I miss my Lightning. If this new venture takes off I'm gonna go find another and just make it a 60'/stop light animal, that old "make it hook on a dirt road" bullshit.
Mines becoming a hooligan poser machine.

I'm dropping it another 1.5" next week or two and installing 15" 6 pot front brakes and then this fall/winter it's getting a manual swap. With that and the twenties it won't hook on any surface.
 

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Mines becoming a hooligan poser machine.

I'm dropping it another 1.5" next week or two and installing 15" 6 pot front brakes and then this fall/winter it's getting a manual swap. With that and the twenties it won't hook on any surface.

lol, I just can't get behind the manual swap on these. The throws have to be awful then theres the shit about throw out bearings, dealing with clutches and if you do put a tire on it and dead hook who the **** knows what'll happen. Anything happens to the Magnum in my car and it's getting an auto
 

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need more info on this - how hard is it to do that swap? Im assuming no change of keeping the electric motor?



I like it! I miss my Lightning. If this new venture takes off I'm gonna go find another and just make it a 60'/stop light animal, that old "make it hook on a dirt road" bullshit.
It was fairly easy, I took the stock 99-04 seat track and mounted it to the bottom of the recaro seat. All I had to was drill new holes in the bottom of the recaro seat to match with the bracket. You'll also want to use some spacers because the seats sit pretty low.
 

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It was fairly easy, I took the stock 99-04 seat track and mounted it to the bottom of the recaro seat. All I had to was drill new holes in the bottom of the recaro seat to match with the bracket. You'll also want to use some spacers because the seats sit pretty low.

The only reason I'll ditch my Mach seats if it ends up getting a bar and need to properly route a 5 point harness but good to know thats an option
 

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lol, I just can't get behind the manual swap on these. The throws have to be awful then theres the shit about throw out bearings, dealing with clutches and if you do put a tire on it and dead hook who the **** knows what'll happen. Anything happens to the Magnum in my car and it's getting an auto
A) there is a short throw. Shifts are excellent.
B) hydraulic throwout. McLeod rxt clutch. All cobra shift
C) trans is magnum extreme. It's rated to 1100 ft/lbs. It'll be fine


Those shifts look fine to me. Samr exact shift setup I have
 
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A) there is a short throw. Shifts are excellent.
B) hydraulic throwout. McLeod rxt clutch. All cobra shift
C) trans is magnum extreme. It's rated to 1100 ft/lbs. It'll be fine


Those shifts look fine to me. Samr exact shift setup I have

what hydraulic setup would you be running? I know nothing about the factory f150 manuals. I don’t care for cable shit in my car
 

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