Really starting to drive me nuts! High RPM 1-2 shift is always a pain. Will a Blowfish bracket and a MGW take care of it? What has been figured out over the years?
Really starting to drive me nuts! High RPM 1-2 shift is always a pain. Will a Blowfish bracket and a MGW take care of it? What has been figured out over the years?
I just went through all this BS, go down a few threads look for the "murder my Blowfish bracket" thread.
Tony
No, if you have the V2 BF bracket you need to cut that piece off that I showed in my thread so the MGW rear bracket will fit properly on the BF loop bracket AFTER you add that piece of square alum. stock between the two parts and drop the shifter down about a 1/2" from the shifter ORIGINAL position.
My thread shows exactly what needs to be done. I had the Gen 2 bracket on the BF loop bracket without cutting that piece off but what happens it that the shifter is now too low and screws up the built in geometry and you may not be able to shift into your bottom even gears based on where your billet top plate is positioned.
I learned the hard way and had to purchase another billet top plate from George @ MGW and remount the MGW to the car removing the BF bracket I had used with the stock shifter before buying a MGW.
I did drive the car just with the MGW (mounted like stock without the BF bracket). I never really tested it but did a couple of dead stop launches WOT to 5500rpm and also got 2nd gear both times. I didn't try it to 6500rpm with just the MGW but my 5 times almost consecutive launches to 6500rpm and also hitting 2nd pretty well proves to me my setup with those 2 parts does the job.
Tony
Yes, I got the BF bracket first as I had done the modded stock shifter stuff (solid bushings in the arms and rear KR mount) and drove my car that way for a fw
It worked fine for me, but I never really did the launches that I did after I added the MGW and BF bracket properly. So whether using a BF bracket with a stock shifter (either modded or factory stock) will help you get 2nd gear when you do your 1-2 high rpm shift...…………..who knows???
I'm happy with the MGW now (I kinda wasn't when I first installed it, but probably because of the improper location when using the BF bracket with it the first time).
The only thing I can say is if you already have the BF bracket it won't hurt to do the mod that I did and get the items you need to mount it to the MGW. The part you cut off if you do it right can be welded back on, cleaned up, repainted and it would be good to go for it on a stock shifter application.
If you do it, try what I did or hit the track and post up the results, I really do feel that this could be the fix everybody has been waiting for to cure this BS lockout/grind crap (ala your trans is in good condition, if your synchros are bad from all the hard shifting before and grinding and stuff then you may need a synchro refresh first).
I also changed my trans fluid to Amsoil (not that I really noticed a difference from the Redline I was using).
Like everybody says, MGW is better than stock shifter no matter how you slice it, so if you don't have either part do the shifter first.
I was happy with my modded stock shifter so I went for the BF bracket first and only got the MGW because of Easter day sales.
If you can wait, my car is FS now and if I have to yank out my modded parts (shifter and BF bracket being one of those many parts), it'll be available no time frame on it though.
As a member of the "I hate my 1-2 upshift TR6060" club, I can tell you what has worked... for a time.Really starting to drive me nuts! High RPM 1-2 shift is always a pain. Will a Blowfish bracket and a MGW take care of it? What has been figured out over the years?