MGW Shifter install, some pics and thoughts so far...
10-05-2010, 12:11 AM
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thanks, toua
10-05-2010, 02:57 PM
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I went from the Pro 5.0 to the MGW, the MGW tromps the Pro 5.0.
After driving a Cobra with a MGW, I decided I wanted to try it out, so I bought one and installed it (I bought mine with the stick that had the thread patterns for the Cobra **** already). After installing it, I realized how notchy and un-smooth the Pro 5.0 was.
I think you're used to the stock shifter so much that the MGW, seeing as it has a smaller shift pattern is throwing you off. You'll get used to it. I loved the MGW, never missed shifts and always knew when I was in gear.
However, recently bought a Hurst Competition Billet shifter (polished HURST stick and black ball) and I will never go back to the MGW or Pro 5.0. The overall feel, smoothness and just plain up sexiness of the way it looks tops the Pro 5.0 by a mile, and the only reason I'd use the MGW would be because I loved the look of the Cobra ****.
After driving a Cobra with a MGW, I decided I wanted to try it out, so I bought one and installed it (I bought mine with the stick that had the thread patterns for the Cobra **** already). After installing it, I realized how notchy and un-smooth the Pro 5.0 was.
I think you're used to the stock shifter so much that the MGW, seeing as it has a smaller shift pattern is throwing you off. You'll get used to it. I loved the MGW, never missed shifts and always knew when I was in gear.
However, recently bought a Hurst Competition Billet shifter (polished HURST stick and black ball) and I will never go back to the MGW or Pro 5.0. The overall feel, smoothness and just plain up sexiness of the way it looks tops the Pro 5.0 by a mile, and the only reason I'd use the MGW would be because I loved the look of the Cobra ****.
10-10-2010, 04:34 PM
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I went from the Pro 5.0 to the MGW, the MGW tromps the Pro 5.0.
After driving a Cobra with a MGW, I decided I wanted to try it out, so I bought one and installed it (I bought mine with the stick that had the thread patterns for the Cobra **** already). After installing it, I realized how notchy and un-smooth the Pro 5.0 was.
I think you're used to the stock shifter so much that the MGW, seeing as it has a smaller shift pattern is throwing you off. You'll get used to it. I loved the MGW, never missed shifts and always knew when I was in gear.
However, recently bought a Hurst Competition Billet shifter (polished HURST stick and black ball) and I will never go back to the MGW or Pro 5.0. The overall feel, smoothness and just plain up sexiness of the way it looks tops the Pro 5.0 by a mile, and the only reason I'd use the MGW would be because I loved the look of the Cobra ****.
After driving a Cobra with a MGW, I decided I wanted to try it out, so I bought one and installed it (I bought mine with the stick that had the thread patterns for the Cobra **** already). After installing it, I realized how notchy and un-smooth the Pro 5.0 was.
I think you're used to the stock shifter so much that the MGW, seeing as it has a smaller shift pattern is throwing you off. You'll get used to it. I loved the MGW, never missed shifts and always knew when I was in gear.
However, recently bought a Hurst Competition Billet shifter (polished HURST stick and black ball) and I will never go back to the MGW or Pro 5.0. The overall feel, smoothness and just plain up sexiness of the way it looks tops the Pro 5.0 by a mile, and the only reason I'd use the MGW would be because I loved the look of the Cobra ****.
10-11-2010, 01:18 PM
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Bump stops arent needed UNLESS you are powershifting the trans. It will destroy the internal ones after a while and that is why when guys get a T56 rebuilt, they get replaced.
11-19-2010, 08:18 PM
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My right shoulder is KILLING me!
I just spent my first full day driving since I installed my MGW last week. I installed it at the same time I put in my EPS baby cam. So I have just been going on short drives with the new valve train, and waiting for the tune. On the short drives I LOVED the new, tight, low profile shift. But...
Today I spent 7 hours driving, including running around with the tuner and his laptop. Like others, the stiff spring kept making me hit 4th, instead of 6th, unless I really paid attention. And now my shoulder is sore!
I don't know if it's the shifter that gets "broken in" or the shoulder muscle that gets built up!
I just spent my first full day driving since I installed my MGW last week. I installed it at the same time I put in my EPS baby cam. So I have just been going on short drives with the new valve train, and waiting for the tune. On the short drives I LOVED the new, tight, low profile shift. But...
Today I spent 7 hours driving, including running around with the tuner and his laptop. Like others, the stiff spring kept making me hit 4th, instead of 6th, unless I really paid attention. And now my shoulder is sore!
I don't know if it's the shifter that gets "broken in" or the shoulder muscle that gets built up!
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11-25-2010, 05:27 PM
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I'm definitely getting used to it.. the ONLY bad thing I keep doing is after driving hard in 4th or even 5th liek last night when a guy in a silver AMG (didnt see what #.. sl, cl blah blah) and I topped 4th went to 5th and when I passed him and let off I went to go into 6th to settle down VROOOOM the ******* thing keeps hitting 4th gear. luckily I didnt just pop the clutch out as soon as I hear the rpms I pull it out and then force it into 6th.
I'm going to ask MGW if they have slightly taller rods. the super short height will only require more effort and make it harder going into gear. I may also loosen the bracket and rotate the lever to 8 o'clock instead of 9 o'clock where its set to bring it closer to me
I'm going to ask MGW if they have slightly taller rods. the super short height will only require more effort and make it harder going into gear. I may also loosen the bracket and rotate the lever to 8 o'clock instead of 9 o'clock where its set to bring it closer to me
I don't get what some say bout 1st feeling like 3rd. I never noticed that. I drove around 30 miles today after the reinstall and forgot how good this shifter is. I think I need a few hundred more miles on it to for it to loosen up a bit. I will never go back.............great product. Now I got to order a custom shorter shift boot
12-13-2011, 08:58 PM
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I just received my MGW shifter, nice looking unit. Question though, is there a gasket needed between the bottom of the shifter and the top of the trans? Or just the RTV that came with the shifter?
I'm converting my T56 from GTO spec to work in my swap. I din't remember a gasket under the old shifter. But it's long gone now.
I'm converting my T56 from GTO spec to work in my swap. I din't remember a gasket under the old shifter. But it's long gone now.
02-23-2012, 02:00 PM
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LOVE my mgw, havent gotten to the 500 mile mark yet its a lil tough but feels so solid from shift to shift, i even had the rod cut down at the lil perferation mark, its perfect height for me now-awesome well made piece im real happy with it
02-27-2012, 04:36 AM
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BTT! I cut a hole the size of a quarter in the boot and then sandwiched it between the orange bracket and the top of the shifter. Has anyone cut it enough to slide over the whole shifter with any success or improvement in shifts?