Another new girl in town
I know why the mustang let you down, they have the China made trans no more getrag trans. I heard there has been a lot of issues with the trans on mustangs. Other than that MR is a good car, friendly in traffic and the DDTC is a nice trans.
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Wise woman! Evolution's are perfect when they're completely stock. Honestly, the majority of modded Evos (yup 97% of you on here) are not nearly as cool as a completely stock Evo. In fact, I'd say 7% of those are alright and the other 90% are all horrible (you know who you are).
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No doubt, the MT82 is the weak point in the 11-12 Mustangs. I liked the shorter throw, it was shorter than the Tremec in the older S197s, and the box had closer ratios. With the 3.73 rear it was pretty sporty. But I missed fifth every single time coming out of fourth, and hit third again, it's not real precise. It's a wonder I didn't blow the motor up or trash the gearbox. And it has this annoying skip shift from 1 to 4 right when you don't want it, for alleged fuel economy. If I'd kept the car I would have had that deactivated and picked up a short throw shifter.
I like the Evolution much better, it is more suited to my driving style by far. And I really like the TC-SST, it is really slick. Strange that Ford hasn't put something like it in the Focus or Fiesta. They do have a dual-clutch box that is supposed to be a good one.
Miao, Cat
I like the Evolution much better, it is more suited to my driving style by far. And I really like the TC-SST, it is really slick. Strange that Ford hasn't put something like it in the Focus or Fiesta. They do have a dual-clutch box that is supposed to be a good one.
Miao, Cat
How did you possibly get a 10 year / 100,000 mile bumper to bumper warranty. The regular warranty is only 3 year 36,000 miles bumper to bumper and 5 year 60,000 powertrain. Did you buy the extended warranty? I'm sure that was pricey.
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From: Coronado, CA
Congrats on the purchase. I was in a similar boat. I too have been drooling over and Evo for the past 6 or 7 years. I got a Charger SRT8 because my wife needed to drive an automatic. I ended up modding it with the intentions of making a car that could handle as well as an Evo. $10K later in suspension mods and I gave up. I traded it in a month ago for the Evo.
Rick
Rick
i can't remember when ford had a nice tranny in the mustang. maybe back in the old days of the the auto c4 tranny. i have owned a few fox body 5.0 and currently own one. i just replaced the tranny with a brand new t5 and i'm still not happy with it. the old one i down shifted into 2nd punched it, kicked it sideways, slammed 3rd and missed because of the great syncro's let the clutch out and heard the loudest bang. i lost 2nd and 3rd. had 4th and was about 1 mile away from home. i made it home all i had was a little bit of 1st till about 2500 and 4th. wow i was suprised i could go from 1st to 4th but yeah junk. lmao. when i got home to my suprise i even lost neutral. how in the hell could that happen, everything must of been laying around in there.
