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Originally posted by The Outsider View Post"Flat Shifters?" Never heard of that one. How are you supposed to hold the shifter on a TKO?
Well thats the deal,they say just push the shifter forward without trying to guide it,it will just go in,Unless it goes into FIRST!
I dont trust it to just go in,Ive tried it at about 3000 rpm and found first once,but it just didn't feel right and I didnt let the clutch out.
I THINK if you had a strait shift lever ,no bends,you could do it but without about 8in of engine set back I cant fit my arms and legs behind the wheel.
As for grip,use a ball,not T handle and PALM it. Dont try to ram it up and over like a good ol H pattern Hurst,you'll get the brick wall. The "gate" hangs on the "point" of the 3/5 I think,other say you'll push past 5 and go to 5/nothing. I have power shifted 2-5 boy thats a BOG.
I have got to the point I flip my hand PALM Up and sort of lift it in but its very wierd flipping your hand over from 1/2 to2/3 then back palm down for 3/4. I mostly just gave up though and granny shift 2/3 for 95% success.
On levers,shorter and staiter is better.
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Yeah, the TKO-600 problem really shows it's face around 6,500+ rpm, and gets a bit cranky just over 6,000rpm. I haven't had any trouble at 5,500rpm. I have a T handle. I've never accidently hit 5th or 1st for that matter, but teaching my sister to drive a stick shift she went from 2nd back into 1st at about 30mph, which the engine hated, but didn't seem to zing to the moon as the back tires were screeching like the brakes were hit hard.
I've got well over 60,000 miles on mine and 4th gear grinds a bit if I go clutchless when rowing. When ever I decide it needs a rebuild I'll probably ship it to liberty for their service.
MegaSquirt has a "flatshift" feature I've been meaning to try out where you put a switch on the clutch pedal (tie into the neutral safety?) that when the clutch pedal is pushed in the MegaSquirt drops the revv limiter to what ever you set it at (a couple rpm short of your recovery rpm?) so you can leave your foot planted on the gas pedal and when you push the clutch pedal in the engine should slow down a hair despite being unloaded by the clutch.Escaped on a technicality.
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Originally posted by The Outsider View Post
Guy claimed 40 mpg with the 300 - 6 he had... People who rode with him say BS..Last edited by Deaf Bob; January 18, 2013, 10:08 PM.
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Originally posted by TheSilverBuick View Post
MegaSquirt has a "flatshift" feature I've been meaning to try out where you put a switch on the clutch pedal (tie into the neutral safety?) that when the clutch pedal is pushed in the MegaSquirt drops the revv limiter to what ever you set it at (a couple rpm short of your recovery rpm?) so you can leave your foot planted on the gas pedal and when you push the clutch pedal in the engine should slow down a hair despite being unloaded by the clutch.
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you don't use the clutch when you shift a clutch turbo....????My fabulous web page
"If it don't go, chrome it!" --Stroker McGurk
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Speaking of transmissions........after seeing Jungle Jims rides at Bowling Green, I've had
the itch to build a 427 with a torque flight behind it.
Someone school me here........I'm assuming there's some sort of adapter plates?Thom
"The object is to keep your balls on the table and knock everybody else's off..."
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