Didn’t have the time, tools or the part on hand to swap back. Flat bed came to pick the car up the next morning, trans went out after leaving work at 12:30am. Ha, if I had the tools and part I would of.
I had a Focus ST and I upgraded to the Ford performance one with aluminum bushings from Mountune. they did all the work and even the Cobb access port. In my experience and using that short shifter, It was amazing!! I drove a Focus ST that had this shifter plate and I didn't like the feel of it, but I know everyone is different. Got rid of it and now I have an EVO X. Fun little cars tho.
@@officialmew1127 wasn’t expecting that, lol but got a zero mile brand new trans thou in my ST.....at 135k miles (at time of repair) should of ordered the mountune fully built trans for 5k. Biggest thing that ran up that bill was the labor, the trans and clutch parts were only maybe $2k total but they wouldn’t swap for RS clutch and flywheel....which was a bummer.
One extra step I advise as well is to reset the shifter cable. Put shifter in neutral, follow the shift cable in the engine bay and pop out the white linkage. Shift to 4th then re engage the white linkage. Helps if u experience any weird grinding or issues going into certain gears.
Short shifter, shift cable bushings, and pedal spacer are mandatory upgrades IMO. Had em on my ST3 and made them the first mods on my RS about a week after I got home with it. Can't live without them. Highly recommend the Damond spacer as a middle ground between the too tall Accelatec and too short Mishimoto. I went with the Steeda shift plate both times and it's a PITA to install but cost effective and has shorter throws than any other plate. Any solid bushings will work but I've had bad experiences multiple times with JBR so I went Cobb both times.
Awesome vid! Gonna get one for my RS and upload it to my channel as well but I might go with a different brand. What made you choose Mountune over other brands? Personal preference or is there pros and cons to others
I have the same short shifter from mountune with the ford performance short shifter the notchy feed back is amazing you should def do it! Oh and if you can upgrade the bushings on the transmission bracket get rid of some of the slop they get over time 🤘
Heads up on using the hammer to reinstall the roll pin, it can cause the head of the pin to mushroom out a bit. try to use a softer material hammer, ie plastic or brass to avoid deformation.
A really good upgrade would be to replace the factory air recirculating valve and mountune sound suppression chamber to get rid of the howling on start ups
I appreciate your vids on the RS, as a fellow RS owner may I recommend one of the easiest and best mods? Hood strut kits , several brands but Whoosh has a kit for like 80 bucks. Makes working on the car so much easier and without the prop in the way
I bought that kit from Whoosh. While their kit is superior to the one from Ford and Redline Performance, they don't include any instructions with it for installation. I emailed them about that and they sent me a link to a video on here by Adam Rainey. To be fair, he does a good job explaining how to do the installation.
installed those stupid solid shift bushings in my 2015 Focus ST and they ended up snapping one of my shift cables, had to replace the entire shift cable assembly was a total nightmare to do and i didn’t even notice a difference between the solid shift bushings and stock
@@landosea8851 even in his original video he says he can barely fell a difference which i agreed with when i installed mine, then they fell apart while driving and i had to replace the entire shift cables............
While in there, should have done the shifter cable bushings. mountune, cobb and even some basic ones from amazon work for the cable end bushings. most of them are decent. also do the shifter plate bushings if not done already. i feel like the steeda are the best. i had a different set that didnt locate on the holes and would move a little. made shifting so much smoother and better feeling. almost like like there was a direct linkage into the transmission, as in a rwd car. instead of disassembling the airbox, i remove the maf sensor and the vacuum line and disconnect the middle section of the intake tubing from the lower section and then just pull out the entire lower section/airbox together.
Should of got the coolerworx shifter! Also need to reset the neutral position, and look at the solid shifter bushings. Those take up so mush slop and help a ton.
Idk why you would ever get a lighter than stock shift knob. Weighted shift knob increase effort required but are sought after because they increase feel allowing you to shift smoother and faster. It has just bugged me to keep hearing that it’s a lightweight shift knob when that is something you would not want lol
Doesnt matter. Pin only lets the arm go in one way and the cable is attached to the shifter.. so when you get back in the car just move it back to neutral
Doesnt matter. Pin only lets the arm go in one way and the cable is attached to the shifter.. so when you get back in the car just move it back to neutral
