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SoCal 370Z

Hey KB, great minds think alike (one of my favorite automobiles that I would love to own). PM me if you want me to delete this post.



Wiesmann GT MF5 Official Safety Car for 2009 FIA GT Championship

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KillerBee370

Haha.. I love it!

KillerBee370

Just a little update to keep everyone in the mix as to what's happening...

B&M Short Throw shifter- Still working brilliantly! It appears to have lost the reverse lockout function though. You can just shift into reverse without having to first push down on the stick. For me, I could give a crap about this function and it hasn't affected me during even hard driving with 5th or 6th gear shift at speed. But, it is an FYI.

Technosquare oil cooling unit - The oil cooler works absolutely as it should and I have yet to see the oil temp get over 220. Yesterday I drove it quite a bit in some pretty warm outside temps. Both stop and go and freeway driving and the hottest it reached was just a smidge above the 220 mark. If I had to guess, I would call it 222 or something.

As far as the seating of the unit, it hasn't moved or bent the bracket at all. There appears to be no sign of any kind of metal fatigue or anything like that.


I will keep you updated with everything else as time goes...

LiquidZ

This is a concern of mine. Although I don't consider myself a newb with shifting, it is still nice to know that you cannot accidentally shift into reverse on accident with the block.

It probably isn't an issue for many, but for a worry wart like me, it certainly is.

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Josh@STILLEN

That's because they are removing the factory plate with the lockout.

That being said, there is no way you're going to get it into reverse.. it will simply let you know with a nice growling grind.

semtex

Ooohhh....can someone make a video/sound clip?! (j/k)

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Josh@STILLEN

No need.. Mythbusters did it for you.

Dailymotion - Mythbusters "Can Shifting to Reverse Stop a Runaway Car" - a Tech & Science video

miguez

That's true, but KB mentioned it worked at first. Another report has said it also worked, so I am wondering if the spring got detached somehow?

KillerBee370

Sorry... been on the boat all day and just got back.

Yes, the lockout was definitely working at first. There's really nowhere for the spring to go so I don't think that's the problem. The "lockout" is really nothing more than a couple of THIN pieces of metal that hit eachother so maybe..? I dunno.

I never tried to shift it into reverse without pushing the stick down with the stock unit. I wonder if it can be done? Someone jump in there car real quick and while parked, just try it a few times and see how foolproof this "lockout" really is. I would be curious to know.

KillerBee370

It would be pretty hard to throw in into reverse by accident. It's still situated pretty far to the right considering the 6 gear layout.


Besides, just think of your clutch as a failsafe at that point. If the dash say's "R" instead of "6"... don't let the clutch out!! Haha