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The first version of the MTE's were rather soft, and once you wore them down a bit you could practically wrap your toes around the pedal through the sole. It was seriously next level, and I have been looking for something similar ever since. The pedal feel was so good, and now those shoes are...

I've found Vans are still the best shoes for driving once they break in, and I've tried just about everything. Specifically the first iteration of the MTE's that they phased out around 2021.

Most modern manual cars have this now. All it does is feed throttle input to prevent low speed stalling. Even the S197 had it. Its just to make the car easier to drive, its just a little tiny bit of throttle.

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I currently run S650 PP wheels on my S197, so the bolt pattern matches. I think the offset on the spare won't clear the S650 PP brake calipers though.

I think the only difficult to use manual transmission I’ve ever driven was an Auto Union. I absolutely love a column shifter, but that car was atrocious to operate. Finding reverse was genuinely challenging. Watched two people give up before I gave it a try. It almost seemed like something was...

Listen, I'm not saying you have to, or anything like that. Just what I've seen and learned in my short few years. If its any consolation, I've never personally seen a throwout bearing fail on anything newer than 2015, but then again, I didn't work on many modern cars.

Theoretically, yes. Its really just a probability game that you're playing, as with anything. What are the odds that your throwout is predisposed for failure, or the design is -to a degree- already not ideal? What if the bearing already has some grit in it from the X amount of working hours it...

It leads to excessive wear on the throwout bearing. I've seen throwout bearings overheat and wear out within 50K miles with the clutch still being fine. Bad habit that can expose flaws in an item that otherwise wouldn't have an issue. Certainly not to say it will be a problem in every throwout...

Theres a dude who daily drives his 996 Porsche Turbo on the east coast and has racked up over 700,000 miles on it. Lots of that is in stop and go traffic. He's also tracked and autocrossed that Porsche fairly extensively. In the lifetime of that car, he has had to replace the clutch twice. Once...

Hahahah, imagine the shop trying to explain to their insurance that they need to cover the replacement of a Bentley dashboard with custom $3500 leather stitching. I know some shops refuse to work on certain cars because the insurance wouldn't cover any damages caused to them. At my shop, I know...

Might be the handle of a razor or something, trying to fit it into the crevice at a weird angle. Not cool.

I recall that the S550 GT350 had overheating issues on track too. Billed as a track car, yet it was overheating after just a few laps. Either way, there is only benefit to be had by upgrading the cooling system, especially if OP is tuning the car.

If its a Ford dealer, then thats not a surprise. Get a second opinion at an independent shop.

I'd get that checked out at an indi shop. Rear diff's really shouldn't whine. Could be lash, could be bearings, could be low on fluid. Check it regardless. There was this whole thing awhile back where people would receive their S650 and the fluids would all be low, either for transportation, or...

Shit happens, that sucks man. Hope the fella figures it out.

Dual injection really is the best of both worlds. Nice to see

Tremec’s definitely feel better - no questions about it, but I have zero issues with the MT82 after getting the MGW. A stickshift is a stickshift, and i’ll almost always prefer one over an auto, even a bad one.

In all fairness, MGW kits make the MT-82 shift way nicer. They don't address the throw-out issues of earlier variants, but it is what it is. Can't speak on reliability, but take that for what its worth

Hahahahahah. I dunno man, you sound pretty fussy to me.