today on Tony's Ford's and Mustangs I picked up an MGW gen 2 shifter for the 2021 Mach 1.
now I reviewed my Mach 1 shifter and it's pretty good so was this $500 a good spend
is the shifter gonna be that much better or did I just throw $500 out the window? stay tuned
so I want to start out this video by saying i am not affiliated with MGW in any way
I paid for this product with my own money they did not send me a sample I'd be just like you are
another client first impression out of the box it was packed well it seems to be a pretty
complete kit they do have video online which is pretty comprehensive it seems to be a well-built
well-machined shifter so if there's any major changes between the MGW video and what I see in
this Mach 1 I am going to note those hopefully the next thing you see is me driving this thing
if I run in any difficulties I'm going to record those as well
hey just a quick tip if these two connectors aren't connected to an on an s550 it's not
going to start so I took this console out it's just easier to have the doors open off the lift
but that ended up being an issue because I got in there no key detected so I had to get back in
connect those two connectors drop the key in the middle get the car started move it then disconnect
it to get it out several song filled hours later well that was a seven hour battle and I got a lift
I'm not probably the best auto mechanic but I am a retired air force jet engine mechanic
so it's not like I don't know how to swing a wrench however it is in and it is notchy
it's very positive on the throws it's much shorter than the factory shifter I think you can see that
it's a much shorter it's a much shorter throw but it's also a much shorter handle but that's
kind of what I wanted right there pretty simple it's very positive good feel to it
it's dropping right in gear so this is exactly what I thought it would be the shifts are precise
much more precise than in the forge shifter I said the ford shifter is good but it does leave some
vagueness there's a little bit of play in the shifter this one's really precise it's dead-on
after every shift is where you expect it to be
it's going to be consistent which is good it is a firm shifter but that's fine you do have to throw
it around a little bit but that's exactly what you want give it a little rip through the gears here
yeah that's what I was looking for so it's much more precise than the ford shifter I'd
say it's about a 40% improvement and that's saying something because the Ford shifter was pretty good
personally I might like the shifter to be just a hair longer it's almost too short
but I'll work around that at some point I'll figure that out I did go with the factory knob
adapter so I kept the factory knob it looks okay to me I don't have an issue with it I'm gonna put
a link in the description for MGW's video so the MGW short shifter would I buy it again $500 that's
not a small chunk of change I think yeah I would it's a very positive throw not not a whole lot of
vagueness in the shift and that's that's what i was looking for I had a Barton on my Boss 302 I
was very happy with that I couldn't find a Barton for this one MGW this is the second gen shifter
they made I can tell you the passenger side is a real [ B-t-h ] it is rough you'll spend a lot of time
up in there you have to drop the trans mount and I did that but I only picked up maybe an inch and a
half actually had to pull down on the transmission while reaching up through and sliding the bolt out
there was a defect in my shifter they actually mounted the arm that connects to trans 180 out
the bolt that should be on the driver's side which would have been a lot easier on the driver's side
it was on the passenger side but I was able to get it in there there's no binding I did talk to them
they were willing to do whatever I need them to do they could ship something out next day for me
there's no binding here so I'm just going to leave it as is it's in I was halfway through the install
there's no way I was going to stop where I was at but it was a good part of seven hours in and done
maybe you want to farm that out I'm not sure you have to value your time on it
the rubber boot in this thing put it in spin it and it'll kind of thread itself onto
the shifter itself it's a lot easier than trying to manhandle it worked pretty well
other than that the the install video that MGW did is really good it does walk you through all
the steps so there's no issues there but it's 45 minutes no way you're getting that
done in 45 minutes the second part of that install you'll notice they do out of the car
be a lot easier out of the car they use a ratchet box end wrench on this and every
click you fight for you just fight for it I actually had to get two hands up in there because
the bolts that ford uses to get them broke loose they just kind of move they don't want to let
the ratchet ratchet on the wrench so you have to hold it with one finger and wrench it with another
but it's every click click click click and the bolts yay long so there's a lot of clicks there
yeah it's tough tough install but I think it's a worthwhile one MGW's construction is awesome
you can tell they did a good job with it tech support really good those guys are on it I had
an issue I called them asked them about it they said I could use it the way it is they didn't
think it would bind they tried it on their test unit it didn't bind for them and it's not buying
it for me either so I think I'm going to be fine if you like this video if this was any use to you
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