Looking through the owners manual, it states to press the clutch pedal all the way in- all the way to the floor. It seems like alot of travel to begin with, and on top of that, I have the Hurst short throw shifter, which the ball on the shifter travels only 2" between 1st and 2nd gear. In other words, by the time you shift, you're "late" letting the clutch pedal out.

Anyone familiar with why it would say to press the pedal all the way in on a Tremec 3650?

I posted this here, as even though it's more of a transmission question, it pertains to 4.6 engines only.

 

You can try not going all the way to for floor. But I assume Ford stated it as such in the manual because going all the way to the floor is the best way to make sure that the clutch is fully disengaged durring a shift and it also acts as a consistent stoping point to make for consistent shifts. I have the Maximum Motorsports clutch pedal adjuster and my clutch pedal is even with the brake pedal and it travles from that high to the floor, which is a few inches.

 

I always go to the floor when I shift. Just learn to do it faster and you will be fine. If I can do it with my bulky legs with a stiff *** clutch, I'm sure anyone can do it with some driving time. Powershifting is the best way to learn

 

With ours the hydraulic doesn't REQUIRE all the way, but I would recommend it so you don't end up not going far enough and start missing gears. The hydraulic engages like 70% of the way I think and pulls the clutch apart but you should still try to go all the way or at least as far as your foot will go.

 

I try to just go to the point to where the car actually starts moving, or when the gear takes effect, whenever driving standard.

 

The clutch pedal does have quite a bit of travel. I guess I just don't drive it enough to get used to it. The Hurst shifter takes awhile to get used to. NO slop whatsoever, very tight "click" type shifts, and a very short throw- the exact opposite of the clutch. Like Spike says, I guess I'll just have to use a faster left foot.

I just didn't understand the reasoning behind Ford specifically staing that. I know they had some problems with the Tremec, but I think it was related to fluid amounts.

 

They say that in all cars. It's just so they can't be at fault when people say that their clutches burn out prematurely they use that as an excuse. The Hurst shifter is reallyyyyy hard to get use to, but when you drive it hard you learn to love it a lot. At the track I literally fell in love with it because I could actually tell when downshifting what gear I was in.

 

After I put my new shifter in my car it took me a few weeks to get back to really being able to bang the gears again. Just have to relearn when and how fast to shift the car .

 

can you provide a link as to where to get a pedal adjuster, being stock kinda sucks with its range.

 

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