Manual transmission Fan Club and BS thread (All Generations Welcome)

Maybe I'll quit messing with it now (probably not).

 

Keep messing with it, til I finalize mine...then mess with mine lol

 

I'll say it now, it's not over until we make it out of titanium.

 

I know...and put me down for one lol

 

Will it be for the "Money's No Object" crowd?
But it would be nice.

 

I only need a few takers, really. I could do it at a smaller diameter(2" or less) for a somewhat reasonable price, but we're not driving Subarus here, so I don't know if that can work.

 

@nevadabugle

Did you ever get a response as to why the thread was un-stickied?

 

Nope. Nada. Nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nil. None. Crickets....

 

welp, its just up to us to keep it up on the front page then!

 

My work rig.

 

My play rig...

 

Define somewhat reasonable lol. The shift knob I made is actually 40g lighter than stock and it still shifts great.

 

Materials alone would be in the vicinity of $170 each for the current 2.25" diameter knob, but under 2" drops it to around $95.

Factor in a reduced labor cost, then tooling probably $180 (plus engraving) for the smaller knob.

No way I could sustain that price point, but for 5-10 or so .... why not?

 

What kind of MPGs are you guys getting lately? I got this on a 75 miles freeway drive on a stock TRD Sport Access Cab 4x4 unloaded. Stayed in 6th most of the way at 65mph with a a few miles of heavy traffic in LA.

 

That is really good! I average for a full tank around 18 MPG on winter blend. Closer to 19/20 on summer blend. Now that I am on 255/85R16 ST MAXX's I am getting around 17 MPG (winter blend), but I expect to improve when we cut back over to the good gas. I never pay much attention to the shorter trip summaries, but maybe I should.

 

Guess I forget to mention to y'all that I am working with Core-Shifters on the RC62F (2016+ V6 manual) short shifter kit.Chris at Core-Shifters has my stock shifter and base for development/measurements. We should have something in the coming months.


https://core-shifters.com/collections/shifters-for-toyota-tacoma

 

I'm lucky to get 20 MPG on the highway. Local ranges everywhere from 13-18 depending on length and traffic.

Best average I've ever gotten was 23 MPG and that was including a huge downward stretch where I didn't touch the throttle for close to 15 minutes.

 

Completely off-topic, but is your username from Ace Combat 5?

 

Clever use of engine braking and coasting, no throttle on downhill and staying at 65-70mph helps a lot.