The Eagle has landed!

[shelbyelite]

Congrats on your new car. I am sure you will enjoy her as she looks beautiful!

 

[tmcphail]

Enjoy her !

 

[timcantwell]

Happy,

Most Ford GT owners avoid 2nd gear for the first 3 to 4 minutes after startup. The majority of Ford GTs will grind when shifting from first to second until the transmission gets up to operating temperature. There is nothing wrong with the transmission, the 2nd gear grind when cold is just an odd characteristic. It's best to avoid that and the car has plenty of torque so shifting from first to third even at low RPMs is fine.

Chip

As any early Ferrari owner knows, you ALWAYS, repeat, ALWAYS avoid second when cold. It is because of the synchro's not spinning properly in the cold, heavy transaxle lube. Once the oil warms up the syncros spin the way they are supposed to. I learned a secret formula that blends different types transaxle lubes in a certain ratio from a very successful, international champion level Porsche team. I have used it in the older Ferrari's, Porsches, etc. with great success, no grinding even when cold...Very nice!Anyway, enough with the back-story, ENJOY YOUR CAR!!!

 

[BlackICE]

As any early Ferrari owner knows, you ALWAYS, repeat, ALWAYS avoid second when cold.

I presume that F1 equiped Ferrari's don't cant skip 2nd and don't have the problem of a 2nd gear grind.

 

[soroush]

congrats!

 

[GEE-TEE]

Congrats HappyFeet. Looks great and hope to see you soon.

 

[FGT1713]

Congrats! She'll look good crusin' down Colorado Blvd!!! I was born and raised in Pasadena. So Orange County now

Chris