John the tranny fluid was changed earlier this year and I put in Mobil 1 Synthetic. If it looks like it is just the FD I would consider changing out the fluid just as an experiment to see if anything changes.
BTW .... no autocrossing here.... pure open track events only. Nonetheless it will still heat up the tranny.
Fern
1999 SVT Contour Silver Frost
Bassani,Ground Controls Street..17x7 Rage 5.0/Falken Azenis Sport 225/45/ZR17 Track...Kosei K-1 17x7.5 Avon Tech Ra 225/45/17/ Quaife/ SPEC Stage III/ Fidanza /Capaldi Racing 4.5 final drive/TCE Brake Kit 13"
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