Originally posted by DemonSVT:

Also great info on why ATF (original U.S. MTX-75 fill ) is absolutely piss-poor to run in a manual transmission too (I.E high failure rate if the fluid is not changed frequently - I.E. 1 year tops) Stuff like that...




So THAT would explain the commonplace syncro failures on early SVT's especially when considering that he car has to be driven much harder since the powerband is moved up into the 5000-7000 RPM range vs the normal Duratec. Thats just like Ford to spec the wrong fluid that dosent lubricate properly