Hi Gang-
This is a little something that I posted over on FocusST.org, but should be useful over here on the Big Boy's Forum.
Works phenomenally on my ST, so it should relate to the RS as well.
A little back story:
I've been running the Breedt Quick Shift Arm on my ST since early 2014; in fact, mine is one from one of the early production runs in November, 2013. I ran this arm, along with one of their Billet shift knobs up until May, 2016. For those of you unfamiliar with the Breedt arm, it has four options: 25% reduction, 40% reduction, and two setting that move the shifter forward 25mm with reductions of 24% and 39%. I fell in love with the 39%/+25mm setting and ran that exclusively. Before Carlisle Ford Nats/Focus Rising 16, I installed a Ford Racing (FRPP) shifter that I picked-up used off of the forum, along with a set of Boosted Design's solid shifter base bushings. This combination was everything that I thought I was looking for: super short shifts, a lower shifter height, and a much firmer connection with the solid base bushings.
And then I met Deuce McCracken at Focus Rising in 2017 and checked out his shifter set-up. It is incredibly mechanical feeling, with all of the solid mounts, solid cable ends, and the JRB adjustable shift arm. Amazing feel, so direct that it does not feel like a cable shifter at all; I was shocked, but felt it was too radical for me. That is , until JBR had their Labor Day Sale, and I figured I'd pick one of their arms up and give it a whirl.
As any of you know who've used the JBR, it certainly does have a lot of mechanical feel with the three 4-ounce weights hanging off the front of it, and definitely brought my setup closer to the classic, rear-drive shifter feel. I ran this setup for about a week, but found that I was missing the +25mm forward position that the Breedt offered. Soooo...I took a look at the Breedt arm sitting on my work bench and thought "what if I drill and tap the Breedt arm and install the weights from the JBR on it. I'd keep the added weight, and still have the forward shifter position that I missed from the Breedt.
Here's what I ended up with for Phase 1:
I started off tapping just one "wing" ad stacked the JBR weights, but clearance looked to be getting a little tight near the bottom of the airbox...
DSC00406 by Michael Read, on Flickr
DSC00409 by Michael Read, on Flickr
...So I tapped the other wing and attached the weights to both sides.
DSC00413 by Michael Read, on Flickr
DSC00416 by Michael Read, on Flickr
I ran this setup for about a month, but thought that it could be improved upon. So...on to Phase 2.
I drilled and tapped the end of the wing and stacked the weights the same way that JBR does.
DSC00421 by Michael Read, on Flickr
DSC00420 by Michael Read, on Flickr
DSC00424 by Michael Read, on Flickr
I'm currently running with 2 weights, and I'm pretty happy with the shift feel, but I'm going to order a third one from JBR and give that a try.
Please feel free to post comments and questions. It's a pretty slick setup.
Unfortunately, this is my first post and I'm not allowed to post pictures, but once I am able, I'll get the pics attached.
Mike
This is a little something that I posted over on FocusST.org, but should be useful over here on the Big Boy's Forum.
Works phenomenally on my ST, so it should relate to the RS as well.
A little back story:
I've been running the Breedt Quick Shift Arm on my ST since early 2014; in fact, mine is one from one of the early production runs in November, 2013. I ran this arm, along with one of their Billet shift knobs up until May, 2016. For those of you unfamiliar with the Breedt arm, it has four options: 25% reduction, 40% reduction, and two setting that move the shifter forward 25mm with reductions of 24% and 39%. I fell in love with the 39%/+25mm setting and ran that exclusively. Before Carlisle Ford Nats/Focus Rising 16, I installed a Ford Racing (FRPP) shifter that I picked-up used off of the forum, along with a set of Boosted Design's solid shifter base bushings. This combination was everything that I thought I was looking for: super short shifts, a lower shifter height, and a much firmer connection with the solid base bushings.
And then I met Deuce McCracken at Focus Rising in 2017 and checked out his shifter set-up. It is incredibly mechanical feeling, with all of the solid mounts, solid cable ends, and the JRB adjustable shift arm. Amazing feel, so direct that it does not feel like a cable shifter at all; I was shocked, but felt it was too radical for me. That is , until JBR had their Labor Day Sale, and I figured I'd pick one of their arms up and give it a whirl.
As any of you know who've used the JBR, it certainly does have a lot of mechanical feel with the three 4-ounce weights hanging off the front of it, and definitely brought my setup closer to the classic, rear-drive shifter feel. I ran this setup for about a week, but found that I was missing the +25mm forward position that the Breedt offered. Soooo...I took a look at the Breedt arm sitting on my work bench and thought "what if I drill and tap the Breedt arm and install the weights from the JBR on it. I'd keep the added weight, and still have the forward shifter position that I missed from the Breedt.
Here's what I ended up with for Phase 1:
I started off tapping just one "wing" ad stacked the JBR weights, but clearance looked to be getting a little tight near the bottom of the airbox...
DSC00406 by Michael Read, on Flickr
DSC00409 by Michael Read, on Flickr
...So I tapped the other wing and attached the weights to both sides.
DSC00413 by Michael Read, on Flickr
DSC00416 by Michael Read, on Flickr
I ran this setup for about a month, but thought that it could be improved upon. So...on to Phase 2.
I drilled and tapped the end of the wing and stacked the weights the same way that JBR does.
DSC00421 by Michael Read, on Flickr
DSC00420 by Michael Read, on Flickr
DSC00424 by Michael Read, on Flickr
I'm currently running with 2 weights, and I'm pretty happy with the shift feel, but I'm going to order a third one from JBR and give that a try.
Please feel free to post comments and questions. It's a pretty slick setup.
Unfortunately, this is my first post and I'm not allowed to post pictures, but once I am able, I'll get the pics attached.
Mike