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TCI Street Fighter Automatic Transmission Ratchet Shifter (05-09 w/ Automatic Transmission)

TCI Street Fighter Automatic Transmission Ratchet Shifter (05-09 w/ Automatic Transmission)
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    Features, Video & Details

    • “Speed Shift” Your Automatic Transmission
    • Perfect for Street and Strip
    • No Modifications Required
    • Lighted Gear Indicator
    • NHRA Legal
    • Fits 2005-2009 Automatic GT & V6 Mustangs

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    Dave from AmericanMuscle, with me today is the TCI ratchet shifter for the 05-09 automatic GT and V6 Mustang. The idea behind the ratchet shifter is this: put some excitement and some precise control over your gear changes, back into driving your automatic Mustang. The TCI ratchet shift goes directly in place of the factory unit, no drilling or any kind of special modifications required. This part will allow you to manually shift your automatic with precise control and safety in mind. Safety, because you’re not going to miss any shifts and overshift or downshift too soon, with this neat ratcheting design, it allows you to precisely go from park into 1st and everything between. Here we are in our automatic GT, it’s the 05-09 variety so it’s a 5 speed automatic, at this point we’ve got the car in drive, I’m just going to drive round for a couple of minutes, get an idea of how it shifts on its own. Then we’ll throw it back with the stock shifter into 1st and go through all 5 gears, giving an idea of how it shifts when I shift it. The reason being we’re about to take this shifter out and as we mentioned go with the TCI ratchet shifter and come back out and try it again. Okay so we’ve just simulated normal driving, now I’m going to go ahead and throw this shifter down, put it into 1st, and go through the gears like I mentioned before, including using the overdrive button on the side here, I really want to get through all the gears with some quick shifting, manually with my automatic, let’s give it a shot. Very responsive, however definitely a delay between all my shifts. We’re back here after our stock run, we have our stock shifter out of the car and we’re about to install the TCI ratchet shifter. We’ll take it back out, run it through the same paces, see what kind of changes we notice. So we’re back with our TCI ratchet shifter installed on our automatic GT, now we’re going to take it out on the street, let it run normally, just put it in drive as if our stock shifter were still in here and see how it performs, basically to make sure nothing changed. Then we’ll have some fun, going to throw it back into 1st gear and use the ratchet shifter to manually shift our automatic for precise and ideally crisp shifting with our automatic. Now up shift. Little tire chirp. Not bad. Now what I’ve done is go ahead and turned my overdrive off, so I’m working with my bottom 4 gears at all times, keeping the car in the “go gears” as I like to call it. Let’s give it some oomph going up this hill. Very nice. Well we just got back as you saw from driving the car with the TCI ratchet shifter in it, and I’ll be honest with you, it did add a lot of excitement to driving the automatic. I’m a fan of driving manuals, I want that control, and I feel I got that control in the automatic with the TCI ratchet shifter. It’s also really nice to look down and see the illuminated numbers here, I always knew what gear I was in. The leather boot and the brushed material really went well with the interior. So final verdict: good product that works well, and fits in the interior real nice.

    Speed Shift. The stock automatic shifter is good for everyday driving, but it has some drawbacks when it comes to serious street/strip performance. TCI's StreetFighter Ratchet Shifter for the GT and V6 provides a positive stop shifting action that allows you to manually “speed shift” your Mustang's transmission without fear of hanging between gears or missing a gear all together.

    Race Inspired Appearance. This Ratchet Shifter not only improves your overall driving experience, but it also has an equally impressive race-inspired billet appearance that makes it at home on the track or the street and comes complete with a lighted gear indicator for perfect gear selection.

    Direct Fit Installation. The StreetFighter Mustang Ratchet Shifter was designed to fit perfectly into the 2005-2009 GT and V6's center console with no modifications required to the interior or the factory 5R55S transmission. And to further simplify the installation this ratchet shifter reuses the stock shift cable.

    Application. This TCI Street Fighter Ratchet Shifter is designed to fit the 2005 to 2009 V6 and GT Mustang's with a 5R55S Automatic Transmission and is NHRA legal for drag race competition.

    Fitment: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Details

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    Questions & Answers (21)

    5 Top Rated Questions

    This is more of a general question but, is it safe to "downshift" while in motion? As in going 35 mph and going from d to 3 or going 15mph and going from 2 to 1?

    • The TCI StreetFighter Ratchet Shifter will still allow the OEM transmission controls to function, preventing shifts that may cause damage to the engine or transmission, such as shifting from 3rd to 2nd where the downshift would cause RPMs to spike to unsafe levels, such as 7500rpm, then the computer would block the shift until the RPM drop would be within acceptable safe limits.

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    What color lights up the gears when the headlights are turned on?

    • The TCI StreetFighter Ratchet Shifter will illuminate the gear selection white, with the exception of the currently selected gear, which will illuminate orange.

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    I just bought this shifter, it is of my understanding that it is advised to change a part, like a clip or something, every time I'm changing the shifter, so I need to buy that part. Can anyone tell me what it is? And if you have this info, what's the part number for it? Thanks! I think it's called: shifter linkage clip, but I'm not sure... My car is a 2006 V6

    • The Shifter Linkage clips is not necessary for installation, however if you would like to get this for piece of mind, these can be purchased directly from your Ford dealer.

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    Why does my Mustang not shift when I ratchet it from 1st to 2nd

    • The TCI StreetFighter Ratchet Shifter will move the transmission shift selector to 2nd, however the PCM sees this as having first and second gear enabled. To get this to manually command a gear, a custom tune would be required to change how the car interprets this action.

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    Is it easy to install a custom shift knob on the top (like in some Pictures seen)?

    • Just break loose the locking nut underneath the TCI StreetFighter Ratchet Shifter's handle and you can easily remove the shifter handle and replace with an aftermarket shift knob.

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    10 More Questions
    Will I need to install a manual valve body? I've heard different opinions. 1 answer
    If I "bang" through the gears and shift it into drive (for fourth gear) do I have to press the overdrive button when I'm ready for 5th gear? Or will the normal Drive auto-shift into 5th? I don't want to be fumbling around looking for a button when I'm trying to speed shift 1 answer
    Knowing that there is a small button on the side of the stock shifter to put it into overdrive, how do I engage the overdrive on this shifter. I can't seem to find where it would be on the knob? 1 answer
    Is shifter safe to be used for everyday driving? Also I have a tune with cold air. Will that affect anything? 2 answers
    Full auto? Does this shifter still allow me to go fully automatic? Like when I put the stock automatic shifter into drive? 3 answers
    does this hurt the transmission? 2 answers
    Other stuff I have an 05 and i was wondering what other parts if any i need to put this in my car? 4 answers
    TCI Street Fighter Ratchet Shifter I want to get a TCI Street Frighter Ratchet shifter with a Hurst Handle like in Kents pictures. Can I buy one like that or do I need to buy the shifter then put Hurst handle on it. 3 answers
    Thread size? Does anyone know the thread size on this shifter? I'd like to change the shift knob on mine. 3 answers
    Does it allow me to shift all the way through to 5th gear? 3 answers

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    Customer Reviews (82) Write a Review

    Overall Rating 4.7

    out of 5 stars

    Installation Time:Afternoon

    Installation Cost:0-$100

    • Performance Gain 4.032258 4.0
    • Fit 4.925373 4.9



    • 5/5

      Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

      Installation Cost: $100-$250

      July 30, 2018

      Super Fun

      Beautifully engineered. Perfect fit, and incredible looks. This shifter really adds to the experience of driving with an automatic transmission. Very easy Installation. What an awesome addition to a great car.

      Paul58

      Year: 2007 Submodel: GT

      Helpful (0)

    • 3/5

      Installation Time: Afternoon

      June 13, 2018

      GREAT SHIFTER

      WHAT A PLEASURE TO DRIVE WITH THIS BABY. YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR MISSING!

      HECKY

      Year: 2009 Submodel: GT

      Helpful (3)

    • 5/5

      Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

      April 30, 2018

      Its legit.

      I love this thing. It looks good. a great upgrade for an automatic S197.

      DysonWilliams

      Year: 2007 Submodel: GT

      Helpful (3)

    • 5/5

      Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

      April 19, 2018

      gt shaker

      great product well made does what its supposed to do i would recommend all automatic mustang owners to consider installing one in their mustang

      somebowler

      Year: 2006 Submodel: GT

      Helpful (3)

    • 2/5

      Installation Time: Afternoon

      March 29, 2018

      Well

      Well I ordered this due to a family member recommending this. When I got it the silinoid was broken and all the pins that were suppost to line up were all wrong. The instructions were also wrong. When you install it make sure both shifters are in nutrual. After hours of messing around we finally got it to work. didn't work when the stock shifter was in nutrual but ratchet shifter was in drive. It worked when we tried both in nutrual. But over all when everything was fixed it works fine.

      BrandonE

      Year: 2006 Submodel: GT

      Helpful (4)

    • 5/5

      Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

      February 23, 2018

      Really good item

      Enjoy the ratchet shifter,much better than the stock better shifting time

      JoeyN

      Year: 2006 Submodel: GT

      Helpful (3)

    • 5/5

      Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

      February 14, 2018

      WOW!!!

      This replaced my factory shifter that went bad. This Ratchet Shifter is Awesome!!! Would recommend to anyone having to replace the automatic factory shifter.

      StaceyC

      Year: 2005 Submodel: GT

      Helpful (5)

    • 3/5

      Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

      January 15, 2018

      Nice look, little performance

      I love the look of this piece. I put a Hurst aftermarket handle on it, and it looks just as a 60' musclecar. Performance wise it pretty close to stock.

      KimN

      Year: 2008 Submodel: GT

      Helpful (3)

    • 5/5

      Installation Time: Afternoon

      January 13, 2018

      Got to love it

      I cant believe how simple the installation was Made a huge difference in shift speed No more worrying about missing a gear

      DaleB

      Year: 2007 Submodel: GT

      Helpful (5)

    • 5/5

      Installation Time: Afternoon

      December 10, 2017

      Slap her in gear

      Nice fit, sexy look! Metal shifter does get hot in summertime, but still better than the plastic one that came stock. No more missing a gear.

      JeffC

      Year: 2007 Submodel: GT

      Helpful (4)

    • 5/5

      Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

      November 22, 2017

      crisp! EZ install

      i love how crisp the shifts are now, there is a noticeable difference in the shifts. the "shift lag" has dramatically improved, i do wish the O/D was on the shifter but thats more to do with what i have always been used to, it is kinda cool having the O/D being a push button above the P on the gear line up. as for the install it was fairly EZ took me about 45-60 min that was also due to the fact that my car is lower so getting it up is alittle more difficult sometimes but i would say if you had a normal clearance and knowledge of how to take your center console out plus how to disengage the shift line underneath it would take about 30-45 min.

      JerahmeS

      Year: 2008 Submodel: V6

      Helpful (3)

    • 5/5

      Installation Time: Afternoon

      November 02, 2017

      WHAT A FEEL!!!!

      this ratchet shifter is the bomb! Well with the expense for the long haul. I plan on keeping my mustang and this shifter completes a long list of improvement ford left me to do. Check it out.... You won't be disappointed!!!!

      BluePony

      Year: 2005 Submodel: V6

      Helpful (3)

    • 5/5

      Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

      September 27, 2017

      Works Just How I Wanted

      I was worried about self install with this product but it turned out to be really easy!

      BroDudeMan

      Year: 2008 Submodel: GT

      Helpful (3)

    • 5/5

      Installation Time: Afternoon

      September 24, 2017

      Best Replacement Shifter for Automatics

      The 05-09 faux chrome (metal) shifter is absolutely awful and was already showing signs of wear and cracking. I went online and saw this and immediately had to have it. It is AMAZING. It has a great feel to it and when racing, it allows you to bang shift without jumping more than one gear at a time, or worse, going into neutral. I have nitrous in my car and missing a gear would be bad. My only minor suggestion for those that live in a hot and sunny state like I do (FL), cover it up because it gets scorching hot. This is real aluminum (metal) unlike factory. I learned my lesson the first time I drove it after installing it.

      SandraCooper

      Year: 2007 Submodel: GT

      Helpful (3)

    • 2/5

      Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

      September 13, 2017

      Ehhh

      I has this shifter installed by ford, it was a good purchase for about 3 months, and then it locked on me, couldn't shift out of park, so i had i to put the stock shifter back, pretty disappointed in this product

      Steven

      Year: 2005 Submodel: GT

      Helpful (3)

    • 5/5

      Installation Time: Afternoon

      August 13, 2017

      Must Have. New driving experience

      The TCI Ratchet Shifter is by far one of the best upgrades that I've done to my car. My car is a daily driver and this spices things up. It allows me control my shifts when launching at red lights which is a lot of fun! This is fairly a straightforward install with the hardest part being messing around with the transmission cable where it connects to the claw-arm. I had to contact TCI during my install and they were extremely helpful with product information so if you need to talk to one of their technicians don't hesitate to call. Overall, this is an awesome product and a definite must have.

      MikeB08

      Year: 2008 Submodel: V6

      Helpful (3)

    • 3/5

      Installation Time: Less than 1 Hour

      July 08, 2017

      Ratchet shifter

      Fun addition to the car but after about 4-5 months solenoid seized up and was stuck in park and wouldn't come out of gear .apparently really common , other than that faulty part real fun addition

      DavidB

      Year: 2006 Submodel: GT

      Helpful (3)

    • 4/5

      Installation Time: Afternoon

      June 30, 2017

      Fun.

      Fun little piece. Not super hard to install, I didn't end up breaking the bracket that everyone talks about but I had ordered one anyway, and that put my brain at ease. I, do, however, think it's a little pricey but it is really fun and much safer for anyone that has an automatic.

      JG

      Year: 2009 Submodel: V6

      Helpful (3)

    • 5/5

      June 25, 2017

      LOTS OF FUN!

      This shifter makes driving my '06 GT automatic a lot more fun. With 3:73 gears, performance tune, aluminum driveshaft, cold air intake and other mods, it's the perfect addition. I have experienced no lag between gears as described in other reviews. A little pricey but it's a perfect fit and the LED gear selector looks great. I added a Hurst T-handle which gives it a real "old school" look. Took a little over an hour to install using a jack to access the cable retaining clip.

      MadViking

      Year: 2006 Submodel: GT

      Helpful (3)

    • 5/5

      Installation Time: Afternoon

      June 10, 2017

      Love It

      Great Shifter Easy to install aprox 3 hours. One small issue, the lights for the gears flicker sometimes when shifting . I can live with that !

      WuTang

      Year: 2006 Submodel: V6

      Helpful (3)

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