Thoughts on UPR clutch cable?

Bill Cool · May 23, 2010

I'm going to be ordering a King Cobra clutch kit from UPR soon, and figured I'd kill two birds with one shipping & handling stone... Anyone know anything about the UPR clutch cable? It's been five years since I've been up on Mustang stuff!

RsStanG1987 · May 23, 2010

They work fine. I personally would buy a stock replacement and a firewal adjuster. The adjustable cables snap easier. My .02

jj89fox · May 23, 2010

I have had mine for 1 year no problems

Bill Cool · May 23, 2010

RsStanG1987 said:
They work fine. I personally would buy a stock replacement and a firewal adjuster. The adjustable cables snap easier. My .02

The one I linked was the non-adjustable. I already have a Forte's FWA.

wythors · May 23, 2010

Personally, I wouldn't buy anything from Uther People's Research. The stock clutch cable is the best choice for a clutch cable.

Bill Cool · May 23, 2010

wythors said:
Personally, I wouldn't buy anything from Uther People's Research. The stock clutch cable is the best choice for a clutch cable.

Why is that? Your former statement, not the latter; the latter is what I'm trying to do.

stykthyn · May 23, 2010

stock ford clutch cables(not thr oe crap from autozone) have proven to be the most reliable and problem free cables.

wythors · May 23, 2010

87MustangGT said:
Why is that? Your former statement, not the latter; the latter is what I'm trying to do.

UPR does no in-house research. Everything the sell is a knock-off of other people's designs.

Case in point. I bought this vacuum tree from a guy on the Corral that thought it up, designed it and paid to have them made by a machine shop.

When he advertised it on Corral, his first sale, he found out after the fact, was to the wife of the owner of UPR. Six months later, they were selling exactly the same product and charging ten bucks less for it.

While certainly not illegal, that kind of crap is low and I won't do business with a company that has those kind of morals. I bought his next to last unit just because of that story, plus I think it looks nice.

HISSIN50 · May 23, 2010

another vote for a stock cable or the MM non-adjustable cable.

srtthis · May 24, 2010

ive never found an aftermarket cable that worked as well as the stock ones

Beasty306GT · May 24, 2010

stick with a stock oem ford cable

Bill Cool · May 28, 2010

OK, the stock cable really isn't an option. Ford wants $200 for a stock cable. AutoZone wants $24.

HISSIN50 · May 28, 2010

You can get a stock style cable for $50-60 online.

MM's cable is in the same ballpark.

89stang1 · May 28, 2010

RsStanG1987 said:
They work fine. I personally would buy a stock replacement and a firewal adjuster. The adjustable cables snap easier. My .02

Yup

Mustang5L5 · May 28, 2010

What's the deal wih the ford racing clutch kit then?

Ford Racing M-7553-A302 - Ford Racing Clutch Linkage Upgrade Kits and Accessories - Overview - SummitRacing.com

I bought this for 40 with the clutch fork and sold the fork for 10 bucks.

Is this an oem cable or just Chinese junk? Why is the mm cable 200 and this one 40 with a fork? Same piece or not?

HISSIN50 · May 28, 2010

That's the cable most folks here are talking about. No one goes to the dealership for their cable.
Over time the sources have changed. Last I heard, the cable was being made in Taiwan but the QC was still quite good.

The MM universal cable is 60 bucks or so last time I looked.

Mustang5L5 · May 28, 2010

For the price, I don't see why you would get any other. Of course The clutch fork is kinda a useless add in as most won't drop their tranny to swap it in,

Darkwriter77 · May 28, 2010

OEM Ford cable or fugeddaboutit.

Bill Cool · May 29, 2010

Mustang5L5 said:
What's the deal wih the ford racing clutch kit then?

Ford Racing M-7553-A302 - Ford Racing Clutch Linkage Upgrade Kits and Accessories - Overview - SummitRacing.com

I bought this for 40 with the clutch fork and sold the fork for 10 bucks.

Is this an oem cable or just Chinese junk? Why is the mm cable 200 and this one 40 with a fork? Same piece or not?

So the consensus is that this cable is comparable to the OEM cable then? If so, is there any benefit to using this particular clutch fork as well? I'm swapping in a T-5z in a couple weeks anyway...

BYRDPE · May 29, 2010

just purchased and installed this one.
it is most definitely oem as it matched perfectly to my stocker.
http://www.performancepartsinc.com/images/cable.jpg

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