Quote:
Originally Posted by m4a1mustang
Ah, I thought you were generalizing all skipped shifts as "bad". If you skip shifts right and match your revs that shouldn't cause excessive wear.
|
ya id say yes and no... theres 20 different ways to skip a shift and some are going to increase wear a lot and some are going to be marginal... i would say that you can figure on some sort of increased wear, more/less depending on exactly how you drive. Its a good thing to have a little understanding of, if its in your practice, then you can prevent premature wear.
the good news is that a new transmission is under $2000 for this car... thats less than a good clutch/flywheel kit. Installation is only a couple hours of monkey work. Spread out over a 6-7 year span (just going by my 350z trans) that it should still be useable and tolerable under abuse... thats probably less money than you will spend on brakes. so its a wear item, i say wear it out. replace it when its no longer adequate. just cant complain if they dont work like new for the life of the vehicle under abused circumstances.