R&T Long Term Test Update

Jones Boy

Granted, I've only put about 300 miles on the Z so far. Well I've ran a tank of gas through it. I've had it a month almost, and I'm still struggling with smooth shifting. I feel like a noob ( to still a gamer word.)

Anyone have any tips? I'm guessing practice makes perfect is going to be the standard response.

370Zsteve

I find 3500 rpm to be ideal when shifting from 1st to 2nd

Hope that helps.

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m4a1mustang

Don't try to force it into gear -- the transmission doesn't like those kind of movements. You have to be smooth and deliberate with the shifter.

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pulpz

When I first got my 350 I had a problem with feeling like the engine was dumping out after an up shift and reengaging the clutch. And it was because I would completely lift my foot off the throttle when actuating the clutch. So i didn't have a smooth rev match on the upshift. So I began only partially lifting off the throttle during shifts - enough to reduce load off the transmission, but not so much to allow rpms to drop very much. This worked wonders for smoothing out upshifts.

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