One thing I hate about my Z

TobinH

i find a bit of throttle while you're releasing the clutch helps on the 1-2. all manual transmissions really, but especially this one.

i tell people when i let them drive my car, 'you kinda have to keep your foot in the gas'.

i think if the strange lag in the throttle was lessened, it would be easier to shift smoothly.

MZ DAIZY

I hated it too. You get used to it. You can always rev it to 5,000 - 6000 RPM’s and just dump the clutch. You won’t be in first long enough to bother you.

Hot Rod 370 Z

Thank all of you for your advise. Yes I have been doing most of what you all say to do on the 1st to 2nd shift and I get a clean shift about 50% of the time. Going to 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th is easy as pie. I will just keep working on it. Just needed to be sure my car was preforming as designed and you all let me know it is. I thank all of you for responding.

MZ DAIZY

First thing I noticed after my tune was the shifts between 1st and 2nd became much smoother due to no throttle lag. Maybe a coincidence, don’t know, don’t care. It’s smoother through ALL gears now.

Ventruck

I had a similar hunch when it comes to SRM. I'm almost certain it purposely adds more rev hang as an assist to people who shift slow. It seems like you can kinda trick it with weak throttle.

But even if that's actually true, that's such a weird habit to pick up. I mean without SRM, one could argue that slipping into 2nd can help (and technically that's the principle behind everyone's advice here), but I'm pretty sure most other cars wouldn't need such a measure.