I think I'm Shifting Wrong

R0bDC

Sometimes I'm going pretty fast like lets say 5th gear, 4 or 5 RPM's, about 70MPH and I try to shift to 6th gear and it feels likes it wont let me until the car slows down a bit. Now take that example and think about 3rd gear going 50mph and when I try to switch to 4th it wont let me. I feel like If I shift really fast it will but If I dont shift within 2 seconds it blocks me.

Hopefully that makes sense

chrischhorn

its an 09 with how many miles? try changing the trans fluid. couldve been a hard driven car by the previous owner. new trans fluid can do wonders.

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R0bDC

Its an 09 with 59k miles, lol so yea it was driven a lot. But I bought it 6 months ago, I figure they wouldve change all of that before they sold it (not the owner, but the dealer)

JARblue

the maintenance simply says "inspect"... switch it over to a synthetic like Redline MT-85 and I bet you'll see a noticeable improvement

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R0bDC

Oil Never mind I google it

lemon-fresh

Love how impossible some people make the mt on this car seem. Really wondering how many people were ACTUALLY DD'ing mt's before they picked up the Z.

You only need two gears to hit 60mph for eff sakes.

DEpointfive0

OP said this was his first MT

R0bDC

lol That's true.

Not to sound cool but sometimes I'm driving so fast I dont even notice how fast im going.

Example I was hitting 80mph on a 35mph zone (no cars obviously) and I was probably on 4th gear and OMG I swear I was just enjoying the ride until I realize and told my self "Alright Robert (thats my name) you gotta calm down" lol

JARblue

I assume you do not have sports package (w/ SRM). I am also assuming there are no grinding noises or anything like that. If you wait too long in neutral for an upshift, your RPMs might drop a little low for a smooth gear shift. At the higher gears you will drop fewer RPMs so you might find yourself needing to let out the clutch quicker than you would for a 2nd to 3rd shift. If the RPMs drop too low you'll feel the transmission struggle as you let out the clutch, but it shouldn't physically prevent you from shifting into the gear if the clutch pedal is fully depressed. To help out the transmission, you can blip the accelerator to bring the RPMs back up to an acceptable number for your gear shift. When downshifting while braking, this maneuver is called heel-toe.

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R0bDC

I had to read that like 3 times, and still cant fully understand. But I will play around with it, I have been observing when its most convinient to shift up or down. I'm getting the hand of it though, Love the driving its aweseome