Adding more thoughts to the above: this is probably why I find it hard to put/keep the accel pedal on the "neutral torque" spot for a given gear/speed at times (as in, just the right amount of gas to neither accelerate nor decelerate). Eventually you settle in anyways, by landing slightly high or low and then letting the car's speed adjust until that neutral torque point is achieved. At low revs you'd hardly notice (like attaining a cruising speed in top gear), but at high revs I notice it a lot (like when you accelerate up a gear hard, then want to hold neutral torque for a few seconds there before engine braking back through the same gear).

isnt there a spring you put on the clutch pedal to make it lighter/heavier based on what you want?

heavy clutch? compared to a civic maybe. This 6MT is a nice piece...great clutch weight/engagement, positive short throws, no slop, a hair notchy but very accurate. Only trans Ive encountered that makes this gearbox seem inferior is the sublime S2k 6MT...that maybe the worlds greatest though...

lol it's funny... i guess i have different perception. i consider heavy clutches good, dont care too much about light ones. i have very mixed feelings about my clutch, all i can say is it's the weirdest clutch i've driven.

one thing i love about nissan's 6MT is the proper spacing between gates, it's so natural for me, i never mis-shift.

Edmund's long term test car had to have the tranny replaced, so now, of course, it's a problem area.

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I think Nissan's SRM combined with the Cayman S trans would be a winner.

:iagree: I hear ya wstar, this is a minor annoyance to me as well especially "(like when you accelerate up a gear hard, then want to hold neutral torque for a few seconds there before engine braking back through the same gear)". But in the scope of things, it really is minor.

John

Yes, on the 350Z forums I believe there are few threads on how to adjust more to your preference.

I prefer the heavy clutch feel, give the car a more ballsy character. Everyone has there preference.

Don't like the light accelerator

If you want to smooth out the shifts more, replace your transmission fluid with Redline. I posted a DIY and found my shifts, especially when cold, were noticeably smoother.

I found with mine that it shifts beautifully with 2 exceptions but they probably made mine wrong: 1-2 upshift at 6500+ has about a 10% failure rate (some bad synchro noise and a sick feeling in my stomach) and a skip shift from 3-6 coming off on ramps balls out to cruising speed just doesn't go in 2% (no noise or anything but then it becomes very difficult to get it in any gear without both hands but then once it drops into gear it's fine again). If they weren't only from high rpms i would complain to a dealership but right now with nissan the way it is that is pure voidage FTMFL. Gonna try redline see if that helps.