I've got whine, and not the supercharger type
05-13-2010, 03:43 PM
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I tried some of those techniques in that link on my lunch today. The 2-3 shift is gonna take a little getting used to. Just doesn't feel right twisting my arm to the left like that and seems like it might actually cost you time on your shifts having to reposition like that.
05-13-2010, 05:14 PM
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It takes some getting used to. Because second can be short, you should have your hand positioned for the 2-3 from the time you hit 2. The real draw of this shifting technique is on the twisty tracks, where cornering + normal shifting might cause you to pull more left or right than you usually would, resulting in a money shift. Be forcing the right direction, and letting the guides do their job, your tranny is safer. I probably looked foolish, but I'd sit at work just pretending I was shifting moving my hands through the 1-5 positions just getting the motions down fast and smooth. Start slow though. What's that old military saying? Slow is smooth, smooth is fast?
05-13-2010, 10:47 PM
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The gears were the second mod I did. The first was window tint. 
I took the car to RSP, and Jay's first response was "You sure did a number on those gears". So it looks like I'm gonna be getting another set of 4.10s installed here shortly. I was going to go with 4.30s, but Jay will not guarantee no whine since the gears would not be genuine FRPP gears. Other gears (Motive, Richmond, etc.) are softer, and because of that, they are prone to gear whine after being used for a while. Hooray for unexpected, duplicate mods!
05-13-2010, 11:10 PM
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In the M3 world we called that "money shifting" because generally it bent valves and cost a lot of money to repair 
. If you got away with just dmging gears, you're lucky.
FYI this can most often be avoided with proper shifting technique. On a 3-4 shift, don't grab the shifter like a bottle, or even with your hand centered on top. Instead, use the palm of your hand, but have the back of your hand facing towards you, and push the shifter away and down.
http://www.shortshifter.com/techniques2.htm
. If you got away with just dmging gears, you're lucky.FYI this can most often be avoided with proper shifting technique. On a 3-4 shift, don't grab the shifter like a bottle, or even with your hand centered on top. Instead, use the palm of your hand, but have the back of your hand facing towards you, and push the shifter away and down.
http://www.shortshifter.com/techniques2.htm
I came to my Mustang from a Mazdaspeed 3 (6 speed) which was super easy to miss shift in if you weren't careful, once I started changing how I grabbed the ****, never missed a shift again. It was always going from 4th to 5th, it would go into 3rd, or, going from 5th to 6th it would go down into 4th.
Once I started going with a technique like that, never had a problem again.
Of course, part of my problem in the Mazda was I had the dreaded transmission mount failure happen after the recall was done that "fixed" the problem, and it probably stretched my shifter cables.
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