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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 06:15 PM
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DO NOT DO THIS.............3 shift to 2 shift at 6400.....Go to the bottom of the page

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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 06:22 PM
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I did it once. No damage, but I had a lighter than stock valvetrain and aftermarket pushrods.
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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 07:29 PM
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Bent pushrod.

What'd he do exactly??? Riding in 3rd at 6400 and then downshifted to 2nd?
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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 07:44 PM
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Oh yah, that was nice. That sucks... I did it once, and I was releasing the clutch, but it just didn't feel right. Fortunately I got the clutch pushed back in before I released all the way, so I never hit redline. Why can't this stuff just happen to the Ford guys?
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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 07:47 PM
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I did the same and bent 3 valves over the summer
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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 08:02 PM
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Bummer. I did a 3-2 and snapped both my rear shock shafts in half but no engine damage lol
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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 08:24 PM
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i have also done it once... but only once. got it pushed back in before anything was damaged. lucky me.
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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 08:41 PM
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I did the same thing about 2 years ago when I had my Z28. This was the worst of 3...

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Good lord people! Ive never seen any that bad. WHen I first bought my car, I did the 3-2 downshift at 6000 THREE times and never had a problem. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones
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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 08:59 PM
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I also did this a couple times when I first got my car but I haven't noticed anything wrong since. I guess I'll find out pretty soon since I'm putting a cam in.
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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 09:48 PM
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I bought an LS1 and found really similar damage. I don't really care because I'm planning on a complete rebuild anyways, the block isn't damaged...but one pushrod is completely snapped and the hole for it in the head is chipped a little bit...doesn't matter to me though...I am pretty sure the car was totalled because the guy did a 2-1 or a 3-2 at full throttle and wound up spinning the car around and whacking the back of it into a pole. Despite all the pushrod damage, there's no bent valves, no rocker damage, no cam bearing damage, and the T56 looks great inside.
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