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Old 03-22-2009, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by hotZ28cammed
Still got the hurst shifter laying around?
Yea I do but Im keeping it with the car.
Old 03-23-2009, 06:15 PM
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in my old 97 I did the 3 back into 2nd, crazy wheel hop, and on the limiter but didnt break anything. Car ran great for years after that.
Old 03-23-2009, 06:25 PM
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I did that to my girlfriend's Cooper the other day, but I was riding passenger. I feel emasculated now.
Old 03-23-2009, 09:20 PM
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Old 03-24-2009, 08:07 AM
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the key is to put the clutch right back in. Ive done 3rd to 2nd about twice in my life, both times I reacted fast and put the clutch back in.
Old 03-24-2009, 08:32 AM
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i definitely shifted 2nd-5th about a month ago. i was so sure i was in third i stomped the gas and went no where. i felt like a tool.
Old 03-24-2009, 08:37 AM
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I once hit 2nd on decel instead of 4th at over 100+ heading into an off ramp thankfully I noticed before I released the clutch all the way since my attempt to rev match was so far off and the revs shot way up. -phantazn that sucks bro! I know I was only a **** hair away from being in the same situation.
Old 03-24-2009, 08:57 AM
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i tried to downshift to third from to take a mustang and went to fifth like an idiot and didn notice til after i didn go anywhere and lost, then last week i started to take a 96-98 cobra cuz i figured it would be an easy race to take these two **** bags in their "race car" but low and behold i missed third at full throttle hit the rev limiter and just slowed down rolled the windows up and acted like nothin happened lol
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Haha all great stories, I cant believe Ive never hurt anything, or maybe I did cuz my car does make all kinds of noises. Ive done the 3-2 at least 3 times, its terrible when your running against a very loud car because then the only thing keying you that you Effed up is the nose dropping to the ground

Whats worst then downshifting is coming into a corner hot, heel-toeing, and your foot slipping off the brake pedal Its happened twice to me and i had JUST ENOUGH road both times

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Originally Posted by NonGoggleGuy
Last summer, I had a problem going from 6th into 5th. It kept pushing into reverse. My buddy was asking me why I was flashing my backup lights at him. Never happened since.
used to do that all the time when i first got my camaro, which was my first M6 car. Ive also done the 2nd - 1st shift and had the rear bounce around alot.
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first time at the track with the nitrous on my 3rd pass i went from 2nd-1st tires locked up i thought i blew it up it stalled then i got it runnin put it in gear and it stalled again but it finally went and i drove it the 40minutes home but i was shittin myself



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