poll: 3-2 misshift anyone?
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the first day i put on the gmmg i took the car to listen to the exhaust, got on the freeway and 1-2-3-2 . felt like a jackass . dont think i did any damage. its been about two months and car runs great. what noises would i listen for, for bent push rods? you guys got me thinking now
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I did it the week I got my car. Bent 5 pushrods, one pretty badly. The car ran perfectly... no indication that anything was wrong except for a slight ticking at idle that wasn't there before. That was with the stock shifter... since then, I've backhanded 3-4 and have had no problems. The Pro5.0 made things even better.
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I did it once with my Hurst Billett Plus.... I havent noticed any new noises but as I can see that doesnt mean anything. When I do the sparkplugs in a few months I'll check the pushrods.
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Originally Posted by glitch77
I've never done it, and will guarentee you all that I never will.
in all honesty reading this post has just about made me forget about ever buying an M6. i know theyre fun to drive but just the sheer thought of this horrible mistake makes me cringe...
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Is there a sound that is emmitted by the tranny or a lock out at all??? And, if so then why not??? I know the 5.0 I learned to drive a stick on would not let you downshift if you were revving too high.
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MY buddies that had all 16 pushrods bent, well it did not make any noise that a normal engine would not do, but he would notice somewhat of a miss when he would floor it, almost like it would take a brief second for it to kick in and start making power. He tried everything, and finally decdied to check out the push rods, all were bent to hell.
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Originally Posted by WECIV
Is there a sound that is emmitted by the tranny or a lock out at all??? And, if so then why not??? I know the 5.0 I learned to drive a stick on would not let you downshift if you were revving too high.