Anyone Ever Accidentally Shifted 3rd to 2nd?
10-13-2007, 03:20 PM
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Anyone Ever Accidentally Shifted 3rd to 2nd? I was racing this guy from 40 and after I beat him he said he accidentally shifted from 3rd to 2nd instead of 4th. Has anyone ever done that? I can't imagine screwing that shift up, its just straight back!
This was a 05 S R T 4 Stage 3 turbo boosted to 19lbs(for now), coil overs, sway bars, wastgate upgrade, after market clutch, full exhaust, ported manifold, fuel upgrade, E-manage, Oil system upgrade, good street tires, aftermarket wheels 5lbs lighter than stock.
I sprayed a 50 shot and walked him 3 times. He said he shifted from 3rd to 2nd two of the three races and we ran out of room on the other.
This was a 05 S R T 4 Stage 3 turbo boosted to 19lbs(for now), coil overs, sway bars, wastgate upgrade, after market clutch, full exhaust, ported manifold, fuel upgrade, E-manage, Oil system upgrade, good street tires, aftermarket wheels 5lbs lighter than stock.
I sprayed a 50 shot and walked him 3 times. He said he shifted from 3rd to 2nd two of the three races and we ran out of room on the other.
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10-13-2007, 04:25 PM
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I'm pretty sure he's got an aftermarket shifter too. His list of mods is endless. I keep having to edit my first post because I keep remembering more. lol
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10-13-2007, 07:30 PM
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Tell him he ought to spend less money on mods and more money at the track, since his shifting skills obviously suck. Either that, or get an auto trans. Personally I think he's BS'ing to try and cover his losses, but if he wants to stick to the "I missed a shift" 2 out of 3 times, well, less mods and more track time.
10-13-2007, 07:46 PM
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Tell him he ought to spend less money on mods and more money at the track, since his shifting skills obviously suck. Either that, or get an auto trans. Personally I think he's BS'ing to try and cover his losses, but if he wants to stick to the "I missed a shift" 2 out of 3 times, well, less mods and more track time.
Another thing is I've accidentally shifted from 2nd to 1st before. When I did that the car damn near came to a stop and the guy I was racing ended up beating my by 100 yards obviously. Last night this guy was only back a couple car lengths so yeah its gotta be BS now that I think about it.
Oh yeah, I ran an 8.6 @ 84.25 w/2.0 60'. I'm still working on the 60.
10-13-2007, 07:49 PM
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Tell him he ought to spend less money on mods and more money at the track, since his shifting skills obviously suck. Either that, or get an auto trans. Personally I think he's BS'ing to try and cover his losses, but if he wants to stick to the "I missed a shift" 2 out of 3 times, well, less mods and more track time.
...so says the 13 second supercharged C5 Z06
10-13-2007, 08:47 PM
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I've done it at last count, 5 times that I remember. 4 times i popped the clutch back in so that the tires didn't lock. 5th time I was more concerned with the keeping the car straight on the road, trick was to slightly **** the wheel to the right, and a crapload of burnt tire then wafted past me. Good times, good times.
You can get away with this more so on a OHV motor more so than a OHC, especially interference motors.
You can get away with this more so on a OHV motor more so than a OHC, especially interference motors.
