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.

 

BS, he is just covering his *** for losing.

Dan

 

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

 

I've done it once because I had just gotten the car and wasn't paying attention.

 

I've done it once also

Getting on to interstate it scared the **** out of me hitting 2nd, tires locked up and I started fishtailing on the on ramp

 

+1 I did it while racing once. thought I brok everything......

 

did it once racing and busted my clutch, cracked the flywheel, and screed up 2nd

 

i went from 2nd to 1st once when i was 17 lol, thought i blew the motor lol, but i think hes covering his *** also, how do you do it two out of three times?

 

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.

 

I shifted from 3rd to 2nd in my dsm once, it was scary as hell.

 

Yeah we had just got done at the track too. He did fine there. His best was an 8.9 @ about 85 I think. The only way I can see accidentally shifting back to second is if you're holding the shifter like a gun. He didn't tell how he held it, but I told him for the shift to 4th he should just have 4 fingers over the top pulling it straight back.

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.

 

...so says the 13 second supercharged C5 Z06

 

lol. .

 

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.

 

FWD cars always have shitty shifter..and usually somewhat shitty drivers..mods lists dont always include a good driver....so he may be telling the truth...

 

I could share my experience on this matter, but I'm sure it would find its way back to my extended warranty company

 

good kill, race him again and then you'll know for sure

 

I shifted from 2nd to 1st tonight while racing a H/C LS1 and needless to say it lost me the race.

 

i did it a few times back when i just got my car. both times was when i was racing my cousin's 98 z28 and i put the clutch back in as soon as i realized what i did

 

We'll definately be racing again.