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Tranny won't let me go throw gears like they're butter.

Old Dec 27, 2003 | 03:57 AM
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Mine has been hard to shift since day one. I attributed to the nature of RX7's, since I've never driven another "7" for comparison.
So, shouldn't you attribute to your 7 Instead?
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Old Dec 27, 2003 | 09:16 PM
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Originally posted by thelinja
Told you that you should've gotten a Series 5...
Told you that you should've gotten a fast car...

Ya bastid.
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 04:23 PM
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I have a an '88 Vert (S4) with 94K mi on it. I bought it with only 45K mi on it. The transmission sucks ***, always has, since day one. I wish son=meone would show me a N/A transmission that actually shifted smoothly with little effort. I've driven three other N/A cars with more and less mileage one of which was a 60K Mi. '90 GTUs. They all shifted, sounded, ground, the same. They all sucked ***. I just thought they were all that way. My friend has an '88 10th AE with on 30K Mi and it shifts like **** too.
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 04:56 PM
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My NA shifts pretty well. Its not as good as some other cars I've driven, but other than the 1-2 shift I've never had problems. It shifts a hell of a lot better than my mustang 5.0 though.

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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 08:54 PM
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Originally posted by ponykiller

When you put redline MT90 in your tranny, it will take about 500 miles for it to get to its peak performance. I put it in my 91 vert and it was notchier than before for the first hundred miles, then roughly equivalent to the old fluid for the next 200 miles, then just kept getting better after that - up until 500 miles.
so true^^

that's what happend to me. wait 500 for the MT-90 and it'll be much smoother. i've even heard after you've changed the fluid for the first time on a higher milage tranny that you should change it AGAIN in a month or so.. is this true?

i guess because alot of old, dirty fluid is still in there...
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 12:23 AM
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Yes, I am noticing a lot better shifting since I passed the 500 mile mark on the MT-90 (just passed 14000 today). It's getting progressively better, but it could still be better.
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