Am I the only moron that misses the 3rd to 4th shift? I seem to pull it into 2nd more times that I care to remember. I have a torque brace in there and it seems to have helped with the 2nd to 3rd/5th problem but I seem to always pull the shifter back into 2nd and I'm sure that can't be a great thing for the rest of the drivetrain.

 

Must be

 

Yup!

With my stock shifter I used to miss 2nd to 3rd all the time...then one day I decided to just do it slowly and get the feel...after a while I only missed about 15% of the time....I upgraded to the B&M shifter now I never miss.

Good luck and don't tare up that tranny.

 

I must drive like a grand-ma because I've never missed a shift...maybe I just read enough about bad synco problems and made myself paranoid enough to always think too much...

 

ditto

 

FD3S's come with MANUAL transmissions?

 

Just guessing.....but maybe you shouldn't sit like a 'stunna'

 

yeah i think soo! 3rd to 4th is like the gear to shift into! it like slips in there so perfectly! =/ maybe something's wrong with you! =/ haha jp

 

DOH!!!!!!!! i know he doesnt sit like a stunna, maybe its time he tried
kris

 

Wutz a Stunna?

 

I miss second when downshifting from third. Always ends up in fourth...

Don't have any idea what your problem could be

 

well my definition of a stunna would be the guy that has the chair all the way back and reclined to its greatest position with one arm on the very top of the streering wheel and the other on his chin while slightly peaking above the window. wow, that was a run-on
kris

 

4th gear is the one that is right below 3rd. Just go straight down. You could probably get a shift **** with instructions at a local toy store.

 

I do sometimes too.

 

Try nudging the shifter back so you can feel it go into neutral and then just pull it straight back into fourth. You dont have to pull that hard. You must become one with your FD.

 

Have you considered installing an engine torque brace? Also, do you know what kind of shape are your engine mounts are in?

 

what's wrong w/ that ?

 

Um, yeah, Hey thanks once again to the community of buttholes I have a torque brace on there already. I don't miss 4th under normal driving just when I am trying to shift quickly. It may have something to do with the light weight shift **** I put on there a while back. The transition doesn't feel right anymore.
I was looking for perhaps a more constructive comment like the shift gate may need adjusting or something. The tranny was rebuilt four years ago and the 5th sync. replaced, I have a ACT clutch and a dang light weight shift ****. I pretty much sit in an upright position, no gangsta loc to the G ride.
I've had the car fo going on 5 1/2 years but I can't remember if it has always happened. The car is my 3rd down so I don't drive it all the time.

 

I already suggested you get a new shift ****, with instructions.

Oh..........sorry. I didn't understand that from your first post:

Just teasing. hahaha

 

Didn't mean to rub you the wrong way....i only mentioned that because I read a thread awhile back about a 'stunna' in an Integra Type-R that overreved his engine shifting from 3rd into 2nd.

Basically, turned out that the dude was drivin' pimp-style which screwed up his shifting.

Anyway....I guess a weighted shift **** may help...

Also look at your motor mounts and your PPF.

 

I miss 3rd/4th a lot on my 240 after I've been driving my FD constantly for a couple weeks. The position in which the gears are laid out is different in the cars. Always takes me a couple days of driving it to get reacquainted to the few mm difference.

 

never missed 4th... alwayz miss 3rd even with my short shifter.... but the guy b4 me trashed 3rd and 5th i gotta muscle it in there anywayz i need a new tranny