immortality wrote:I started having a lot of trouble with my 2-3 shift on my old T5. In the end I found it was a combination of the stock shifter but also getting lazy with the clutch. Sometimes I wasn't depressing the clutch fully which screwed the shifts. Now if I'm smashing gears I nail the clutch pedal and release it instantly, the trick is to get the shift timed properly and found it easier with a short shifter which reduced the throw by about 50% from the stock shifter. It does however require a bit more physical effort
Id put mine down to worn syncos. they dont work virtually at all when cold until the oil heats up. 3 and 4 is when my problems are. well I suppose its not bad for 576,000km worth of caning.
once warmed up its fine by they can only got so fast even with full clutch.
on my VR its the opposite. The heavy dedent spring and all stiffer aftermarket inner and out shift boots slows my shift down and my foot is too fast and sometimes I engage the clutch before the gear is fully in crunching the teeth at WOT. There is not enough time to correct myself in 200ms lol. I just have to remember to really aggressively rip the shifter into gear to compensate for the extra stiffness, always get used to the loose shifter in the VP.
