How do you miss a gear?????

[98mstanggt]

Im confused i've only been driving my 5 speed for a couple months now and I learn on my mine own and I drive better than D*** near everybody I know. I've raced people and seen people who miss gears all the time how the hell is that possible to miss a gear I just dont understand somebody please enlighting me.

 

[joekd]

2nd-3rd is the biggest miss, sometimes when you are rushing you dont hit the gate straight on and are already letting up on the clutch

It's a lot harder to do with an aftermarket shifter then the sloppy OEM one

 

[95Grandtouring5.0]

Sometimes your trans just does not want to go in gear when you rev the motor up that high.

I think just about everyone of us has missed a shift at one point or another. And your no exception, and your no John Force. So stop acting like it.

 

[Javi]

Ive miss 3rd, several times.
when im going at it

 

[98GTnSC]

i never miss third! idk how 2 drive a stick! lol. so im n the auto until im able 2 find sum1 with a stick and will let me practice haha

 

[Rice_slayer]

My tranny synchros don't let me put it into gear half the time . Occupying that with the stock shifter, we have lots of issues .

 

[navy94gt]

I only have a problem going from 1st to 2nd at WOT, it grinds sometimes.
Its a concentration thing, not letting off the clutch too early or staying on the throttle while shifting.

 

[TxCobrA98]

it happens to everyone. ive been driving one for about 3.5 years and ive missed 2-3 shift before.

ive only missed it a few times in that period, but then again, i dont powershift my car exactly. you will do it if you haven't yet. everyone does.. if you ever go to a nascar race or watch it on TV, you will hear them missing shifts every now and then. those guys have been driving sticks their whole lives.

 

[uncltrvlnmatt]

It happens to me when my foot is faster than my hand.

We are not text messaging each other, please stop typing like that. It makes it tough on us old timersto read through your hieroglyphics.

i never miss third! idk how 2 drive a stick! lol. so im n the auto until im able 2 find sum1 with a stick and will let me practice haha

 

[Win]

Just wait you'll do it. Even the best of people do it.

 

[vermilion]

i miss dinner, my birthdays and everything else that ive missed.

 

[Mean98GT]

If youve never missed a gear while racing then your not doing it right. your supposed to powershift not granny shift lol. It happens to the best drivers. 2-3 is the hardest to do. If you stay at WOT, which is how its supposed to be done during a race, anyway if you stay at WOT then you have to shift fast in order to not spin the motor to 6500 rpms. When you shift fast you can easily miss 3rd. Unless your only doing 65 pulls or of course your the best driver EVER

 

[Crone]

I've missed 3rd a few times.... I even have a short throw, a shitty one, but it's still a short throw. Everyone has missed gears. Hell it's probaly almost easier to miss a gear then get a dead perfect launch.

 

[OnyxCobra]

I usually just let the clutch out before i get it into gear.

 

[EastBayStang98]

i dont miss third that often....what i do miss here and there is 1st to 2nd at wot...i miss it and it grinds

 

[98mstanggt]

Im not saying it want never happen to me or anything it just havent happened yet.

If youve never missed a gear while racing then your not doing it right. your supposed to powershift not granny shift lol.

Who granny shifts when they race?? I try to rip the d*** trans out when im shifting lol

i dont miss third that often....what i do miss here and there is 1st to 2nd at wot...i miss it and it grinds

How do you miss 1st to 2nd lol

Sometimes your trans just does not want to go in gear when you rev the motor up that high.

I think just about everyone of us has missed a shift at one point or another. And your no exception, and your no John Force. So stop acting like it.

Im not acting like anyone just cause I never missed a shift, I dont even know who the H*** john force is lol

 

[Rice_slayer]

If you don't know who John Force is, you shouldn't own a Mustang.

 

[JeremyAlan]

you really dont know who john force is? Even the canadian guy knows who he is! wow. :BangHead:

please tell me you know the most beautiful girl that could kick your aasss in a drag race?
I like to call her wifey... but you can call her ashley... ashley force.

John force

Wifey aka ashley force:

http://www.johnforceracing.com/


and you will miss a shift. it happens when your foot and hand get out of sync. give it time. you keep acting like it never happens. it will.

 

[Dairy King]

Ive missed 1-2 so hard it popped the linkage off the tranny and I had to be pulled home. I though I blew the transmission until I got home. I knew it wasn't good whenI could do circles and everything else with the shifter.

 

[98mstanggt]

I seriously didnt know who John Force was lol

Ive missed 1-2 so hard it popped the linkage off the tranny and I had to be pulled home. I though I blew the transmission until I got home. I knew it wasn't good whenI could do circles and everything else with the shifter.

1st to 2nd I thought it was impossible to miss that lol you basically just shifting straight down lol , I could understand 3rd or 5th gear but 2nd thats crazy.