http://www.shortshifter.com/techniques2.htm

Hope this helps.

Jimmy

 

Thanks for the info. I have heard/read about the horror stories about people blowing engines due to missed gears. Where did you find the article?

 

That's all well and fine, but for God's sake, how do I get the damn thing into 6th gear? There was no tutorial for this!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by lvs2k
[B]That's all well and fine, but for God's sake, how do I get the damn thing into 6th gear?

 

hahah good one.....i guess we're s.o.l. with going into 6th....you'll just have to wing it

 

That's great but the core of the issue in my mind is the fact that having a 6th gear means there is another 1/2 of the H pattern.

A 5-speed only offers the horrible missed downshift from 5 to 2. The 6-speed offers 6 to 1 when 6 to 3 was desired, or 6 to 2 when 6 to 4 was desired, or 5 to 2 when 5 to 4 was desired, etc. A 6-speed requires some serious concentration if you want to drop a couple of gears at a time. IMHO.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Triple-H
[B]That's great but the core of the issue in my mind is the fact that having a 6th gear means there is another 1/2 of the H pattern.

 

I was not implying 6th would be used on the track.

 

The way they demonstrate to shift from 2-3 seems like you could easily misshift and do a 2-5.

 

...also the way they describe 3-4 might misshift to 6.

It seems like this article is specifically for 5 speeds. I can not recommend it for a 6 speed.