The difficulty you are describing with your gear change is very similar to the one the Cosworth had when starting from cold. The remedy for this was to dump the gear box oil and use a lighter viscosity oil which warmed up faster from cold and so aided gear selectioin.

 

Talking to yourself again Peter

 

Peter,

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HTH

Tif

 

Thanks for the info TIFOSI RED
Regards Peter.