Went from 2nd to 1st..

[Kevin ACR]

Giving it all it had, I went from second to first. What an awful noise. Engine winding up, tires breaking loose, trans noise, who knows what else. Lucky I was quick on the clutch, so the car only momentarily broke the rear tires loose, never in danger of spinning it.

I have peace of mind knowing that a lot of Vipers see a whole lot harder use than I give on the street, and they seem to be able to take it just fine. I'm guessing the worst part is driveline shock, any thoughts on problems I might see later. Engine seems just fine, don't think I over revved it, but who knows. With all that happening I never looked at the tach.

I read someone say to shift with your thumb down. Now I'm trying that for the 2-3 and 3-4 shift. If I understand it right it kind of forces a bias to the right...good idea.

 

[MES]

I never went from 2nd to 1st but I went from 3rd to 2nd at 100+MPH engine went to 7,000 RPM, made some strange sounds, no damage, very scary. I suspect because you had wheel slippage your RPM didn't go high enough to damage anything. Many people have done this with no damage. If your car still runs fine and you can run it up to 6,000 without a problem then you car is fine. Don't worry about it, just practice your shifts. A MGW short shifter $75 will help make your shifting more precise.

 

[ACR Joe]

Hey Kevin:

I did the 3 to 2 upshift thing a few times and while I though for sure something had to be screwed up, everything was fine. Since installing a short throw shifter, it's only happened once. I am mis-shift free for quite a while now.

It does scare the daylights out of you though doesn't it?

 

[SoCal Rebell]

I think the weakest link would be the push rods, I bent a couple on my Vette.

According to Anne, push rods are "THE WEAKEST LINK"