Originally Posted by 74javelin

i was just reading war storys and all i see is, i missed third or i missed second or i missed fourth. i've never missed a gear in my life. i've never seen the wife miss a gear before. i've never seen anyone miss a shift before. the wife wanted to race the javelin (she only had it a week) so i told her she couldn't until she got use to shifting it at 5200r's. since with that cam, that's when she needs to shift. so we leave port richey and go to saint pete. the hole way there and back she was shifting bewteen 4800 and 5200r's. not one missed shift and this is with a 35 year old trans and shifter. the shifter and trans need to be rebuild bad.

our truck is a stick 5 speed. we've had it for 8 years now. not one missed shift. you can shift the newer car with one finger.

i use to drive a 85 dodge dayton turbo. i beat the hell out of it. the thing just about shifted it's self. i never missed a shift.

my mother use to have a 65 pontiac bonneville 455 with a 4 speed and she use to power shift it (didn't use the clutch when shifting). i never even seen my mother miss a shift before. a lot of her cars where stick cars too.

i know a few guys that drag race stick cars and they shift into second while the wheels are still in the air.

how the hell do people keep missing shifts?