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How do your skylines shift?

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This is just a general question.

I live in America.. and I might do a project in the future that involves the RB powerplant.. although I haven't decided on which one yet. But that's besides the point :D .

I'm a huge tranny freak though.. I wan't to know what to expect from a tranny I've never driven before.

So.. TYPICALLY.. can you guys maybe tell me how they shift?

I'm talking about notchiness, grinding, bad synchros, smoothness, whatever.

Any help is appreciated.

On a side note, this is my first post so "hello"! I drive a 99 civic w/ JDM ITR swap and a few boltons. Looking to move onto bigger and better things. :D

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Originally posted by rb26dett

mine crunches in 3rd and 4th when i drive it hard. might be synchros getting lazy, but i've heard it's a common problem in the 33s.

and R32's. mine dose that some times as well.

also, going from 1st to 2nd is some times crunchey, 1st thing in the morning, when nothing is warmed up.

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Mines sometimes knotchy from 1st to 2nd until the gearbox warms up. Other than that each shift is very definate, its not like driving say a civic like ya used to (mum used to have one) where if ya get it even remotely close to a gear it just drops in, it feels very definate in if it will or wont go in. Hard to explain unless ya drive it really :S

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They've got a really good shift quality for a high strength box, they kill our local competition. Longish through, but definate (you won't get the wrong gear...)

Agree with the above comments tho the synchros do wear fairly quickly, sign of hard lives I guess.

Can't wait to see a 99 civic with an RB26 :D

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lol. Yes the RB26 civic is gonna be the first ever.

Thanks for the replies. Sounds like the trannys are notchy, but they work. That doesn't scare me as long as they do not grind like hell and it will go into the right gear when I want it to. (and stay there).

As for the project.. it'll actually be *drum roll* a 240sx. Early 90's model..

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the rb25 boxes can be quite noisy, and a bit notchy for slow street driving until warmed, i got short shift kit in mine, but that's what you get for a strong gearbox, when driving hard it does its job.. only crunched it once, into 2nd at the drags, not sure why it did that

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