3rd gear is overrated

[Starionturbo]

I can see a lot of you guys talking about secondhand boxes being no good and all. Ive had a lot of my mates go through gearboxes in their car, even my old 180sx, the new owner has been through 4 gearboxes due to smashin into gears in that and it was only a 12 second car. The biggest problem is the driver and the second biggest killer is a tough clutch. I have seen how ppl hammer there gearboxes and they are the ones that break them. There is a proper way to shift and slamming it into the next cog as fast as you can is not going to help. GTR boxes arent that weak, and considering ur running 12.5s which is mild on a GTR i think its not due to power, but to the way ur driving it/clutch. Over in Perth, ND4SPD R32 GTR was running mid 10s on stock gearboxes taking it easy on the shifts. Sure, he broke about 2 of em gettin there, but that was after having 600 HP+ goin thru the thing.

Anyway point is, dont slam into gears/flatchange and be wise when choosing a clutch.

Kim

[GTR4ever]

i just read this thread, and i was thinking...

if 3rd gear is the weak link in the tranny.. how come no body gets OS 3rd gear alone?? that would cut most of the cost right???

[ferni]

Don't think you can buy just the one gear from the gearset ?

Starionturbo: You're probbaly right, but something i didn't know until it was too late