[Useful-idiot_mike]

So I missed 5th gear and went into 3rd from the top of [email protected]*%! My pants quickly put in 6th and I think everything is fine anyone else do this ?

 

[benkap]

Oops!

 

[04RedRocket]

time for new superman underoos lol

 

[GodLovesUgly]

while autocrossing a couple of weeks ago i went to down shift from 2nd to 1st and i went straight to reverse!!!! luckily i didn't let the clutch out because i realized it!!
oh, and i "down" shifted from 2nd to 3rd.. needless to say i didn't win that race haha.

 

[standard]

If the car is driving fine I guess you should be fine. you can over-rev the engine doing that and cause valve trauma or timing issues. You'd know if you did.

 

[Useful-idiot_mike]

Ya as soon as I heard the wine I was like happy feet in the clutch again! Think I was lucky I've never done that with any if my cars! It runs fine no odd nosies and still idles normal!

 

[Useful-idiot_mike]

time for new superman underoos lol

Lmfao Iam wearing my man of steel boxers.

 

[CaysE]

I've done it twice, but thankfully I wasn't at the top of 4th when I did it and the car was fine both times. I have a whole new head now, and I'm a little more careful about shifting, especially into 5th.

time for new superman underoos lol

Bahahahaha! [rofl]

 

[Useful-idiot_mike]

Anyone have a guess to what rpm's motor was turning when u go into 3rd from the top of 4th? I didn't even get a cel hmmm...

 

[iminhell]

Somewhere in the 10k range, 10.4ish.

 

[CaysE]

I came up with about 8900rpm using the overall gear ratios.

7200rpm (redline) / 4.6 (4th gear overall ratio) * 5.7 (3rd gear overall ratio) = 8922rpm

Your engine is fine, but it most likely reduced the life of your timing belt a bit.

 

[Useful-idiot_mike]

thanks ya i was thinking about the 8500-9000 range seeing what my rpm drops were when i would change to 4th from 3rd normally!

 

[bmylez]

As long as your Danger to Manifold light didn't flash, you're probably fine.

 

[Useful-idiot_mike]

I came up with about 8900rpm using the overall gear ratios.

7200rpm (redline) / 4.6 (4th gear overall ratio) * 5.7 (3rd gear overall ratio) = 8922rpm

Your engine is fine, but it most likely reduced the life of your timing belt a bit.

ya ive been wanting to change my belt soon the cars got 115k on it and motor has 50ish. iam coming from the honda scene, had a gsr. working on those were a piece of cake with all the room you had, i didnt have ac or ps that helped!! i look into the svt's bay and iam thinking how the hell iam i gonna get in there!

 

[CaysE]

There's a very detailed thread about changing that belt here: http://forums.focaljet.com/svt-head...arning-you-better-have-right-tools-ready.html

I also have a shop manual which helps a lot; you can usually find one on Ebay. It's the best resource to have at your disposal so you don't have to spend time searching through threads, or posting questions hoping and waiting people will explain it to you. []

 

[Jack The Ripper]

I've done something like this before lol. Accidently, of course. I was on an abandonded street about 3 miles away from my house just driving and shifting at redline. Well I ened up shifting from 3rd gear to 2nd gear missing 4th @ 70mph. And yes, I did let the clutch out :/