i've read reviews about the poor shifters in nissans, but i love the precision of the shifting whilst driving my car.

but yea, sometimes if i'm moving and i dont rev match i can't get into first gear.

the thing i really dont like is the drive by wire GRRR

and you can't really compare shifting to a honda, they're soo butter smoooooth.

 

Most Reverse gears are MUCH easier to get into if you first put it into 1st gear then into reverse. It helps to sychronize reverse. My goes right in after that

 

have not had any problems yet,I currently have a b&m short shifter.so far so good...

 

I always try to blip the throttle before putting it back into gear. I guess I'm not doing it right or something...

 

For the few cases were you actually need to put it in 1st immediately after coming to a stop, I find it helps to double clutch.

 

On thing to keep in mind:

My friend is a Nissan Master Tech and he said that they do tranny fluid changes with the bulk fluid they have in the shop--it is 5 weight off from the recommened OEM weight (I forget in which direction).

When he put this in my car, my shifter was really hard to engage--especially when cold. We swapped back in the recommended OEM fluid and it was perfect again right away. I do have a JWT clutch and flywheel, so, I'm not sure if this magnified the problem since he said they use the standard shop fluid in Z's all the time.

Long story short--if you've had your fluid changed at the shop, make sure they are using correct OEM weight fluid!

 

THE ONLY TIME YOU SHOULD BE IN FIRST IS WHEN YOU ARE STARTING OUT!


seriously people, stay out of 1st unless you're just starting off. like I said before.. 2nd is as low as you'll ever need to go while going slow.

 

^simmer down fool!

 

Woah

 

You have to blip the throttle up before you push the clutch down, or else blipping your throttle would only rev up the engine speed not the tranny input.

 

No problems here. well, only in cold days for about 5 to 10 mins of a cold start.

As for the first gear thing. I put it in 2nd then try to go to first, if i feel any resistance i just put it back to 2nd.....

 

Yes, my 6mt sometimes feels a little notchy. I have learned to live with it. Nothing you can do to fix it. Nissan manual transmissions aren't smooth.

The only thing I hate is the high engagement point. I can live with the notchyness but the high-engagement point sucks big time.

And yeah, my old S2k shifted very smoothly. In the G35, you have to TRY REALLY, REALLY, HARD and FOCUS to make sure you shift smoothly w/o giving your passenger neck trauma.

 

there is this one hairpin turn that comes off of a cart track at my local auto ross course, and second gear is a little bit to high and long. but i use it anyways. i was just saying that it would be nice if there were syncros for first gear, atleast for this situation. but in daily driving i rarely even have to downshift into 2nd when taking a turn for example.

 

There are synchros for first. There is just a lock out mechanism that prevents you from putting it in first once you are going over a certain speed.

 

no problems at this time.