Hmmmm...

 

isnt doing burnout in 2nd bad for both the tranny and engine at the begining? It seems like there would be a lot of load initially before the wheels break traction and start spinning. Do you do burnout on some water to brake traction first?


As for rough 1 > 2 shift, after driving for over two years, I find that not forcing the shifter to second right away, as well as blipping the throttle a little before releasing the clutch, is the smoothes method. Or you can change to a lightweight clutch disc/flywheel setup. I've read many times that ATS (Carbonetics clutch) does wonder in smoothing out rough shifting, because of its lightweight carbon disc.

 

meh, just stomp the accelerator and keep it to the floor as you clutch in and shift from 1st to 2nd


buttery smooth

 

Burnouts done by backing into water box. 2nd gear burnouts seem the concensus for vette owners.

 

So instead of being a dick, why not help him out? He admitted he was new to driving a standard. To the OP, in normal driving somewhere around 3,000 is good. Start giving it a little bit of gas as the clutch is almost all the way out to keep it from clunking in between gears.

 

 

shift into 2nd at 7200rpms... don't get discouraged if the car won't rev that high at first... just keep trying

 

If you want a super smooth shift, you want to shift early into 2nd. Shift into 2nd gear between 7-10 mph, it should be pretty smooth.

This is how I shift usually:

1st to 2nd: by 3k rpms (I don't remember the speed ..I just shift when it feels right)
2nd to 3rd: at 30 mph
3rd to 4th: at 40 mph
4th to 5th: at 50 mph (see a pattern ? )
5th to 6th: at 60 mph

 

why would you start in second? why is this even a thread. 1 comes before 2.

 

some of us need to shift a bit quicker then @ the speeds you posted below.