I didn't mention that it wasn't really a mis-shift! I actually "put" it in
first on purpose! I had this moment of flashback to earlier in the season
when the 8500 rpm motor was in the car...by the time I realised what I did the
dog rings had pulled it into gear and my brain didn't react in time to push
the clutch in....one of the bad things of clutchless driving...
--
All the best
Aaron Johnson
#38 FP Spitfire Mk4 Southern Illinois Region SCCA
http://www.geocities.com/spitracer9
> Okay, Aaron. Time for the open-hand shifting lesson. :-)
>
> Most of the time when I teach driving schools, I have to get my student to
> quit grabbing the gearshift in his fist and stabbing it into the gear he
> wants. It is so common a habit.
>
> I demonstrate shifting with the open hand.
>
> 1-2, hand on the right side of the shifter, pressure on the upper-right side
> of the shift knob, pull toward you
> 2-3, hand on the left side of the shifter, pressure on the lower-left and
> push across as if the shift pattern was an X (not an H). Push away from
> yourself.
> 3-4, hand on the left side of the shifter, pressure on the upper-left and
> pull back but away from you.
> 4-3, hand on the left side of the shifter, pressure on the lower-left and
> push away -- just like the 2-3 shift.
> 3-2, hand on the right side of the shifter, pressure on the upper-right
> side, pull toward you across the X -- otherwise just like the 1-2 shift
> 2-1, hand on the right side of the shifter, pressure on the lower-left and
> push up but toward you.
>
> Never grab the shifter.
>
> For 1-2 and 3-2, I often just hook a finger under the shifter ball and pull
> toward me.
> For 2-3 and 4-3, I just push the shifter away from myself with the open
> palm -- same action with 3-4 except I pull back.
>
> It avoids most missed shifts, especially catastrophic 4-1s! You'll never do
> 4-1 if you are pushing the shifter away from yourself.
>
> --Rocky Entriken
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <fpspitfire@insightbb.com>
> To: <fot@Autox.Team.Net>
> Cc: <spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 7:49 PM
> Subject: results from the St. Louis Double regional
>
>
> > Well the weekend is over...thankfully.
> > Weather was nice. The track was nice. Too bad I forgot to pack my brain
> > into
> > the truck.
> >
> > 1st lap of the first qualifying session I went from 4th gear to 1st gear
> > and
> > with the stock 1500 motor....it was a game over. We spent the rest of the
> > day
> > dropping the pan and replacing the rod bearings.
> >
> > This was all for not as the repairs didn't even last a lap. this time it
> > must
> > have been left overs from whatever we didn't spot on saturday.
> >
> > i've never heard a motor make this much noise without actually blowing up.
> >
> > Frank Axelrod was a repairing the gearbox when I showed up. That was all
> > for
> > not as well. During the first qualifying session he broke a camshaft and
> > that
> > put a hole in the side of the block larger than any i've seen before. This
> > catastrophe was followed by fire, smoke and a huge mess.
> >
> > Overall...just a bad weekend.
> >
> > aaron
> >
> >
> > --
> > All the best
> > Aaron Johnson
> > #38 FP Spitfire Mk4 Southern Illinois Region SCCA
> > http://www.geocities.com/spitracer9
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