Accidentaly shifted into the wrong gear
 

So I was driving home on a relatively empty highway with my 2 best friends in the car and this g35 decided to instigate shit by doing a small fly by and getting in front of me. He went behind me and tried to do it again but this time I shifted down into second at 40 and pulled hard on him all the way to 100 and he backed off. I went to throw it in neutral and since my gear tune for the bottom gears are large I accidentally threw it into third. I have the Cobb ap ots tune so it went up to 7k rpms for literally 1.5 seconds and I panicked and threw it into neutral. It has been around an hour now and it has been running normal buy I am worried something will happen. I only have 38k and a healthy motor so does anyone know if I'll be okay?

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It's happened a couple times to me during frenzied 4-5 shifts.

Pretty sure you'll be ok.

Hopefully. It was the first time something like that happened since I got my car a little over a month ago. It had my adrenaline pumping and I wasn't able to think properly.


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lol

Getting some kind of short shifter solution will really help if you wanna be able to manhandle your car, the stock shifter, as it comes especially, isn't exactly the most precise piece of equipment.

Yeah I have been meaning to order a ssp kit.

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I've tried jumping from 6th to 4th to get through lights.

I've gotten locked out of 4th and slid into 2nd a few times. Never fully engaged the clutch but at 60 (and slowing) don't think it would hurt too badly. Anymore I just try to anticipate the lights a little better and downshift ahead of time.

113k on my transmission and clutch by the way, with no issues.

You over revved your engine and it will explode in 1000 miles. Seriously, don't street race especially if you can't shift and you have friends with you. Sign up for a track day and contol your hormones: you shouldn't be going full retard because a car is trying to race you. :thinking:

wait...mazdaspeeds are manuals?

and WTF with your screen name. Did you punch your keyboard when you picked it?

Looks like you grabbed a fistful of consonants playing Scrabble.

Lol that is my last name. It is a username I got from school and I've just been using it ever since.

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Mistake #1 of MSF...never use your real name

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So you should probably sell it now. Really cheap.

5th gear in WOT doesn't exist in my car I can only go 3-4-3, you'll be fine.

Done it a bunch of times before jbr solid shifter bushings. Still fine.

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Put it in 5th at 2k rpm and gradually accelerate ... Not fast or wot just enough to put a good load on the motor .... If u don't hear anything or feel vibes u are fine .

What about people who bang through the gears and hit the rev limiter for a second before shifting to the next gear?

Some people shift at 7k rpms but mine didn't go past that.

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The difference is one climbs at a steady pace to 7k rpm ..... The other because the engine is coupled to the transmission it's instantly forced to match engine rpm to the gear/vehicle speed and can jump from 4k to 7k in a very brief moment ..... That acceleration of engine speed on top of instant increase in load can mean bent/broken parts

I was at around 5-6k rpms in 5th when it jumped to 7k in 3rd. I read that it can handle a maxed out rev for around 4 or 5 seconds before something actually breaks. That was on the torontomz forum though. Not sure if it is different with the speed. Nonetheless I don't ever want to do it again. I still feel horrible about it.

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If it was going to give up the ghost it would have done it already .... Count your lucky stars and I guess maybe smoke weed at home after driving not b4 ? Lol

Shit happens I've done it at low speeds in all cars

Yeah I will be more careful. I learned standard a little over a month ago and on this car, and ever since I did I've been scared of this happening. I drove around 200 miles after it happened today and it seems fine.

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Your shits fine. Just be careful since you just learned stick. It happened to me in my honda a couple times when I first learned.

Oh, I was just kidding. Internet sarcasm must not have transmitted.

Hitting rev limiter is a little different though. The ECU shuts down your motor and there is basically no load being put on it then (Yes, very simplified). Down shifting too hard mechanically forces your motor to run at what ever speed no matter what, with all the engine braking forces happening.

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o no, lol, i'm fine, it's only a part of my last name ;)

@ O.P; i can understand you feel guilty about what happend, but like others said, if it didn't crack at that moment, it won't crack on you now. you'll be fine. Just don't try to do it again :D

did it do this :) if not your ok

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et-g4P8SbJQ

Given that the rev-limiter on the DISI is set BELOW 7k, no, people don't shift there (unless they've used an AP or something of the like to extend the limiter above that).

Also, if you've just learned how to drive a stick, you need to get your shit together and stop driving like an ass-hat. As you've just discovered, it's much easier to fuck something up when you don't know what you're doing yet, and you do what most pig-headed dipshits do and try to force shit.

Calm down, you're going to kill someone.