[01GTCOUPE]

Must have been around 80 to 85 MPH.

Now, if I can only chirp 5th. Anybody done so?

 

[PCRMAN]

Cool, I can grab third easily. I did get 4th once, but it was something I don't care to repeat- the car got a little squirrely. Not good when you're doing 95!

Don

 

[golf4283]

what does it mean to "chirp"?

 

[jacob67]

3rd at 75 is not a problem, haven't got any in 4th but i really have not tried.

 

[BULLITTBRO1]

I really havent given it a shot. Maybe when I get the new shifter instaled I will start banging gears again.

 

[Los]

with traction lock on, I can chirp 3rd at... I wanna say 25 but I haven't had my car in a few days so its kinda hard to say.

Powershifting... lol. I can do all the way to 4th. I never have any room to powershift into 5th. :sad:

 

[01GTCOUPE]

Golf4283, chirping means laying rubber when upshifting. There's a distinctive 'chirp' that you hear when your wheels spin about 1/2 turn as you hammer the next gear. You need to shift really fast.

I don't ever flat shift. I still have the stock shifter and I don't jam up against the stops. My other daily driver is a manual transmission, too. I'm pretty comfortable with the Bullitt. Somehow the shifts just seem to drop in place.


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[Bullitt00155]

If anyone has any upshifting, downshifting (Heel/Toe) or taking off from a standstill (best rpm to let the cluth out with out spinning the wheels....) tips/tricks to offer, I would be very interested in "applying" them :wink:

Thanks!

DAVE

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[TwoStangWmn]

Power shifting sound bad for the tranny. Isn't it if you do it a lot?

(Silly girl question).....

Vicki

 

[01GTCOUPE]

Actually, power shifting (a.k.a. flat shifting) isn't all that bad IF you make the gear clean. The tires take the brunt of it. A driveline can take a fair amount of abuse if built well and properly maintained.

It's when you miss the gear partially and hack off some gear teeth or jam your shift forks into pretzels or miss altogether and rev out to 6 or 7 grand that the trouble comes after you.

 

[franksbullitt]

Bullitt 4096 has chirped the tires all the way thru 4th. I had the same problem Don has, the car got a little squirrely. Do not think I will try 4th again.