dustinmallen

hey guys, i am a newbie and have read several hundred posts on here trying to find the answer to some of my questions.

i bought a red MT 8 about a month ago with only 4500 miles. i have noticed that everytime that i downshift, whether it be from 3rd to 2nd at 15mph, or 4th to 3rd at 25mph, that there is a very strong kickback, that doesnt seem right to me at that low of rpms, but i am new to the rotaries.

i have driven an s2000 in the past, and my brother's 350z and don't feel this. do you guys think that the new n-flash will help? or do you know of any other problems that it could be, or just me not being used to the clutch?

Riccio

Not at all normal - take to the dealer for service. ASAP!!!!

cgrx

the red 8 I'm borrowing from the dealer because of warranty work grinds on the 6 - 5 and 5-4 downshifts. It's nasty. It also has a lot of film on the inside of the headlight lens and the trunk hits the rear lights.....poor 8

LiL BenNy

idk if this helps but i downshift like this...

going 6 -5 55mph or so ill clutch in put in 5th then clutch out and by the time the clutch is out im going about 50mph so on and so forth.. every gear down -10mph..

5-4 40mph
4-3 30mph
3-2 20mph
2-neutral 15-10 mph (if im comming to a stop otherwise i leave it in 2nd)

im pretty new to MT too so... im not sure if this is correct... feels fine to me...