# New to this whole NECC think '04 Spec V **URL:** \ **Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\ **Created:** [April 7, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-to-this-whole-necc-think-04-spec-v/138730 "2005-04-07T03:19:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Invalid\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@Invalid\_Zero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Invalid_Zero)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-to-this-whole-necc-think-04-spec-v/138730/21 "2005-04-09T03:51:46Z")
Why would you do that? You’d have to be a pretty hamfisted driver to mis-shift a Spec 6-speed. ---
**Author:** ![1mns13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/8491ac/32.png) [@1mns13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1mns13)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-to-this-whole-necc-think-04-spec-v/138730/22 "2005-04-09T08:18:32Z")
> [@2003specv](#): > > Why would you do that? You’d have to be a pretty hamfisted driver to mis-shift a Spec 6-speed. Louis, you haven’t met Kris yet have you? J/K Kris likes drama and making easy things sound difficult, but he’s a good help. ---
**Author:** ![PyreXXX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@PyreXXX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PyreXXX)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-to-this-whole-necc-think-04-spec-v/138730/23 "2005-04-09T08:50:37Z")
Ha ha ha…thanks man. Not sure how I misshifted actually, but I’ve done it at least twice in the last little while. It’s actually missing the gear though, I’m not forcing it into too low a gear or anything. I have to look at my short-shifter and see if that is causing the problem - only happens when I drive hard. Oh well, everyone else in the club seems to think I drive like a grandma…so what’s the difference? :E EDIT: Short shifter looks OK. I think I might have just rushed the shift and missed the gate. The Spec doesn’t EXACTLY have the smoothest gear changes known to man. 😃 (Insert Ricer Excuse here. :D) ---
**Author:** ![Invalid\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@Invalid\_Zero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Invalid_Zero)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-to-this-whole-necc-think-04-spec-v/138730/24 "2005-04-09T13:47:08Z")
> [@PyreXXX](#): > > The Spec doesn’t EXACTLY have the smoothest gear changes known to man. 😃 (Insert Ricer Excuse here. :D) It will if you switch to Royal Purple Synchromax, and grease your shifter bushings like I did yesterday. Shifts feel 10x better. ---
**Author:** ![PyreXXX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@PyreXXX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PyreXXX)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-to-this-whole-necc-think-04-spec-v/138730/25 "2005-04-09T16:16:25Z")
I know I need to. I was planning on going with the 50/50 Redline MT50/MTL mix everyone seems to like on the Vboard, but I have the feeling that the Royal Purple will be much easier to find. Funny, the tranny doesn’t give me any trouble at all unless I’m going WOT. Guess I should stop blaming the perfectly functional equipment and start blaming the real cause - everyone else. 😃 Actually, I’m sure most of the problem is due to my lack of experience - this is my first manual car ever, I hadn’t ever driven another manual car on public roads before, or even out of second gear, and out of the ~9650Km on my car, I’ve spent 99.99999% of the time shifting to avoid excess wear to the clutch. Which is the exact opposite of what you do while shifting during a drag. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silverboost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Silverboost](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silverboost)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-to-this-whole-necc-think-04-spec-v/138730/26 "2005-04-10T22:54:36Z")
SPEC V Shifter \< Stick in a bag of rocks. :E I don’t know if MOPAC is in E-town but they have the Redline fluids at MOPAC here in Calgary. I’ve been meaning to make this switch as well. ---
**Author:** ![PyreXXX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@PyreXXX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PyreXXX)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-to-this-whole-necc-think-04-spec-v/138730/27 "2005-04-10T23:18:02Z")
Yeah, Mopac is here! I think they carry both brands, actually. Funny enough, I loosened one of the set screws on the shifter just a little, and the shifts improved. I have no explanation for that one. 🙂 [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-to-this-whole-necc-think-04-spec-v/138730.md?page=1)