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Originally Posted by turbochad
Three days ago at the track I went to make a 4/5 shift at 6 grand and went into 3rd gear instead. I bent four valves. The car is being torn down right now while I'm on vacation with my family. I'm sick about it. Really easy but dumb mistake.
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Ouch, sorry to hear that - the "money shift" is always on my mind, too.
I recently ran across some pretty useful "shifting" instructions from UUC, maker of various short shift kits (
UUC Motorwerks • short shifting techniques), which are intended to prevent the money shift.
I have been practicing, and at first it seems a bit awkward, but the logic of switching hand positions makes a lot of sense in avoiding the wrong gear. When you "backhand" the shifter in gears 3 - 5, it is pretty difficult to accidentally go 4->3 instead of 4->5.
I don't have sufficient practice with this technique to say that it works well "under pressure" like at the track, just FYI.
HTH