Originally Posted by mab864

You can try a couple simple mods that help too. I replaced my stock tranny fluid with Redline MT85 & I installed a weighted shift knob. Easy mods and my shift from 1-2 is much improved. Agreed on the technique as well. Another thing to try when shifting at low RPM from 1-2 is to make the shift very slowly. I use this technique until my oil warms up and then after that I shift at 3500.