Better With Synchro-Rev Off?
 

I am willing to admit that I constantly struggle with smooth shifts between 1st and 2nd gear. Sometimes I hit it smooth and other times I don't. I have driven MT's for years and have never struggled with smooth shifts until I bought the 370Z. I had never even tried driving the car with this feature off until today. Honestly, my 1st to 2nd up-shifts were much smoother with the synchro-rev feature off. Anyone else experience this?

Nope, doen't seem to matter to me and I much prefer it on, sounds awesome with my FI CBE. :P I just had to get used to the cluch on this car, it is much more harsh than other cars.

So the srm works on upshifts also? Then I guess I should have bought the SRM.

Yes, Ive been disappointed with the 1-2 myself. 3 decades of experience meant jack squat on the Z. Heck, I can drive my other manual car as smooth, if not smoother, than an automatic.

I liked SRM on my test-drive. No problem at all, unless you count that I have a wierd quirk where I wiggle the shifter when coming to a stop to make sure it isn't in gear. This drives SRM crazy. I learned to drive stick on my cam/head/full bolt-on 5.0 with a TKo500/Hurst and 4.10s with a 3.27 first gear. If it was in gear when you came to a stop, it wouldn't really stall, even with the huge cam--at least not before it lurched 10-20 feet. Made me paranoid.

1-2 in the 'vert SUCKED, but 1-2 in the hard-top I drove was great. The seat in the 'vert wouldn't go back far enough to accomodate the clutch pedal/me. I'm only 5'10.5" I thought this was wierd...

Nope, I love SRM

Haha I knew i wasn't the only one who did this! lol I usually have SRM off though so no worries for me :p

Hehe, same here - the better half would notice I'd try to wiggle the gear selector in rental cars - and they were automatics. Habit, definitely.

I keep SRM on - I like it. It never misses a downshift. :p

As for the 1 to 2, yes: it's much harder to grab this smoothly in the Z than any other car I've driven (including a G35 6MT).

YES, SRM works on upshift as well. During up shifts, SRM holds the RPM until you put the shift knob into the desired gear. It's explained in detail in your owners manual.


This guy kinda shows you toward the end how the RPM is held during up shifts.

I manually heel/toe and rev-match. :)

While that is fun - on a track SRM is godsend - dont kid yourself man - relying on the fact that your cars balance isnt going to be thrown off mid corner if you shift is kinda awesome

on or off things are smooth here.

I am the only one who notices the occasional lack of smoothness, never my passengers. Maybe it is the slight delay in throttle response, so give it a little more throttle pressure. The SRM has nothing to do with it. SRM is fun but by no means essential. Leave it off and retain your heel toe skills. I cant seem to decide which setting to leave it on anyway. So I just switch back and forth. The only finding is that SRM is smoother than I, but I can live with it.

My other Z didn't have SRM. I didn't have any problem making smooth upshifts into any gear. My new roadster has SRM. Same thing with SRM on or off. However, I do prefer the downshifting with SRM on.

I'll usually try to get a smooth shift by applying a little gas as I'm letting off the clutch. But this isn't on a Z.

Yes....Turn off your VDC and try your shifts. You will notice that they are smooooooother... It was that way with my G35 and also with the 370z. I turn it off each time i get into the car, the shifts are smooth. Soft shifts everytime. I also turn off the SRM. :tup: