I got C'thulhu back yesterday evening and the verdict is that the new transmission feels like butter compared to the old one. It is much easier to get it into all the gears. Since this is my first manual car, I had no idea what it SHOULD feel like. I thought that was what "notchy" was supposed to feel like. It used to be fairly common once every other day or so, I would miss a shift or grind a gear; I thought it was me as a relative newbie stick shift driver making mistakes. I now believe that the transmission was mostly responsible for that. I pretty well had shifting figured out by the end of the "break in" period. I am still waiting to get my shocks all sorted out, but once that is all in the past (including installation), I am thinking shifter bushings are next. I will be reading the street and street touring allowances to triple check that whatever I do purchase will be legal for autocross. Although I probably should start saving for wheels and tires.... since those will have the biggest impact on my performance (excluding driver abilities lol). I am not sure if I am having more confidence in driving leading to more aggressive cornering or what, but I have noticed that C'thulhu is a lot more willing to slide the back end out than it was before.
