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Kerune · 03-13-2015, 04:51 AM

Hello folks,

I'm fairly new to the forum and definitely new to owning an 86. I have roughly 200 miles on the car and I've been taking random drives in the city/hwy to vary speed/rpm for the first 1k - of course occasionally shifting slightly past 4k but who hasn't.

When I got the car, it had a full tank and we don't know who filled it, it may be 87 and I'm looking to replace it with prem as soon as it's low enough. I've noticed a few things and I'm wondering if anyone has input on the causes, I'm sure breaking in the clutch and engine will make a big diff in the near future so if that may be it, it'd be nice to know.

1. Very slow get up on 1st gear, should I just be shifting to 2nd gear asap and get going from there or could there be a cause for this?
2. Shifting to 2nd, seems like a common issue but I've tried various ways of lifting the clutch, slowly, quicker, more gas right over the engagement point and etc. and it still seems like a rough shift all the time. Any ideas?

03-13-2015, 04:51 AM	#1
Kerune Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: Lexus RC-F Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 220 Thanks: 38 Thanked 48 Times in 39 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	What am I experiencing? Hello folks, I'm fairly new to the forum and definitely new to owning an 86. I have roughly 200 miles on the car and I've been taking random drives in the city/hwy to vary speed/rpm for the first 1k - of course occasionally shifting slightly past 4k but who hasn't. When I got the car, it had a full tank and we don't know who filled it, it may be 87 and I'm looking to replace it with prem as soon as it's low enough. I've noticed a few things and I'm wondering if anyone has input on the causes, I'm sure breaking in the clutch and engine will make a big diff in the near future so if that may be it, it'd be nice to know. 1. Very slow get up on 1st gear, should I just be shifting to 2nd gear asap and get going from there or could there be a cause for this? 2. Shifting to 2nd, seems like a common issue but I've tried various ways of lifting the clutch, slowly, quicker, more gas right over the engagement point and etc. and it still seems like a rough shift all the time. Any ideas?