How's the Manual Trans??

[timurrrr]

Originally Posted by slimfit

Hmmm, I should mention this is my first manual RWD car. Maybe it’s a trait of that?

Yeah, I was going to ask "were all your previous cars FWD/AWD?".

It might have something to do with the combination of:
- having a longer drive shaft between the transmission and the diff
- having shorter / stiffer linkage between the gear shifter and the gearbox itself

[Stonehorsw]

Transmission is smooth, but sometimes the second does not engage. Not sure if a problem or if it is a characteristic.

Coming from a 18 BRZ.

[Interceptor777]

Originally Posted by Stonehorsw

Transmission is smooth, but sometimes the second does not engage. Not sure if a problem or if it is a characteristic.

Coming from a 18 BRZ.

Is it only when cold? How cold does it get where you are?

[Stonehorsw]

Originally Posted by Interceptor777

Is it only when cold? How cold does it get where you are?

Happens when in normal temperature, and more when downshifting from 3rd to 2nd. I may be missing the gate (pulling too much to the left), maybe I am used to the 18 shifter and putting more force than needed.

I will do some testing this weekend and see if I can turn the issue on-off with my inputs (which I suspect is the case).

[Interceptor777]

Originally Posted by Stonehorsw

Happens when in normal temperature, and more when downshifting from 3rd to 2nd. I may be missing the gate (pulling too much to the left), maybe I am used to the 18 shifter and putting more force than needed.

I will do some testing this weekend and see if I can turn the issue on-off with my inputs (which I suspect is the case).

Huh, weird. I've noticed 2nd gear does need a tiny bit more force to engage compared to the other gears, but it's never refused.

[eyeballs]

I thought that "thunk" felt odd at first too. This brz is my 7th or 8th RWD car, and I don't recall noticing it in other cars. My most recent one being a turbo '99 miata that I sold less then 2 mos ago, so it's not likely something that I just forgot about.

[Fingat]

Originally Posted by slimfit

Quick question, has anyone noticed a thunk going into 1st from neutral? Sometimes in other gears as well. Feels like the synchros maybe. Nothing crazy just enough to notice it.

Yes there is a little thunk when its engaging. Also noticed a loud whirring noise when in low rpm and its about to bog.

[slimfit]

Originally Posted by Fingat

Yes there is a little thunk when its engaging. Also noticed a loud whirring noise when in low rpm and its about to bog.

Thanks, knew I wasn’t going crazy! Also, just about every manual Subaru I’ve ever driven makes a whirring noise. My WRX sounded like it was supercharged after short shifter and bushings. There’s a good amount of rawness in this car that I wasn’t expecting but glad it’s there!

[Fingat]

Originally Posted by slimfit

Thanks, knew I wasn’t going crazy! Also, just about every manual Subaru I’ve ever driven makes a whirring noise. My WRX sounded like it was supercharged after short shifter and bushings. There’s a good amount of rawness in this car that I wasn’t expecting but glad it’s there!

Yea things are definitely louder up front than they were on the wrx. The engine startup is really loud.

[tenderization]

Am definitely noticing something "spin down" when going into 1st at a brief stop, feels like it's actually wobbling the shifter if you go too quickly/aggressively. In other cars WRX, Mazda3 it seemed like it would just prevent you from going into 1st at all in that situation for a beat rather than letting you perceive any movement in the shifter.