Hey guys, I'm looking for some help or any ideas as to what happened to me this weekend. I was competing in my first open road race, and one of the events was a 1/2 mile shootout. My car is a 2006 GT with a 5-speed.
I was shifting right at 6200 RPM and when I tried going from 3rd straight down to 4th gear, it was like I hit a brick. I tried hitting it a few more times and it would not go. On my second run, the exact same thing happened again - it was like something was locking me out of 4th gear. So finally, on my third run I tried shifting earlier at 4800 RPM and it went into 4th gear just fine.
What would cause this? I talked to some other guys there running Mustangs and one of them was experiencing the exact same thing with a different shifter, so we can rule out the shifter being a problem. He also had to shift around 5000 RPM to get into 4th. Any ideas??
I was shifting right at 6200 RPM and when I tried going from 3rd straight down to 4th gear, it was like I hit a brick. I tried hitting it a few more times and it would not go. On my second run, the exact same thing happened again - it was like something was locking me out of 4th gear. So finally, on my third run I tried shifting earlier at 4800 RPM and it went into 4th gear just fine.
What would cause this? I talked to some other guys there running Mustangs and one of them was experiencing the exact same thing with a different shifter, so we can rule out the shifter being a problem. He also had to shift around 5000 RPM to get into 4th. Any ideas??