thats really fucked up ... that officer needs a kick in the bawls. Egg his fucking house if you can find where it is :)

I wrote the judge a letter and it came back with a stamped "PAY FINE" on it. That really pissed me off so I said screw it, I'm not paying. 6 months later I got a letter saying that my driving privileges had been revoked in VA. Who cares? I'll just drive around the damn state. About 6 months after that South Carolina said they were going to come after me to. I broke down and paid the damn thing. The thing was the storm was so bad that I couldn't even see. I pulled over behind a group of about 10 cars (about .5 miles past the first exit in southern VA on I-77). I fell asleep waiting for the rain to stop and the next thing I know a cop was banging on my window. I guess next time they want me to crash and burn over a guard rail or something!

I hit no mans land going to third back when I had my old FM II '90 at the dragstrip. This had been mentioned a few times back on the old Miatapower list. The consensus was flex from the torque of a high power motor but nobody knew why the lever would be in 3rd gear, but the car felt like it was in neutral. Some guy made a gate that assured a clean shift to 3rd that went over the lever. Seemed to work for him. I sold my car before I attempted to fix the problem. It seemed pretty random.

Frank

Something definitely happend internally a while back. I can't describe it but something is broken/breaking in there. Plans are to get a used tranny and then I'll take this one apart and see if I can find the problem.

It could still be a damaged shift fork in the tranny, it would be a first time I've heard of it in a miata, but it's common in the honda world (buddy fragged them in his integra monthly). You HAVE to tear this one down so you can tell us what happened.

the "friction modifier" makes things "less slippery" typically.

huh, i thought it was the other way around... that's why dudes use it in LSDs to smooth out the lockup between the plates.

That's what I would've thought, too.

I dont understand why its hard for you guys to find the 2-3 shift under load. I hit that shit every time under full boost. I havent missed that shift in years ( no joke ). I have MS mounts, not sure how much of a difference that makes.

you sure bout dat?

yea i've missed one shift in my miata ever....... and i was slidin sidewas which makes it a lil harder when r bn thorwn around a bit, but my miata deffently has the best shifting of any cars i've owned.....including a couple hondas. ppl that say they make the smothest shifting cars needa try one of ours haha.

Mazda got it right with the miata gearbox as far as feel goes. It is very smooth. If it was a little tougher it would be perfect.