The EVO tranny is very notchy and also need to break in. On both my EVOs, the tranny got a lot better around 9K miles

Also, there is the "EVO shift", which you need to develope.

I've owner a VIII and IX. On my VIII, did every mod I could to make shifting better (ss, bushing, new oil, removed restrictor, adjust pedal, etc.. Non of it worked. Then I just started driving better. When I got the IX all I did was a SS and shifting is perfect.

You just have to develop you "EVO shift", which is different from any "honda shift", "DSM shift" or "front wheel dirve shift".

 

What is The EVO SHIFT?

 

My 5th/6th gear had to be replaced due to 5th gear grind. I was thinking that a syncro had gone bad because with no warning I could not engage 6th gear. Mitsu had a factory man fly out to the dealer**** because there were a handful of others with the same 5/6th gear failure. The 6th gear was fine, but due to the distortion of #5, the top gear could not be engaged. Both gears had to be replaced because they are one piece.

 

i have a gsr and it seems like the 3rd gear is gonna go....i dont really beat on it but its the positioning of the gear when youre shifting

 

I can't believe the response to this thread. Are Mitsu trannies THAT bad???

I had fourth gear seize on my '03 Z06, and when I posted it on Corvetteforum.com, I had about 500 people respond over a month, and only ONE person had HEARD of something like that.

It seems that MOST (seriously...more than 50%) people I've talked to either online or in person have had minor synchro problems, or total failure with both transmissions offered in the Evo.

 

Not so much bad, the 6-Speed isn't even built by mitsu much like the famous T-56 in the Cobra/Viper/Vette. With all those cars having massive torque and the benefit of wheelspin to vent off much of the shock to teh Drivetrain. Even the latest Z06 will suffer from a rear end issue with slicks and a dump. Now take a 3200 pound car and then launch it with 0 wheelspin, the tramma on teh trive train has to be affecting somthing. Also understand that a lot of idiots/inexperienced people have Evo's and do not know how to drive them.


Then I say look at dae Buschur, has a 2003 with a stock tranny/ T/C case and is running extremely fast times, all that car is is teh shops Bitch to launches and races. The Evo has only been here for 3 years, people are unfamiliar with them. The vette has what, 50 years head start?