Haven't seen any posts here about this, but are mis-shifts causing a blown engine a risk? For example, shifting from 6th gear to 2nd when you really wanted 4th.

 

Yes, that's very possible

 

not common here because 6speeders know how to shift properly

 

It is in any manual car, it's called an over rev and your onboard computer tracks them.

 

Called a mechanical over-rev-
Probably the most common way to blow an engine...

 

This is what you call a over-rev. DHinkle is real good at doing this in his cupcar, just ask him.

 

the revs will shoot through the roof (as well as a piston) and "rev limiters" cannot stop that.

 

A mechanical over rev like on a down shift can and will damage an engine.

A over-rev on an upshift will generally not damage an engine since the car has a rev limiter..

 

Hmm... now if it weren't a flat six I'd agree with you, but yeah...



Just busting your *****

 

Bank shot!

 

Though not on a turbo model, I've seen a connecting rod go into the starter.....

 

I am rebuilding a TT motor right now from that. We call it the 4-1 money shift

 

Pics of destruction?

 

I've heard that on certain cars (Corvette?, Viper?) the synchros on the tranny won't allow one to shift into a mechanical over-rev situation...don't know if this is true or not.

Would ordering the factory ssk make a mis-shift more likely, particularly in high adrenaline situations like on a track?

 

No the syncros can't stop a mis shift, never heard of this. The SSK wouldn't really have any direct effect, this is an operator error.