have owned and driven numerous manual vz and ve v6's.... never struck problem with gearchanges? they do clunk into gear, but quite smoothly if that makes sense? i mean there's a rather loud clunk noise, but it throws in smoothly... i can only hear the noise with the window down, or radio off... thats just the nature of these aisin gearboxes.
the clutch's are garbage from all reports, that said i've never personally had issues... but they are definately on the verge of they're breaking point at standard power and torque levels... mine get driven easy... why hammer the ute when i can take it easy on the bike and still be much faster?
i rather like the throw on these boxes, and i like the low first ratio... rather an enjoyable alloytec experience... that said, if i could have one thing it would be more torque.... pulling up steep hills at 100km/h especially with some cargo in the back is dissapointing, but drop some ratio's and watch it do it no worries...
but yeah, never missed a single change with this gearbox, quite a confident little manual to drive with i find.... side note i prefer the idea of reverse like the t56's, over by the tall ratio's. just preference, i mean with the aisin's detent system unless you fail at life its impossible to select reverse in place of first or vice versa, just my preference.
