2nd gear shudder

[carpja]

Ever since I got my car (92 GSX), I have noticed that the car shudders noticeably as I let the clutch out after shifting into 2nd gear only. Its not quite a buck, but its pretty close. At first I just chalked it up to my poor shifting/clutching skills since I was learning to drive stick for the first time. 6 months later it is still doing it, and while I know I am still a novice at driving with a manual transmission, nothing I do makes the shudder go away. I've tried letting the clutch out slowly, quickly, giving more gas as I let it out, giving no gas. Also, I've noticed that it is worse when the car is cold. The first time I shift into second after starting the car is when it shudders the hardest, but even after the car has been driven for a while, it is still there.

Any ideas on how I might fix this problem? Is something broken, maybe a bad motor mount, or do I just suck at driving stick?

Relevant mods: ACT 2100, recently rebuild tranny (within 10,000 miles), new tires < 2000 miles on them


Joe

 

[v8s_are_slow]

did you break in the clutch properly? guessing you have the street disc right? also, how do the carrier bearings look? are they loose? i changed mine out and it cleared up a lotta vibration problems i was having. and it's probably not relevant but how do the motor mounts look?