Anyone Experience this??, Manual Tranny Shifting Problem Options

[Fastbird]

This is probably going to be for the forced induction guys more than anyone, but here's my issue:

I CANNOT hit a hard shift into 2nd at WOT in the car. Simply put, the tranny refuses to go into 2nd gear, and third gear offers quite a bit of resistance at high throttle inputs also. When driving easily however, it shifts fine into any gear I want it to.

Call me crazy but I've always had trouble shifting cable actuated manual transmission under heavy loads. What I think is happening is that my old/weak motor mounts are allowing enough movement in the motor that enough of a shift happens to throw off the sync of the cables to the shifter. What I'm trying to do is get some verification on this.

Thoughts? I must have tried 4-5 times last night on the way home from work to bang a high RPM WOT 1-2 shift and it wouldn't happen.

[easternpiro1]

i went in there and messed around some more. i was alone so i couldnt tell which gear was which when i was switching them from the engine bay but i did notice 2 things...

for one: the cable seems to become unsheathed about 4-5 inches before the cable goes into the bracket in the engine bay (i noticed that the cable had a stray thread or two, not broken mind you, just not wrapped as tight as the rest of the cable threads.

two: the cable that attatches to the L shaped arm looks like it can easily bump into the device that switches the gears... idk if ya'll know what i mean, will take pics when i get off work...

im still sort of stumped but its a learning process so i appreciate all the feedback!