Shifting w/o using clutch

by **adam2562** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 8:22 am

lastnight i was driving home and had some pressure on the stick and it randonmly went into gear w/o using the clutch, so i tried this more and more and now i can drive it w/o using the clutch.... how awesome is that.. ofcourse its shifts slowly cuz i have to wait i guess for the gears to be synchronized but its still awesome

by **Jai_Jai_Binks** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 9:15 am

Geesh!

My suggestion would be for you to buy a tiptronic tranny for your next car purchase...(this way you could do what you've been doning here)...only thing with that tranny you won't abuse as you've been doing to your solara!

by **Flipside909** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 11:27 am

Adam2562 wrote:lastnight i was driving home and had some pressure on the stick and it randonmly went into gear w/o using the clutch, so i tried this more and more and now i can drive it w/o using the clutch.... how awesome is that.. ofcourse its shifts slowly cuz i have to wait i guess for the gears to be synchronized but its still awesome

It's called rev matching...where the RPM of the tranny and engine are going the exact same speed. It's do-able if you are not driving in a hurry.

Definitely a good skill!

by **adam2562** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 10:41 pm

so flipside, it wonthurt anythign, i'veasked people at my work and some say yes and some say no... i wouldnt think it would as long as u dont hear anything grinding..... right???

by **Jay** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 12:05 am

Isn't rev matching used for quick shifting while racing?? I've heard this from somewhere...

by **NASTY** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 7:06 am

Adam2562 wrote:so flipside, it wonthurt anythign, i'veasked people at my work and some say yes and some say no... i wouldnt think it would as long as u dont hear anything grinding..... right???

if anything, its less wear on the clutch

by **Flipside909** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 10:27 am

Jay wrote:Isn't rev matching used for quick shifting while racing?? I've heard this from somewhere...

No it's not, rev matching is only for slow driving only. You have a greater risk of grinding gears trying to rev match while racing since your window of opportunity to shift is much smaller to match the RPMs.