Anyone knows about speed-shifting?

[mazen222]

My friend was telling me about speed shifting... I think it might be usfull sometimes
i was wondering if anyone speedshifts with a 99 manual v6 solara and how it reacts. I am affraid to brake my clutch or something.

from what the guy told me you shift without removing the gas pedal.

any input on that?

[MCOjerry]

Sounds like you are going to rev your engine very high between shifts, and jerk it into gear too fast. Just my opinion.

[Sentinel]

Shifting w/o lifting the gas pedal is properly called "Power Shifting" and I wouldn't recommend it. It's a race car kind of thing (you know, rebuild after race day?)

Speed Shifting is simply shifting as fast as you can manage lifting off the gas for that brief moment the clutch is in.

In my experience, if you shift well, the motor is spinning faster than the gears when you engage the clutch, especially as you're flooring it as you lift the clutch in a speed shift, so you would get a chirp (if your car had enough ba||s... which all but the fastest Solaras lack) So you really don;t need to stress your engine by power shifting.

To Recap: Don't power shift. Not worth the maintenance.

[solaraheno]

DONT DO IT unless u wanna replace your clutch
solara is not meant to abuse...

[mazen222]

hmm.. i thought Power shifting is shifting at a precise rpm without the clutch... now this i know its dangerous

[philosophicaljt]

You will not hurt the tranny, but you will damage the syncros.

[ThatVietGuy]

The only real useful shifting technique for the street is heel-toe.

Speed shifting is pretty pointless IMO

[Meow]

Heel&toe is a downshifting technique. As for power shifting, I don't think it actually helps that much. Don't watch too much FnF, if you have the faster car, your shifting style will probably not cause you to lose, unless you shift reaaaaly slow or miss a gear.

[ClassySolaraGuy]

If you want to go faster, find the supercharger for your engine. LOL!

[Yanks0114]

hmm.. i thought Power shifting is shifting at a precise rpm without the clutch... now this i know its dangerous

Thats called rev-matching and if done correctly is not dangerous at all.

Powershifting is keeping your foot on the gas the entire time, and slamming the car into gear. As was mentioned above, it'll destroy a solara's clutch

[lilmike2069]

^ i used to do that in my MKIII supra... DAMNIT I MISS THAT CAR!!!!!

[NeFaRiOuS_SLE]

Get a stage 3 clutch and find the "catch point" ... It's almost just as good, except it'll act as an on/off switch even during daily driving.

[Chinky420]

rev shifting = shifting w/o the clutch?! i didnt know you could get it out of gear w/o engaging the clutch (habitual a/t driver here....occassional m/t driver).

my opinion (and now ya'll know i'm not a regular m/t driver) is that the only real shifting technique that you would ever possibly need to know is howto double clutch. and really, with sequential shifters, there's not really a need for that, unless you're trying to drive a big rig, or a track car.

that and howto downshift properly w/o having the whip lurch when engaging the clutch. other than that, i can't really think that the benefit is outweighing the potential harm done to the car by learning howto rev match.

but then again, i only drive an auto (sigh)

[Meow]

You'd only need to double clutch if you drove a big rig, it is vastly unnecessary on a street car. The real only technique you need is revmatch on downshifts, as well as heel&toe, which is pretty much an extension of revmatch on downshifts.

[mazen222]

hmm... i guess i the only speedshifting i will be doing is regular shifting but just faster p

I wouldnt wanna over work my clutch or transmission and risk braking something.

Its just that the stick is so long

Thanks for the tips guys !