hot shift today!!!

[donutchow]

driving down this semi-windy road around 45mph in 4th gear, and some guy is going slower than me in the left lane, so i want to change to the right, but there's not much room to switch, maybe only 25 feet of room to squirt through. so i stuck it in neutral, revved to 3500rpm, dropped it in 3rd (double clutch baby) and snuck in, then started zooming at around 60. it was a kick-ass downshift. B)


also, i wasn't paying attention, and after that i went from 2nd to 5th, is that bad to do?

[FruityOne]

i dont see how skipping gears like that could hurt...i do that sometimes redline 1st and go to 4th

[Fox]

Skipping gears up isnt bad. Its just putting a sudden load of torque onto the drive train which is still moving relatively slow... unless you match revs good.

Skipping gears down is what will kill your syncros though.

[MorpheusZero]

Originally posted by Fox@Apr 11 2003, 07:46 AM
Skipping gears up isnt bad. Its just putting a sudden load of torque onto the drive train which is still moving relatively slow... unless you match revs good.

Skipping gears down is what will kill your syncros though.

really...
yeah I guess that makes sense. Luckily I don't have a car.

[morph]

so, i like to do a lot of downshifting. i try and rev the engine up pretty good before gently letting the clutch out. is that okay??