We were crusing one night and my pal asked me if i know how to powershift my GSR when driving. I looked puzzled and told him no. I heard of powershifting but never knew how to correctly do it. Hopefully im not grannyshifting I mean i shift pretty fast but i don't think it is powershifting just what i call "shifting fast". Well anyway how do you powershift? Gonna go do some research myself and see how the pros do it.

 

your friend is a ricer

 

That is not a friend. That's a guy who talks about car and probably doesn't have one. If he does its auto. If he does and its manual, its probably in for transmission work

 

Power shifting, holding the gas while you shift and not letting it up like usual?
I'm pretty sure thats what it is, and no it's not good for your car.

 

powershifting dont do it, and your friend is a RICER

 

just shift like you are now and dont worry about power shifting....

 

i 2nd what everyone else said. I hate people like that. I used to have a tach in my old car and people like your friend would as me "wooow, you got turbo?" when i said no, they were like "then why do you have that turbo gauge?"
lol, whoa. kids these days.

 

i can say that powershifting is where the fun is at. it made me run the quarter so much faster.

this coming from a ricer (me) for the last 8 years.

 

ya, i knew a guy with an ITR who said he used to do it. said it was much faster. this one guy was telling me, "ya i heard that guy powershifts, its bad for the tranny but you somehow gain like 10 hp." i responded with "oh, thats cool."

 

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thats a damn shame that such a ricer would own a car like the all mighty tYpe-R.

bad for the tranny may be an understatement.

 

RICER ALERT RICER ALERT!!!!

 

I know a few people who powershift. there's 2 ways i've heard about: 1 where u juss jam the shifter into the next gear while holding down the gas and not even pressing the clutch, 2 where u hold in the gas and kick in the clutch just enough for the teeth on the gears to not touch and then shift and let the clutch go.

Does it help?... yes but barely makes a difference if u can shift fast neway

Is it bad?... 1st way: hell yeah, tranny is juss askin to die. 2nd way: yes, but not as hard on the tranny, unless u do it all the time.

should u do it?... only if u had disposible cash and was a serious dragracer

 

I use to be nuts when i was younger... on my CRX89si I changed the transmission 5 times! hehe! I finally understand that powershifting wasen't good for syncros and tranny bearing... More over, my uncle witch is my mechanic told me: I'm fed up, next time you find an other place to do the job!

I got the message!

 

don't powershift unless your in a race. like everybody says its hard on the tranny. most people i know shift like #2 in the above thread

 

here is a couple of vids that show these tegs racing in Japan doing power shifting via onboard cam in a smaller screen (lower left corner of screen) Open in your Media Player.

http://www.jexoticar.com/www_d...R.mpg

http://www.jexoticar.com/www_d...2.mpg

 

yep alot of people i know shift like the 2nd option jus never let off the gas wen hitting the clutch... but they dont do in daily driving just in a race and most of em only do it in a race they feel they need every little stupid advantage possible... IMO its stupid an then kids wonder why their car craps out, mostly people my age do that stupid ****.... an gives teens a bad rep for driving... but w/e

 

those were some tight *** vids!! however, i did not see one powershift. are you confusing heel-toe downshifting, for powershifting??

 

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Umm, errr, I meant to do that, cuzz I knew you guys would like the vidz! LOL, my bad, yeah, thats exactly what that was, heel-toe downshifting.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by showNgo_00 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">here is a couple of vids that show these tegs racing in Japan doing power shifting via onboard cam in a smaller screen (lower left corner of screen) Open in your Media Player.

http://www.jexoticar.com/www_d...R.mpg

http://www.jexoticar.com/www_d...2.mpg</TD></TR></TABLE>

wow those videos were insane! those are some great drivers and some nice cars!

 

the only time I think powershifting is ok is when your in your work truck, I took out 2 ranger trannys in 2 months and spanked a ricer in a CRX which was fun

 

so powershifting is good for drag racing?
I know that is bad doing it very often.

 

Some 3-wheel action from the crazy Jap vid

 

just shift fast..its all good..4get about power shifting.

and that vid.ya its old but still nice. they just floor the gas like there is no tomorrow.lol

 

Learn how to double clutch. Why not double clutch? I mean when racing.

 

powershifting i think just gives the illusion your going faster too cause the tires spin a bit more. and if its wet your car shakes like no other, at least thats what my experiance with it was in my friends hatch.