if goin to a stop and im in 4th gear or sumtin, is it ok to go from 4th to neutral, then when its time to go start in 1st gear with going through 3rd n 2nd?

 

Ok i'm think what you mean is if you stop can you go from 4th to 1st without going through second and third, the answer to that is yes.. but dont be skippin gears up shifiting or down shifting when your moving, it can kill your synchros

 

if you want to skip gears, just double clutch and rev match.

 

wat does double clutch and rev match mean?

 

normally you push the clutch in, shift to next gear, let the clutch out.

double clutching involves this:
push the clutch in, shift to neutral, let the clutch out, let the clutch back in, shift to next gear, let the clutch out

letting the clutch out in neutral stops the input shaft from spinning, this makes it much easier on your synchros. I also double clutch when I'm coming to a stop, before putting it in first gear. You'll physically feel it going into gear with less resistance.

Rev matching is done everytime you shift, when you give it gas by matching the revs. If you didn't rev match, each gear shift would be jerky. Rev matching becomes much more important when downshifting or upshifting while skipping gears.

hth'd

 

give that man a beer couldnt have put it any better

 

Have I been doing this wrong? The way I rev match, for example downshifting to first at 20mph, I press the clutch. Move shifter to neutral, release clutch. Blip throttle for rev match. Press clutch and downshift. It drops into first like butter. Most of the time anyway

 

is it bad to shift from 3rd to 5th??

 

Jesse H: Letting the clutch out in neutral just makes the layshaft RPM match the engine RPM. It does not stop it or anything.

How I double clutch....

1) shift to neutral
2) clutch out
3) rev to the destination RPM for the destination gear (brings layshaft up to speed)

then very quickly:

4) clutch in
5) shift to destination gear
6) clutch out



Dustin

 

Doh...I always get that confused.

You think after looking at the stupid flywheel on various cars for ever I'd have it down pat by now.

Know what's cool about a 300ZXTT? It's rwd. That means you can drop the tranny in less than an hour. Lucky basturds.

 

Mike used to have a 300ZX. It was not very reliable so he bought a prelude

Dustin

 

Please correct me if im wrong but isnt the whole point of double clutching to rev match. If you dont rev match then double clutching is absolutly useless, thats the whole point of doing it. It saves your synchros and is used in racing when downshifting into corners as to not upset the balance of your car. Seriously if im wrong then tell me but this is what ive always understood. Oh and skipping gears when downshifting isnt very harmful to your synchros even if you dont double clutch and rev match, just make sure your going slow enough for the gear so that you dont run those rpms too high.