when racing.... (stick drivers only) *fuck auto.*

[PELLA]

how far do you push your engine? rev. wise? I usually hit the red before i shift to the next gear.

 

[Duke]

I tend to shift at 6000 when pushing it. Engine max hp kicks out at 5500, limiter hits at 6800/6900.


Why?

 

[PELLA]

I tend to shift at 6000 when pushing it. Engine max hp kicks out at 5500, limiter hits at 6800/6900.


Why?

cause i heard it matters a lot when you shift to get the most out of your engine's power or the timing or something that makes it go a bit faster...something along those lines, not too sure.

 

[Duke]

Well, that's no rocketscience, you want to keep the revs in the max power range. When i shift at 6000, it drops to about 5100/5200 in the next cog, close to the max power again. When I would shift right before it bounced off the limiter (say, 6500), the revs would already be past the max power point when the next gear drops in, hence making you go slow.

Capiche?

 

[DeeezNuuuts83]

Safely shifting at as high of an rpm as possible can also minimize overall shifting, which can make you quicker. Sometimes doing so can let you finish the quarter-mile in third gear rather than fourth since delaying your shifts through shifting at or a few hundred rpms above redline might not require that last shift. Everytime you go into another gear, you let off of the pedal for a brief moment where there is no forward acceleration.

 

[Duke]

Safely shifting at as high of an rpm as possible can also minimize overall shifting, which can make you quicker. Sometimes doing so can let you finish the quarter-mile in third gear rather than fourth since delaying your shifts through shifting at or a few hundred rpms above redline might not require that last shift. Everytime you go into another gear, you let off of the pedal for a brief moment where there is no forward acceleration.

On a timed run, yes, but in terms of pure acceleration you're giving in when you delay the shift.

 

[YAKPAC]

about 7000 revs i shift at

 

[Duke]

about 7000 revs i shift at

What do you drive?

 

[PELLA]

arent ya'll suppose to hold 1st gear longer than 2nd and then hold 3rd the longest til u hit tha red then 4th?

 

[ARon]

Double clutch kids.

 

[Freedom Froggy]

when i had my 5.0. i would have a hard time gettin to redline becuz the sparkers (spark plugs/wires of course) where missing so i would be in gear longer than i should trying to redline

but when i finally got that fixed, in which when i changed them.. the sparkplugs where fried lol... it stopped missing and i was redlining everytime after that


p.s. it was a 5 speed

 

[PELLA]

Double clutch kids.

how do you do that exactly? Ive tried those back in tha day but didnt seem to get em right.

 

[Duke]

how do you do that exactly? Ive tried those back in tha day but didnt seem to get em right.

Er, well, you press the clutch, move the shifter in neutral, depress, press, move in gear, depress.

What else?

arent ya'll suppose to hold 1st gear longer than 2nd and then hold 3rd the longest til u hit tha red then 4th?

No.

 

[DeeezNuuuts83]

Double-clutching isn't necessary for acceleration in modern cars anymore due to our synchros. Even when downshifting, all you really need to do is rev-match since it's quicker than double-clutching while still minimizing wear-and-tear in the same manner. I still double-clutch sometimes out of habit when dropping into a lower gear sometimes.

 

[PELLA]

icicic

 

[ARon]

Double-clutching isn't necessary for acceleration in modern cars anymore due to our synchros. Even when downshifting, all you really need to do is rev-match since it's quicker than double-clutching while still minimizing wear-and-tear in the same manner. I still double-clutch sometimes out of habit when dropping into a lower gear sometimes.

Yeah it is a big habit of me and all of my friends, high school days in Integra gsr's and shit. Plus still doing it makes you feel cool.

The big surprise here is automaticsare no joke anymore. They aren't as bad as anyone thinks, anymore.

 

[DeeezNuuuts83]

Yeah it is a big habit of me and all of my friends, high school days in Integra gsr's and shit. Plus still doing it makes you feel cool.

Haha... true. Whenever I double-clutch or rev-match, people with me are usually confused, but when I explain it to them, they think I'm some sort of manual transmission guru.

The big surprise here is automaticsare no joke anymore. They aren't as bad as anyone thinks, anymore.

That's pretty true, in terms of their straightline acceleration capabilities. A lot of manufacturers are making beefed-up automatic transmissions (and I'm talking about true automatics, not the DSG or SMG type of auto-manuals) that are shifting pretty damn quickly with five, six, even seven gears in some applications. However, automatics are still at a disadvantage on a road courses and autocross tracks.

 

[Pittsey]

At the end of the power band.


But now I drive a shit Golf.... At 2000 rpm.

 

[PELLA]

^ golfs are sick. Easy to mod 'n' shit.

 

[Pittsey]

^ golfs are sick. Easy to mod 'n' shit.

But in the scheme of things, pretty slow.