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