"Don't downshift into 1st." Give me a F'ing break!
12-06-2001, 12:25 PM
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I gues you have a bad car........I don't have the problems you have....
Still sounds like you're not rev matching properly. Oh well....if you're not happy, you're not happy. Sell it. No sense in paying for something that pisses you off.
12-06-2001, 12:26 PM
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Actually, I thought that the reason it is difficult to downshift into first is to protect the engine
so that if you miss a gear, your engine doesn't blow up. The only time I would say you would really need to force it in is if there is an emergency and you need 1st to decelerate with no other choice available to you.
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12-06-2001, 12:37 PM
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A basic racing downshifting technique that is coupled with braking. In a racing
car you must double-declutch because there are almost usually not synchros in the tranny. As for street cars, it is easier on the gearbox and internals to double declutch...