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ttheisen93 · 04-27-2006, 12:10 AM

1. Use the clutch. No, really. Power shifting is great for a drag mustang, but not so hot for anything else. You're taking chances on killing your transmission by not using the clutch.
2. Rev matching is easier on your transmission than not rev matching, since you're smoothly moving into gears rather than having the wheels lurch your transmission and engine up to speed.
3. Double clutching along with rev matching is easier on your transmission because it doesn't require your synchros to do any work at all. You can feel this when you do it perfectly, because the stick almost seems to get pulled into the gear you're downshifting to.
4. Heel toe is a way to double clutch and rev match while braking for a turn. It involves braking with one part of your foot while blipping the throttle for the rev match/double clutch. This car seems to work best with my heel on the gas and my toe on the brake, but results may vary.
5. This car is kinda hard to blip for two reasons, one - the pedals are too small and far apart, two - it either has a heavy flywheel or its the way the throttle is mapped, because a blip on the throttle has a lot of lag before it actually happens.
6. Double clutch/heel-toe/rev match are essential for race driving for a couple of reasons: one - because if you're doing a corner at 10/10ths and you let the clutch out without rev matching, you're going to unload the rear tires and lose traction in the back, resulting in you backwards in the grass, two - some racing gearboxes are straight cut gears with no synchos, which are tremendously strong, but require double clutching to get the car in a lower gear.
7. A perfect 10/10ths corner done with rev matching/heel-toe/double clutch feels as good as sex.
8. To do it - brake with one part of your right foot, while pushing in the clutch with your left, put the transmission in neutral, let the clutch out, blip the throttle to the perfect revs with the other part of your right foot (your transmission is now at the right speed), put the clutch in and engage a gear (it should almost pull itself into the detent, you'll feel none of the normal resistance), let the clutch out, noticing the car didn't lurch at all either forwards or backwards, dial out steering and start leaning on the throttle.

Hope this helps!

04-27-2006, 12:10 AM	#28 (permalink)
ttheisen93 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: No Cal Age: 41 Posts: 103 iTrader: 0 / 0%	1. Use the clutch. No, really. Power shifting is great for a drag mustang, but not so hot for anything else. You're taking chances on killing your transmission by not using the clutch. 2. Rev matching is easier on your transmission than not rev matching, since you're smoothly moving into gears rather than having the wheels lurch your transmission and engine up to speed. 3. Double clutching along with rev matching is easier on your transmission because it doesn't require your synchros to do any work at all. You can feel this when you do it perfectly, because the stick almost seems to get pulled into the gear you're downshifting to. 4. Heel toe is a way to double clutch and rev match while braking for a turn. It involves braking with one part of your foot while blipping the throttle for the rev match/double clutch. This car seems to work best with my heel on the gas and my toe on the brake, but results may vary. 5. This car is kinda hard to blip for two reasons, one - the pedals are too small and far apart, two - it either has a heavy flywheel or its the way the throttle is mapped, because a blip on the throttle has a lot of lag before it actually happens. 6. Double clutch/heel-toe/rev match are essential for race driving for a couple of reasons: one - because if you're doing a corner at 10/10ths and you let the clutch out without rev matching, you're going to unload the rear tires and lose traction in the back, resulting in you backwards in the grass, two - some racing gearboxes are straight cut gears with no synchos, which are tremendously strong, but require double clutching to get the car in a lower gear. 7. A perfect 10/10ths corner done with rev matching/heel-toe/double clutch feels as good as sex. 8. To do it - brake with one part of your right foot, while pushing in the clutch with your left, put the transmission in neutral, let the clutch out, blip the throttle to the perfect revs with the other part of your right foot (your transmission is now at the right speed), put the clutch in and engage a gear (it should almost pull itself into the detent, you'll feel none of the normal resistance), let the clutch out, noticing the car didn't lurch at all either forwards or backwards, dial out steering and start leaning on the throttle. Hope this helps!