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Re: Blips throttle twice for downshifts
On Mon, 24 Apr 1995, Steven Buchholz wrote:
> > > 2) while still in neutral engage the clutch and blip...I guess this gets all
> > > the gears in the xmission spining at about the same speed.
> >
> > If you blip the throttle with the clutch engaged.... the input shaft of
> > the tranny isnt moving, therefore NOT spinning up the gears, Clutch
> > shoule be DISengaged and in nuetral. In the gate, between the two gears
> > typically...
> >
> If the clutch is engaged the transmission input shaft IS turning at exactly
> the same speed as the engine whether the transmission is in gear or neutral
> [unless the clutch is slipping]. The original post is correct ... you want
> the input shaft of the tranny to be spinning about the appropriate speed for
> the gear that you're shifting into. You have to be careful to disengage the
> clutch while the engine revs are up ... or else the transmission input shaft
> slows down with the engine.
>
Yup, now I see the differences on our viewpoints. We are actually both
right, but I was looking at the clutch as a pedal... engaging the pedal
disengages the clutch disk... etc...
A semantics thing I guess. :)
Bob
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