5th gear "crunching" with shift

jay4500 · 01-23-2012, 12:09 AM

whats the benefit or purpose of shifting from 3th straight to 5th or 2nd straight to 5th gear. I can see skipping gears on a down shift but cannot understand skipping on up shifts.

ZOperaMan · 01-25-2012, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jay4500

whats the benefit or purpose of shifting from 3th straight to 5th or 2nd straight to 5th gear. I can see skipping gears on a down shift but cannot understand skipping on up shifts.

No competitive benefit - the occasion where I did this was a brisk romp for the first two gears, then noticing that I was well in excess of the speed limit in second, so I let way off the throttle and tried to find 5th for a cruise gear. Only found the grind.

--ZOM

01-23-2012, 12:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
jay4500 Base Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: HOUSTON Posts: 47 Drives: 2011 nissan 370z sp Rep Power: 16	jay whats the benefit or purpose of shifting from 3th straight to 5th or 2nd straight to 5th gear. I can see skipping gears on a down shift but cannot understand skipping on up shifts.

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