Downshifting to 2nd or 1st while moving (technique)

Nick911sc · 03-22-2012, 01:38 PM

There's no need to be shifting into first while the car is in motion. 2nd gear can handle pretty low speeds. If you're going 10-15 MPH coming to a stop you should be in second gear. It almost sounds like you are dis engaging the clutch too soon if you're out of gear rolling at 15 mph...If I understand correctly you're approaching a yield sign, so why are you disengaging the clutch? Keep going forward and then go about your business. But otherwise if you've disengaged the clutch you'll need to revmatch in order to stop the car from bogging down.

Pelican170 · 03-22-2012, 01:51 PM

You should never really be shifting into 1st. The only time i do it is if in literally rolling to a stop sign or in a parking lot... rolling. The rest can be done in 2nd gear... and 35 mph in 4th??? damn lol, 4th does like 110 mph in these cars...

ZMan8 · 03-22-2012, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Pelican170

You should never really be shifting into 1st. The only time i do it is if in literally rolling to a stop sign or in a parking lot... rolling. The rest can be done in 2nd gear... and 35 mph in 4th??? damn lol, 4th does like 110 mph in these cars...

I keep it in fourth sometimes while cruising 35 mph. It's better on gas that way.

Pelican170 · 03-22-2012, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ZMan8

I keep it in fourth sometimes while cruising 35 mph. It's better on gas that way.

I guess but I just think thats way too slow for 4th...

Vaughanabe13 · 03-22-2012, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick911sc

There's no need to be shifting into first while the car is in motion. 2nd gear can handle pretty low speeds. If you're going 10-15 MPH coming to a stop you should be in second gear. It almost sounds like you are dis engaging the clutch too soon if you're out of gear rolling at 15 mph...If I understand correctly you're approaching a yield sign, so why are you disengaging the clutch? Keep going forward and then go about your business. But otherwise if you've disengaged the clutch you'll need to revmatch in order to stop the car from bogging down.

I just used the yield sign thing as an example of a time where I think I am going to stop but then it turns out that I need to keep going. Perhaps I anticipate too much and take the car out of gear too soon so that's definitely something to work on. But my question is more about what to do once I'm already in that situation.

Nick911sc · 03-22-2012, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Vaughanabe13

I just used the yield sign thing as an example of a time where I think I am going to stop but then it turns out that I need to keep going. Perhaps I anticipate too much and take the car out of gear too soon so that's definitely something to work on. But my question is more about what to do once I'm already in that situation.

SynchroRev should match the revs for you going back into gear. If not depending on your speed, blip the throttle and put it back into gear... But if you do it incorretly or at a high speed make sure you have VDC on to cut the throttle or else you're going to clutch kick into oncoming traffic or something lol

Practice Practice Practice

Vaughanabe13 · 03-22-2012, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick911sc

SynchroRev should match the revs for you going back into gear. If not depending on your speed, blip the throttle and put it back into gear... But if you do it incorretly or at a high speed make sure you have VDC on to cut the throttle or else you're going to clutch kick into oncoming traffic or something lol

Practice Practice Practice

It seems like SRM doesn't rev up enough by itself so I'll have to blip it more.

03-22-2012, 01:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
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03-22-2012, 01:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nick911sc A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 1,698 Drives: 2010 Nissan GT-R Rep Power: 22	There's no need to be shifting into first while the car is in motion. 2nd gear can handle pretty low speeds. If you're going 10-15 MPH coming to a stop you should be in second gear. It almost sounds like you are dis engaging the clutch too soon if you're out of gear rolling at 15 mph...If I understand correctly you're approaching a yield sign, so why are you disengaging the clutch? Keep going forward and then go about your business. But otherwise if you've disengaged the clutch you'll need to revmatch in order to stop the car from bogging down.