Shifting 1st to 2nd

kenchan

your 1st gear engagement from standstill has a lot of influence of how much more or less control you need between the 1-2 shift.

engage 1st from about 1.8-2k rpm. that makes the car wind up smoother in 1st so it's easier to level off the throttle to prepare for 2nd gear. clutch-in, slightly apply gas to keep the flywheel in the positive momentum and engage clutch gently. there should be no slip into 2nd gear. good luck.

Jeffblue

you engage your clutch for 1st gear at 1.8-2k? aren't you burning your clutch doing that? I engage around 1k 1.5 tops in normal driving. I specifically try and avoid reving above 1.5k from a stand still in normal driving. am i wrong?

nicknick

No you're not wrong. 1.8 to 2k is high and will prematurely wear out the clutch.

kenchan

That's the rpm when I have the clutch all the way in. Then the rpm drops as the car picksup momentum. So the full engagement point is lower but not by much.

Engaging into 1st is not a competition of how low you can go. Heck I can engage 1st with zero throttle input and still get the car to go, but depending on traffic and how quickly i want to accelerate, the rpm will vary. On my G I usually engage 1.5K range and its fine, but on the z, I engage much higher. Give it a shot.

And no, unless you're riding the clutch (dragging the engagement for a long duration like 5seconds) its not going to burn it out. A lot of newbs worry about this but it actually takes quite a bit to burn out a clutch.