Strange acceleration issue - any ideas before I go to the dealership?

houkouonchi

I don't think this is true if 1) you use synchro rev match or 2) you are good at bliping the throttle when downshifting for engine breaking.


Some drivers will not give gas and down shift and let out the clutch slower than usual (which also usually slows the car down more/faster than blipping/synchro rev-match) but if you weren't doing it that way I wouldn't expect you to have more wear on your clutch if you down shift more often and just let the car de-accelerate rather than break.

I sometimes will rather downshift and have the rpm's up to 4500 or 5000 so the car lowers in speed quicker rather than ride my breaks.

houkouonchi

And just to add my dad's 350z Had 120k miles on it when the engine finally died. He is still on his original clutch and he does engine breaking all the time (like I do) and they said his clutch was in good condition when they replaced the engine.

His engine; however, always burned oil and they commented on how dirty the oil was so likely his engine has always had a problem with it.