I just used the "syncro-match"

Xander117 · 03-31-2011, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by haggomyeggo

also i have heard (not saying it is true) but if you leave a manual car in gear and let it coast with your foot off the gas the engine does not use any gas. This doesnt seem completely logical but it probably uses slightly less than putting the car in N and coasting up to a stop. Safer to if you need to use power to avoid an accident or something

drove 94k on a stock clutch in a 350z never a problem.
so not sure what you mean about "hope your clutch lasts".......

Ive always engine breaked, and never had any clutch problems.

esfourteen · 03-31-2011, 04:08 PM

It's pretty simple, if you are downshifting without rev matching, you are slipping your clutch and causing driveline shock, and yes this will result significant engine braking.

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Originally Posted by haggomyeggo

im not really trying to match the revs. You would do the same thing in a large truck to slow it down without overwhelming the brakes. i just go from 4th to 3rd and let the clutch out smoothly, not giving it any gas and it slows the car down smoothly and i dont have to sit there riding the clutch. its called engine braking in driving a big truck. or at least thats what they called it when i got my CDL.

also i have heard (not saying it is true) but if you leave a manual car in gear and let it coast with your foot off the gas the engine does not use any gas. This doesnt seem completely logical but it probably uses slightly less than putting the car in N and coasting up to a stop. Safer to if you need to use power to avoid an accident or something

drove 94k on a stock clutch in a 350z never a problem.
so not sure what you mean about "hope your clutch lasts".......

Armonster · 03-31-2011, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by haggomyeggo

i just go from 4th to 3rd and let the clutch out smoothly, not giving it any gas and it slows the car down smoothly and i dont have to sit there riding the clutch. its called engine braking in driving a big truck. or at least thats what they called it when i got my CDL.

I don't think this is what people mean when they say "engine braking." Typically, engine braking happens whenever you are in gear and not touching the gas. Put it in first and gun it to about 6000 rpm, then let off the gas completely. You will feel the engine braking without downshifting as you described.

See for yourself: Engine braking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Originally Posted by USMCASA

it still engine breaks brakes, just from a higher(proper)rev for a lower gear

Sorry, couldn't resist.

cossie1600 · 03-31-2011, 03:35 PM

you mean the stupid gas gauge actually works?

haggomyeggo · 03-31-2011, 03:39 PM

it works, i didnt say it worked well.....

i do prefer a regular guage but i think they wanted to get all that stuff on that little screen. why they couldnt include a digital speedo like the 350 who knows. i kinda liked having that sometimes.

i loved the s2000 digital dash, it was cool on a honda but other cars not so much but the lights for the gas everytime one goes out its just a little depressing....

cossie1600 · 03-31-2011, 03:42 PM

its more depressing when i have to pay 3.98 per gallon.....

haggomyeggo · 03-31-2011, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by cossie1600

its more depressing when i have to pay 3.98 per gallon.....

thats about what it is in IL for premium 93. Little cheaper in MO so i just fill up whenever im over there.

cossie1600 · 03-31-2011, 03:56 PM

you double clutch, problem solved.....

yes cars dont use much gas when you are coasting or deccel

haggomyeggo · 03-31-2011, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by cossie1600

you double clutch, problem solved.....

yes cars dont use much gas when you are coasting or deccel

well yes then i do....
just how i was taught. I was driving a grain truck for my g-dad when i was 17 so i learned pretty early.

didnt get my first manual car till i was 19. No complaints on the 370tranny. I thought the 350 was a bit crude but that was comparing it to my buddies s2k
those transmissions are smooth as butter

haggomyeggo · 03-31-2011, 04:10 PM

yeah that guy must have burnt a clutch or something.

i was impressed the 350 stock clutch lasted 95k really. ran a couple of cone courses. never really beat on it hard but still i had heard some people have killed their 350 clutches in like 20k or something.

freakin kids........

USMCASA · 03-31-2011, 04:14 PM

$68 for a tank of gas makes my Z sad

shadoquad · 03-31-2011, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by USMCASA

$68 for a tank of gas makes my Z sad

cossie1600 · 03-31-2011, 04:22 PM

gas is getting so expensive that i just drive the prius

USMCASA · 03-31-2011, 09:12 PM

i've been to iraq for a year and didn't find anything... why are we in libya? yay flying to nebraska for a weeks vacation to no where

Jordo! · 03-31-2011, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by USMCASA

i've been to iraq for a year and didn't find anything... why are we in libya? yay flying to nebraska for a weeks vacation to no where

Honestly, probably to avoid the potential negative backlash of another Rwanda situation...

Glad you are safe in Nebraska instead of in Iraq.

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cossie1600 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: californee way Posts: 5,380 Drives: 370, Leaf Rep Power: 31	you mean the stupid gas gauge actually works?

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haggomyeggo A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: IL Posts: 1,723 Drives: Steves old cars Rep Power: 19	it works, i didnt say it worked well..... i do prefer a regular guage but i think they wanted to get all that stuff on that little screen. why they couldnt include a digital speedo like the 350 who knows. i kinda liked having that sometimes. i loved the s2000 digital dash, it was cool on a honda but other cars not so much but the lights for the gas everytime one goes out its just a little depressing....

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cossie1600 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: californee way Posts: 5,380 Drives: 370, Leaf Rep Power: 31	its more depressing when i have to pay 3.98 per gallon.....

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cossie1600 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: californee way Posts: 5,380 Drives: 370, Leaf Rep Power: 31	you double clutch, problem solved..... yes cars dont use much gas when you are coasting or deccel

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haggomyeggo A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: IL Posts: 1,723 Drives: Steves old cars Rep Power: 19	yeah that guy must have burnt a clutch or something. i was impressed the 350 stock clutch lasted 95k really. ran a couple of cone courses. never really beat on it hard but still i had heard some people have killed their 350 clutches in like 20k or something. freakin kids........

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