Yeah, similar to cooked brake pads - it's the copper and ceramic bits of the clutch that smell so bad when mixed together.

I can picture the scene will filled with blue-smokes :eekdance:

Smoked Zalmon anyone??? :ugh2:

I have been reading a lot of peoples posts saying that the SRM (Syncro Rev Matching) blips the throttle on up shifts. But it is my my understanding even from before I bought my Z34 and was looking into them, that the SRM is actually only on the down shifts. While driving the car I only notice the down shifts being affected. Then with it off I obviously notice no blip on downshifts.

Any way on topic. My bad habit for my Z's which have all been MT. Is I always tend to rev 2nd, 3rd and some times 4th pretty high before I shift, I just love hearing the car roar. Before I know it I'm going to fast......lol. :driving:

Mike SRM will hold rev on up shifts. Its less noticeable since lower rpm on higher gear but without engaging clutch, hold in higher gear gate entry and let car coast. It will maintain rev. :)

Interesting........ Now if only it was spring do I had my Z out to go at around with!!!:shakes head:

For those that say it's bad to put it in neutral and coast to a stop sign. Isn't it just as bad to have to downshift at every stop sign?

Here's my take on this...

A) When you're in gear but off the gas & decelerating, the fuel injectors supposedly close - so you're not using any gas. Coasting in neutral, you're still using gas to keep the engine running. At least, that's what I've always heard with modern engines.

B) Safety. The "real" reason. If you're coasting in neutral, you've lost the ability to quickly accelerate. Of course, hit the clutch, put it in gear, and take-off. But you would need a second or two to do this, and this could be the difference between an accident and just a close call. Put another way, by coasting in neutral, you're needlessly removing an option from your available escape routes should a situation arise.

To be honest, I don't see what extra information this would give you.

The stall-out third gear test isn't really needed to start with(you should be able to tell), but being able to start in third gear by slipping the clutch...that will happen whether your clutch is slipping already or not.

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Raise your hand if you learned something new in this thread? :hello:
I've been driving MT for 14 :shakes head:

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I parked with first gear today. Hope I don't forget that next time I start it up