I think I'm Shifting Wrong

R0bDC

Does the Gear lock if you dont shift fast enough?

While I was driving today I was shifting to second, and I swear I felt as if it was locking. Then I started shifting Faster and it felt smoother So back to my question.

If you shift fast, Does that make it smoother? and If you shift slower does that make it seem stiffer?

Now thinking back I never shifted fast, but now Im going to start. It feels a lot better.

Haboob

Maybe you just let the clutch out before you put it into gear?

I've done that a few times thinking, "Wtf?" then realized what I did.

R0bDC

Sometimes I do try and shift really fast and I do start letting go of the clutch before I fully shift to a gear.

LOL I dont do that anymore, I fix that issue.

alcheng

Shifting from 1st to 2nd is a bit 'rough' than the rest, but you don't need to shift lightning-fast to make it smooth.

Smooth shifting is about the whole action from clutch-in/releasing gas then shift then gas-in/clutch-off.

Also, make sure you press the clutch enough thus the shifter is 'free'

R0bDC

Yea, but I feel like when I accelerate on first gear then press the clutch wait for 5 seconds because im going with the momentun and then I tried to shift to second it feel stiff.

But If I shift to second fast it feels a lot smoother.

kenchan

5 sec is much too long. even at wot i only pause for the fly wheel to spin down into 2nd gear range for the smooth wot engagement.

JARblue

Please don't mention wot in the presence of this guy

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kenchan

R0bDC

Whats Wot? hahahaha

Let me give you a quick Scenario.

Im driving down a 40mph zone straight line. Im on 4th gear. I Press the clutch all the way, Im still going at a decent pace with the momentum........5 seconds later when the car has slowed down to 35MPH I try to shift to keep going

Is that bad for the car? Should I not do that?

alcheng

why would you hold the clutch for 5 secs??

Shouldn't you shift the gear right after you clutch-in...

JARblue

WOT is nothing that you need to concern yourself with at this time

Don't pay as much attention to your speed as your RPMs. In your scenario, are you downshifting to 3rd? If you are, you will need to give a little bit of gas in preparation for the shift - your RPMs in 4th should be about 2500 I think, so in the middle of your shift (while in neutral) give enough gas to raise the RPMs to around 3000 and then finish the shift. You shouldn't slow down 5 mph during a shift... and it definitely shouldn't take 5 secs...

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alcheng

5 secs?

Press the clutch a bit deeper and pull the shifter from 1st to 2nd smoothly.

You should be able to complete the whole shifting in no rush within 2 secs.