Shifting points?

victorofhavoc

just an fyi to anyone that might be looking around at this thread.

last night I went to play around with what would make the smoothest shift from 1st to 2nd and I discovered if you start pulling the shifter as you begin pressing the clutch (so you disengage before the clutch fully disengages) then you shift into 2nd as you release the clutch and give gas a little earlier you'll get a perfectly smooth shift as if it's an auto. If done correctly this will all be one single smooth motion and you'll have a smoother shift than most automatic transmissions.

the real key is to slip the clutch for a little longer than you would in other types of MT cars.

oh, and I've found the smoothest city driving shifts (besides just not using gas at all and idling all the way to 6th) is around the 2200 to 2500 range...

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