sliek0722

Instead of moving the lever into neutral when double clutching can't I just push the clutch in, rev the RPMS up and then let off? I mean when you push the clutch in you're in neutral anyway so why the need to move the lever? Will doing that have any adverse affects on my tranny?

jahudso2

Moving the shifter into neutral disconnects the gears from the drive shaft. Pushing in the clutch disconnects the engine from the transmission. If you are just downshifting then you can "skip a step" and rev match, just try to make sure you are properly matching your engine speed to output speed so that it is a smooth transition. If you want to get a little more tricky, you can try rev matching while braking which is the heel toe procedure.

CataclysmGT

You can, but its going to cause clutch wear. When you blip the throttle with the clutch in, the flywheel is going to speed up, but your tranny wont. When you let the clutch out, the clutch & tranny are going to have to speed up instantly to match the engine.

sliek0722

It's just that it's impossible for me to double clutch smoothly because by the time I put it in neutral, rev it up, then push the clutch in and shift to the gear, the RPMS have dropped and the engine does the lag motion. It's almost like I have to rev it 1k over the RPMs I want if I do it the proper way.

Goldenpony

Why are you double clutching? This procedure is used when shifting un-syncronized transmissions.

Crazy Horse08

I think Golden Pony has a point there. At least that was what I have always understood. Unless you have alot of practice at it, you will actually shift slower, and get no type of gain.

Black GT

+1

Our trannys have synchros.

06VistaBlueGT

The shortcut would be to not double clutch. Push the clutch in, put the shifter into whatever gear you want, release the clutch while rev matching. This becomes second nature after a while.

sliek0722

I'm double clutching because I think my 2nd gear syncro is shot. No more warranty either.

ajaibr

Skip 2nd