Powershifting?
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Joined: May 2004
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From: IL
RE: Powershifting?
ORIGINAL: blackbetty01
Sorry, I was agreeing with you, and then answering his question if it was possible in auto's.
I've always heard it is REALLY bad and unneccessary to powershift 1-2, but it Really helps if you powershift 2-3, and 3-4. I don't powershift, but I haven't been to the track yet. When I go to the track I plan on powershifting.
ORIGINAL: FoxRod
Never said it was possible in an auto.
Never said it was possible in an auto.
I've always heard it is REALLY bad and unneccessary to powershift 1-2, but it Really helps if you powershift 2-3, and 3-4. I don't powershift, but I haven't been to the track yet. When I go to the track I plan on powershifting.
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Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 72
RE: Powershifting?
If you can afford to have your transmission repaired from time to time, go for it!
But me, I've never powershifted my car! I have my own method and I can shift very quickly without needing to powershift. My times in stock Mustang GT's have always exceeded published tests and have equalled or exceeded any stock time I've heard for those cars, period, so I seriously doubt I'm missing any significant performance edge by not shifting under full throttle. I love to run my Mustang hard, but I think powershifting is unnecessary for good E.T.s and is too hard on the drivetrain (no matter how fun it might be![8D]).
But me, I've never powershifted my car! I have my own method and I can shift very quickly without needing to powershift. My times in stock Mustang GT's have always exceeded published tests and have equalled or exceeded any stock time I've heard for those cars, period, so I seriously doubt I'm missing any significant performance edge by not shifting under full throttle. I love to run my Mustang hard, but I think powershifting is unnecessary for good E.T.s and is too hard on the drivetrain (no matter how fun it might be![8D]).
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Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 3,062
From: Pittsburgh/Dayton
RE: Powershifting?
ORIGINAL: Bullitthead
If you can afford to have your transmission repaired from time to time, go for it! But me, I've never powershifted my car! I have my own method and I can shift very quickly without needing to powershift. My times in stock Mustang GT's have always exceeded published tests and have equalled or exceeded any stock time I've heard for those cars, period, so I seriously doubt I'm missing any significant performance edge by not shifting under full throttle. I love to run my Mustang hard, but I think powershifting is unnecessary for good E.T.s and is too hard on the drivetrain (no matter how fun it might be![8D]).
If you can afford to have your transmission repaired from time to time, go for it!
But me, I've never powershifted my car! I have my own method and I can shift very quickly without needing to powershift. My times in stock Mustang GT's have always exceeded published tests and have equalled or exceeded any stock time I've heard for those cars, period, so I seriously doubt I'm missing any significant performance edge by not shifting under full throttle. I love to run my Mustang hard, but I think powershifting is unnecessary for good E.T.s and is too hard on the drivetrain (no matter how fun it might be![8D]).
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Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 7,907
From: Eskimo Village, Indiana *No Igloo*
RE: Powershifting?
ORIGINAL: nanaki
buy a short throw. you have to actually TRY to miss third with one of those.
ORIGINAL: 72MachOne99GT
if only i could shift better 1-2, 2-3 and then 3-4 i'd be doing alright
if only i could shift better 1-2, 2-3 and then 3-4 i'd be doing alright
im just too afraid to completely powershift because im not fast enough yet,,,
my 1-2 is terrible, but honest, my 2-3 and 3-4 arent that bad..
1-2 is too notchy and rough in my car so im afraid im gonna grind the F out of it
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Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,925
From: Zimbabwe
RE: Powershifting?
ORIGINAL: mustangman02232
1-2-D
ORIGINAL: blackbetty01
Really hard on the transmission, and impossible in an auto.
ORIGINAL: FoxRod
Well I always considered powershifting to be when your driving a manuel and you don't let of the gas to switch gears. Just kinda a quick ,as fast as you can, shift so you don't have any lapse in acceleration. I personally don't like it. If you mis-shift your F'd.
Well I always considered powershifting to be when your driving a manuel and you don't let of the gas to switch gears. Just kinda a quick ,as fast as you can, shift so you don't have any lapse in acceleration. I personally don't like it. If you mis-shift your F'd.
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,681
From: Roanoke, VA
RE: Powershifting?
ORIGINAL: mustangman02232
1-2-D
ORIGINAL: blackbetty01
Really hard on the transmission, and impossible in an auto.
ORIGINAL: FoxRod
Well I always considered powershifting to be when your driving a manuel and you don't let of the gas to switch gears. Just kinda a quick ,as fast as you can, shift so you don't have any lapse in acceleration. I personally don't like it. If you mis-shift your F'd.
Well I always considered powershifting to be when your driving a manuel and you don't let of the gas to switch gears. Just kinda a quick ,as fast as you can, shift so you don't have any lapse in acceleration. I personally don't like it. If you mis-shift your F'd.
I powershift occasionaly, but i dont like doing it....it is sooooo hard to keep traction, if i power shift 1-2 i literaly go sideways, and if it do it 2-3 i can easily sherp and leave black mark a 3-4 it just grabs and goes, very rarly does it spin there...
My only problem is my arm and shifter are quicker than my leg/foot and my clutch...when i go 1-2 i dont have a problem but 2-3 it grinds sometimes...it goes into gear....but it jsut makes a grinding noise, so i dont like it....
