clutchless shifting
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From: the corner of walk and dont walk
Re: clutchless shifting (TealBlueEyes)
. Then there's the ever so interesting question of how you get it started again if you ever have to stop! .
Just ease it into neutral and coast/apply brake to stop. Shut engine off, put trans into 1st gear, star car. It will slowly roll while cranking and start! Then you just procede to drive on.
Don't you have a clutch-starter disable switch? That will nullify this nifty method of starting off. I guess it can always be disabled though.
Jim
Just ease it into neutral and coast/apply brake to stop. Shut engine off, put trans into 1st gear, star car. It will slowly roll while cranking and start! Then you just procede to drive on.
Don't you have a clutch-starter disable switch? That will nullify this nifty method of starting off. I guess it can always be disabled though.
Jim
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From: Manhattan
Re: clutchless shifting (GlockLT4)
it really is easy on my early ZF6. my master has a leak i've yet to fix, so everyonce in a while, i'll get a real spngy pedal. i can still use the clutch, but when it does that i save it for starting only, till i get home and fill it.
if you match revs, it'll just slide into place, if you don't, you can feel the teeth of the gears grinding when you try to put it into gear. if you're gental, just stop, don't force it.
i've gotten pretty efficient at it and can downshift now as well. i haven't found shifts to be any quicker whith out the clutch than with it, also i haven't made shifts at redline, yet, just 3/4 throttle to ~4000rpm
if you match revs, it'll just slide into place, if you don't, you can feel the teeth of the gears grinding when you try to put it into gear. if you're gental, just stop, don't force it.
i've gotten pretty efficient at it and can downshift now as well. i haven't found shifts to be any quicker whith out the clutch than with it, also i haven't made shifts at redline, yet, just 3/4 throttle to ~4000rpm
