Shifting down into 1st problem...

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Originally Posted by Setanta

Double clutching is entirely unnecessary on the streets. That's why you have synchros. Push the clutch in, pop it in gear and release the clutch is all you have to do.

On the track, heel and toe IS part of effective gear-changing and part of the double-clutch process but TBH, I only double clutch on the track on corners that involve huge rev-matches.

I'd suggest watching the super-taxi (falcodore) series of motorsport, they always do footwell footage of double-clutching (arguably more interesting than the race itself) and you can even see them shift without using the clutch on occasion (entirely doable but not recommended in your daily driver if you want to preserve your gearbox - borrow a friend's car to practice :D ).

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uhh, you can shift without using the clutch and doing minimal damage, you just have to match the revs to perfection.
i think the best heel toe footage would be when keiichi tsuchiya clocks in the new record at tsukuba in the nsx. i think he did like 3 smooth-as heel-toes in 0.5 seconds.
on the track, heel toe is better because it minimises the jolt to the drivetrain, which reduces the amount of traction lost and controls the weight shifting more smoothly.

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Originally Posted by 1996ek1

Ahh good. No more shifting to 1st before stops :thumbsup:
And it got me thinking about my downshifts (this thread). Do most of you heel toe, or double clutch down the gears? (im still relatively new to driving, don't know it all)

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Revmatch when downshifting. You only heel-toe if you need to brake and downshift at the same time just before entering a corner. The only time I double clutch is when I want to get into 1st when moving or when I want to shift from 6th to 2nd straight away for quick acceleration.

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Originally Posted by SeverAMV

uhh, you can shift without using the clutch and doing minimal damage, you just have to match the revs to perfection.

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Thank you for restating exactly what I originally said.

Does anyone actually read for comprehension anymore?

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1st reply made the most sense , this thread if not forum is a bunch of repeated mess.

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