i've been kinda MIA buuut:
I'm sure you've all had those "bad" driving days where you couldnt get your shifts smooth eh? Had one new years eve, im guessing the stress of so many things to do sorta threw me off. Anyone share the same? Shifts today were generally all smoother. MUCH better than the other day.
1->2 is much smoother than before.. Practice FTW!! Occasional jumpiness. Thinking about it TOO much gives weird shifts. Just doing it well works. Weird.
I've been daring enough to try some downshifts. Such a nice feeling when the car doesnt jerk... Feels like the greatest accomplishment in your life
I figure I'd ask, over revs are obviously better (Done my share of searching
) but whats the overall wear and tear for being ~1000-1500 RPMS over the target? Any more worse than jerky 1-2 shifts?
Another small technical question. I've been doing
1) Off gas
2) Clutch in
3) Stab trottle
4) clutch out (catching it at the proper RPMs takes practice i know)
5) on gas once clutch is fully out
OR should 4 and 5 be together as I would for a upshift? (On gas as I release the clutch)
As for my driveway, well a picture is worth a million words
Anyway my cars nose is pretty low (or the angle of the gutter and incline is so steep) so I have to approach the first incline pretty slow, almost to a stop to avoid scraping and damage. There is enough momentum to put the front wheels near the top of the first incline but at that point im going so slow that i'll stall if I dont clutch in. At this point (front wheels near top of incline) I handbrake, rev up to ~1500 and clutch out and release the hand brake. Theres a brick divider right in front of the final parking space so letting the clutch out fully would likely move me too fast. So what I do is while moving up quite quickly is to clutch in and brake. Then repeat the hand brake thing again. The parking spot is about ~22' but due to other other cars having to get around my car, I have to get close as possible.
The only thing that worries me a bit is slipping the clutch too much. I'm pretty much keeping a steady ~1500 rpms and releasing the clutch as needed to inch forward properly, sometimes upto 2.2k if I find myself concentrating on not hitting the wall and take my eyes off the tach. I've yet to smell anything bad (i've heard that when you smell burned clutch, you'll KNOW it). Am I just a
little too paranoid? (whole thing takes about 25 seconds at most, but figure I'd ask)
Thanks