i was practicing the clutch kick yesterday and i wasn't revving too high at all, but when the clutch came back, the car made a loud pop or more like a bang under the middle of the car...i'm thinking it was the diff? car drives fine, but i was just wondering what the heck that was and what id id wrong?

 

Hold on here. What do you mean by Clutch Kick. I have never heard of this term before.

If you did what I think you did that was your car ***** slapping you for being an idiot.

[not trying to be rude here but you make it seem like a clutch kick is droping your clutch really hard. again I have never heard this term before so please explain.)

 

People shouldn't believe in Fast and Furious techniques. Especially when you have a car without a bulletproof drivetrain. Don't destroy your car. Using "tricks" with your clutch means using it other ways than intended and that always ends in breakage.

 

I love people who watch that movie who misunderstand things. Like 5 people asked me to teach them how to double clutch so they could drive faster. This is when I laugh and ask who's Truck are you planning to drive. Humm lets see whats faster pushing in the clutch twice or once.

 

clutch kick = keep foot on gas, push in clutch all the way and release.

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Oh okay thats what I thought. Never heard it called that. I give your clutch and drive train another 5-10 thousand kilometers with that kind of driving.

 

my EVO makes that sound when i'm driving my car hard at the track.. it's more like a hard clunking sound than a bang. So far i don't have any problems.. but then again, i don't leave my foot on the gas while pushing in the clutch/shifting so who knows?

 

If I read that definition correctly, clutch kick is actually a common technique used by low horsepower race cars to get some extra power in the low RPM band. When you are in a low power range, the car can not accelerate as fast as you would like it to when coming out of a corner, so you clutch in to rev the RPMs up, then let the clutch out to transfer that power to the wheels. I use it from time to time in my Lancer, and it does wonders in tight autocross corners and after correcting stupid driving mistakes (like early apexing).

As for you, it looks like you let the clutch out too quickly. You're supposed to slip the clutch slightly to let the RPMs catch the wheels. Also, I don't think the Evo qualifies as a low horsepower car.

 

yeah. i don't consider it a necessary thing in order to gain speed. this technique was more in relation to my question in another thread about hairpin turns. from what i read in that thread, clutch kicking is the best way to upset rear traction to swing the rear around in a tight turn. that was why i was practicing it.

 

Actually, from everything I've heard from people who race WRXs and Evos, the best way is to learn throttle induced oversteer. The tricky part with an AWD car is that you need the right alignment to make that possible. Also, look into trail braking, it's great for hairpins.

 

If you do this you will wear out the clutch but more likely break it or something in the other parts of the drivetrain. Also, this will also just break the front wheels loose too in an AWD car and be pointless. You should just get off (not all the way) and back on the gas and use centr. force to induce oversteer. Throw the balance around.

 

Thats Called Speed Shifting

 

I thought speed shifting is when you shift into a higher gear without taking your foot off the gas. Clutch kick doesn't actually require you to change gears.

 

Yes, speed shifting (power shifting) is when you keep on the gas during an up shift. It really ****s your car up after doing it a lot though and you can really destroy the engine if you have no rev limiter. Double clutching is something taht was invented way back when syncros weren't around. It was used when downshifting. You would push the clutch in, shift into neutral, let off the clutch and push the gas up to a desired rpm, then when you put the clutch back in and shift into gear it will be a smooth shift. It saves on the clutch and the tranny but most of all the tranny. Its a lot easier to just push in the cluth while downshifting and revving it up with the clutch in and shifting into gear. I have been doing that for the last 5000 miles cause i was stupid and didn't know what i was doing when i first got my car and thought it would be cool to drop the clutch everyday leaving school for like a month. Does wonders on working on a really bad clutch but now its to the point of slipping so i ordered a new one about 3 days ago.

 

wat he is talking about is double clutching...in my opinion is helpful...but most likely bad for the car....but if its wat i think it is...its while under acceleration pushing the clutch in real quick..raisign the rpms and the boost then letting off...i guess thats where the "kick" comes from....it can be helpful during turbo lag....since it raises the boost real quick...