Shifting without pushing the clutch?

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Nov 19, 2006 | 01:09 PM

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blackblaze427

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its 100% perfectly fine for it if you know how to do it. the only time you need to use the clutch is when your taking off, you can downshift without using the clutch as well, ive been doing it all my life with all my cars and i got 150k out of a clutch on one of my neons

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Nov 20, 2006 | 09:56 AM

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tuffguy

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Originally Posted by search90020

btw, isn't this technique called power shifting?

Nope, as Turbotoyzz said, powershifting is when you shift w/o taking your foot off the gas pedal. Bad for pretty much every single component of the drivetrain.

Nov 20, 2006 | 10:44 AM

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al dopa

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Back when I was still building Rods and Musclecars, we used to call it "Powershifting." Not new, but easy to do wrong. I've seen Top Loaders and M-22's grenade because of bad technique. I wouldn't recommend it for the Evo. But it's your car, do with it as you see fit.

Nov 20, 2006 | 10:45 AM

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al dopa

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Seeing post above, looks like I'm wrong. Sorry for the confusion.

Nov 20, 2006 | 10:19 PM

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Tim893

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get an auto if ur that lazy!!!

Apr 19, 2007 | 02:37 PM

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sna08

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i say learn it on a rental then use it when needed on ur car

Apr 19, 2007 | 02:40 PM

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I tried it a couple times in my car, but it scares me a little. I think I'll stick to using the clutch

Apr 19, 2007 | 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by tuffguy

So, I've heard of this "magical" techinque where you can shift w/o using the clutch. Supposedly, at a certain RPM you can slide the shifter from one gear to the next. Has anyone done it, does anyone know how to do it, or what that magical RPM range when this can be done is?

dude its an evo not a muscle car, use the pedel