who here powershifts when racing?
I personally find it hard to do and I am scared of it.
the pros are obvious...but what are the cons..

 

I never really power shift in any race. I find that if i keep it smooth I get better times.

 

Well...I don't know this from experience...but I'm guessing that if you power-shift on occasion that you will break (or at least grind) some teeth off your gears. So my advice is that if you want to power-shift...don't do it in your evo!

 

yeah I would be afraid to try it in the evo.
but I have some friends with turbo civics who power shift and seem to have no problems.
was jus wondering who does it

 

i do it, all the time. tried it once when i was racing and along with slowing u down a little it grinds 3rd real f'ing bad if ur trying to do it from 6 grand on up. if ur just driving normally its fine, saves clutch if u have a habit on driving with clutch bad or if u just want an automatic feel in traffic and such, lol.

 

power shifting+AWD=broken drivetrain

 

I powertrain anything RWD or FWD car... powershifting in an AWD car is pointless... YOU will end up breaking the transfer case and or tranny... It isn't need either smooth shifts can be just as fast as a powershift and if you have ever powershifted an AWD car you can feel there isn't much difference or gain in it on nearly stock cars... Just smooth fast shifts are fine for racing

 

There have been numerous Hondas that are running 10's and 9's with stock tranny. I know its 2wd compared with AWD, but the big dogs run humongous slicks which gives them 1.5 60ft's yet their tranny stays in one piece (only axles are their weak point).

Maybe we can have Honda build us a prototype trans for our EVO. AWD of course. Hmmmmmmmmmm????

 

I was powershifting my tranny and it broke twice. i didn't really know it was bad shifting that quickly...it is terrible on the syncros!

 

I hate to be the one to admit it but, Honda does make hardcore trannys... If they did build one for the EVO, I'm sure it would kick ***....

 

damn i didn't know powershifting is bad in awd cars. Good thing i found this thread so soon, cause i just got my car.