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Old 03-01-2004, 07:28 PM
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Re: Re: Double clutching?

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Originally Posted by Igovert500
Basically it is a driving technique that saves the life of your tranny and synchros. The goal is rather then simply downshifting, you take it out of gear, rev the rpms up to get the engine spinning to the correct speed, and then put it into gear. This saves the life of your transmission synchros and eliminates that lurching you get when you downshift. For a detailed explanation check out this website:
http://www.driversedge.com/dblcltch.htm
It is short and informative.
You left that kind of open to the ricer version of double clutching, aka rev matching. When you take it out of gear you let off the clutch, then rev match to the gear your going into, then put the clutch back in, then shift into gear.
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