No its kinda hard to explain. Say I'm in second gear and going to shift into third gear and its at 4500 rpm while the clutch is pushed in and I am ready to shift into the third gear the rpms stay at 4500. Then once u are in third gear the rpms will then drop as it should. I just know that in my dodge stratus when I push in the clutch even before I go into a higher gear the rpms will drop just a bit then drop more when I get into the next gear. So I guess the rpms sorta freezes in my mustang until I get into the next gear. Does that make any sense?