Yeah your right Hummerman I did forget the throttle between steps 3 and 4, my bad, but its kind of pointless cause sounds like you agree that it wont help him accelerate any faster any how, and yeah your right as well about not needing the clutch if you can match the engine rpms with the right gear for your speed you can shift with out any clutch, this is better known as Floating Gears, Most truck drivers will tell you a clutch is for starting and stopping, and nothing more but once again these teqniques are not nesasaraly a great idea with your common car tranny.
DOG!