Need some street tips

[Cyprus106]

you're exactly right. Now it's only used to DOWNshift. It's the correct way to downshift actually, and everyone should do it as a way of taking better care of their vehicle.

alright! I was right. And that line in F&F was complete bullshit like I thought... "not double clutching like you should" or w/e... I laughed out loud when I heard that. Well now that I think about it, unless they had turbos, in which double clutching would be good because it spools up the turbo. (lol, or at least that's my understanding) and doing 10s off of NOS alone I'm guessing would be a bit difficult but possible. But they never did mention anthing about turbos so i guess it's still bullshit.

[Self]

Originally posted by Cyprus106


alright! I was right. And that line in F&F was complete bullshit like I thought... "not double clutching like you should" or w/e... I laughed out loud when I heard that. Well now that I think about it, unless they had turbos, in which double clutching would be good because it spools up the turbo. (lol, or at least that's my understanding) and doing 10s off of NOS alone I'm guessing would be a bit difficult but possible. But they never did mention anthing about turbos so i guess it's still bullshit. [/b]

They DID have turbo's in Fast and Furious...Supra's Rx7s, GSXs...Those are all turbocharged vehicles. And they also mention them, remember the line, "I see a cool air intake, a t-66 turbo, and a NAAWWSSS Fogger system, Dominic"...hehe, remember? But anyways, the turbo's are definately there in the movie. But double clutching still wouldn't be helpful...

[Cyprus106]

OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH YEAAAAAA.... that's right. Well I didn't pay much attention to the movie, really. I thought It was stupid in terms of REAL street racing and thre were so many stupid lines and pathetic mistakes and only succeeded in tossing us hundreds of ricers who saw the movie and 'they wanted to do that too!'. Gawd I HATE it when I talk to somebody and they mention F&F and were like 'oh yea I saw that movie and KNEW I was destined to do that. Then they get in their 89 civic fully equipped with the aftermarket colored emblems and kewl washer lights and roar off into the night. :finger:
...But yea you're right. They DID say that now that I remember. So you're saying double clutching is absolutely pointless (in accelerating)and it doesn't do w\e turbo crap I was rambling about? alright. I got it now. lol

[carrrnuttt]

Originally posted by Self


But double clutching still wouldn't be helpful...

I would think it would with a turbo car at high boost. Powershifting might be a bit too much in such a car, so a little bit of rev-matching in the form of double-clutching(to spool the turbos, like somebody mentioned), should be helpful.

Oh, and by the way...

From The Dictionary of Automotive Terms and Abbreviations:

double clutching:
Vehicles with manual transmission and no synchromesh have difficulty shifting from one gear to another. With synchromesh, shifting is accomplished by depressing the clutch pedal and moving the gearshift selector from one gear to the next. Without synchromesh, shifting is not smooth unless you double clutch. Here you depress the clutch pedal shift to neutral lift up on the clutch pedal blip the throttle (accelerator), then depress the clutch pedal again and shift to the next gear. While this action seems complicated, you can get used to doing it to avoid the grinding noise heard in non-synchromesh transmissions.

[SilverLotus340R]

isnt double clutching the same as in Le Mans racing ''heel toe shifting" where you just keep the gas up and then when you slow down you uuse the brake and clutch at the same time or the gas and clutch @ the same time?

[Self]

Originally posted by SilverLotus340R
isnt double clutching the same as in Le Mans racing ''heel toe shifting" where you just keep the gas up and then when you slow down you uuse the brake and clutch at the same time or the gas and clutch @ the same time?

Somewhat, but not quite. Heel-toe implements part of the double clutch technique, but you can still double clutch without heel-toeing per se.

[Integraboy617]

yeah f&f was only cool cause it was the first modern movie that people could "compare" with to real life. And they had nice cars. LOL and lucky me i found out F&F2 is coming out starring the supra some nsx's s2000 and some european and japanese only cars. Whooooopie fricking doo. anyways just wanted to thank you guys for replying with answers, now i know that i downshift correctly and my car aint from the 80's ora semi truck so i won be trying no double clutch while accelerating. :smoker2:

[carrrnuttt]

Originally posted by Integraboy617
LOL and lucky me i found out F&F2 is coming out starring the supra some nsx's s2000 and some european and japanese only cars

Actually, the "star car" in F&F2 is a "Blackbird" Skyline(designated by MotoRex, who modifies and sells the car as such for about $100,000). It runs low-to-mid 11's and tops out near 200MPH. All this with full warranty. It's a bargain as far as performance goes, considering the $200,000plus Ferrari 360 Modena runs "only" high 12's and tops out at 180-190MPH.