Sportronic racing

[evospyder]

im having trouble with the sportronic shifter when it comes to racing. its probably because im used to standard or something, but my take-off sucks! when i had my stander 01' GS I kicked A$$, and now i have a GT Spyder 2003 and dont know what to do when it comes to racing, mainly on take-off. after take-off im o.k but i sure could use some suggestions on it. is it really almost the same as Standard?

[Rulez]

Are you powerbraking it?

[Fenixfire077]

ya seriously, if i'm messin around with or w.o the sequential shifter i always powerbrake, you get a much quicker go! just don't rev her up 2 high, i have the 4cyl, so my tires don't spin after i let off the brake, if i try i will get a nice chirp. but I haven't ever driven the 6.

[eclipsed4utoo]

thats why im glad i got the 5spd. i think i would have regreted it if i had gotten the sportronic

[Fenixfire077]

sportronic is nice because you can have the everyday practicality of an automatic, or you can have the clutchless fast shifting fun of a sequential, it's just the real manual transmission techniques which you sacrifice, the double clutching, the powershifting, etc. but a sequential works so fast that no human could keep up with it. that is why they are used in the formula 1 series.

[eclipsed4utoo]

"double clutching"?? please tell me you're not one of those ricers that took Fast and the Furious and 2F2F and made it your lifestyle. From what i've been told, theres no such thing as "double clutching", or "granny shifting"...they were just corny phrases used in the movie to make it look like they knew what they were talkin about

[Rulez]

Double clutching is a thing that you had to do in the past on transmissions without synchros. While in gear, you'd put in the clutch, pull the stick into neutral and then let out the clutch. Then, you put in the clutch again and engage it into the next gear. All transmissions now have synchronizers, so you absolutely do NOT have to double clutch...ever.

Granny shifting is just shifting slow.

[Fenixfire077]

ooooh, i gotchya. well i was talking with my uncle and my dad about it, and they were explainin it to me so i had no idea. i didn't like tfatf or 2f2f, poor directing, too much visual work and eye candy. im a big movie person, i'd love to be a critic. lol but don't mistake me for one of those faggots lol. anyhow, from the way they'd explained it to me, it was getting the synchros and the main things in the tranny spinnin the same as the engine, maintaining that rpm, and then re-engaging it into any gear you want. so you could easily shift from 5-3 or something. either way, tell me what you guys know, because i'm still trying to learn everything i can.

[eclipsed4utoo]

good to know that you're not a part of that group

[00_GS]

My father has driven a stick for his entire life and told me that double clutching was just a way to go from first to second and so on while driving everyday. NOT to do while racing! You will lose so fast that you wont even be in second by the time they are finished! Now a days if you can just get through the gears faster than the other guy without grinding and smashing, your golden!

[Fenixfire077]

from what i understand, double-clutching is a better way to downshift around turns.

[SkiNutJones]

the only thing that I know of that you still have to double clutch is big trucks. We have one at our golf course that my boss couldnt drive. Double clutching is a pain, especially on old trucks! I jumped in and made it look easy cause I knew about it. He was really pissed, kinda funny.

[Fecomosis]

I wouldnt power brake a 4cy. Mainly youd need more hp for pwbrkin' I have a standard RS 00 and it kicks butt..

[Fenixfire077]

i'm not quite sure im understanding what you're saying. why wouldn't one want to powerbrake a 4 cyl? a 2003 eclipse GS specifically?

[Zero8985]

Powerbraking is no good on a transmission. Ecspecially a year old transmission.