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05-14-2004, 10:47 PM
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Powershifting
Hey guys!!! Everyone tells me that powershifting during a drag race is the best thing to do........but what exactly is powershifting? I have asked many of my friends but they all say that powershifting is havin ur gas pedal down while shifting.......is that true??? Help me here?!?!!?
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05-14-2004, 10:49 PM
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Re: Powershifting
Powershifting is when you're at WOT and instead of clutching you just slam the shifter into the next gear. It'll murder your tranny but will give you a lil extra, most cars that are newer models wont let you though, you have to press the clutch to move the shifter on new models.
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05-14-2004, 11:00 PM
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Re: Powershifting
Quote"The only time I would ever powershift would be:
a. I am driving someone to the hospital b. I am trying to run over George W. Bush"Quote Now thats funny
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05-14-2004, 11:47 PM
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LoL kman!
Power shifting is not something to make a practice of, it destroys your car. However should the situation call for it, it will give you extra 'extra' when you're racing.
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#6
05-15-2004, 04:09 PM
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They make aftermarket strait cut gears that are intended for that kind of abuse....If youre serious enough about drag racing, you should probably invest in some...the problem wiht them though is they are usually expensive and its shithard to upshift
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#7
05-15-2004, 04:12 PM
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or just learn to shift
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05-15-2004, 04:15 PM
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Re: Powershifting
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I'm Alex. A cookie to whoever guesses what car I'll get! I tend to hate people....expecially liberals... This is my temporary racecar-the two liter beast itself, the 87 camry:
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#9
05-15-2004, 11:49 PM
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You could always get a CVT tranny and never have to worry about it...
Nah!!
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Mine's an '82 Pontiac Parisienne 4-door sedan!! - 305 cu inch (5.0L) small block V8 w/ 3spd auto - 4 barrel carb w/ single exhaust - No catalytic converter, no posi-trac NEVER LOSE FAITH IN THE BOAT!!
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05-18-2004, 10:44 PM
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Re: Re: Powershifting
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when in doubt, throttle.
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#13
05-19-2004, 02:24 PM
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if you have a car makin the power to actually need strait gears, then its gonna be damn noisy anyways!
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I'm Alex. A cookie to whoever guesses what car I'll get! I tend to hate people....expecially liberals... This is my temporary racecar-the two liter beast itself, the 87 camry:
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#14
05-19-2004, 02:36 PM
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actually helical cut gears ( standard on manuel transmissions ) are stronger then straight cut gears. the things that goes bad in a car from powershifting is the gear synchronizers, not the gears themselves.
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#15
05-20-2004, 11:00 AM
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Re: Powershifting
you got it wrong!!!!!!
when you power shift you are a full throttle and you push the clutch in and shift as fast as you can then side step the clutch there is now way you can shift without the clutch at full throttle unless you have a lentco trans they are made just for that and are not made for imports .they are made for american pro stock
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