What is power shifting?

[95dxcivic]

Hey, i read a forum on auto's and sticks and i saw something about power shifting. I know it has something to do with shifting but is it a special way to shift or what?

[CivicSpoon]

It's with a manual tranny. As an example: You're in 2nd gear, then while you have the clutch in to shift into 3rd you gas it, then shift; so when you shift into 3rd you're at a higher rpm. If I'm wrong on that explanation I appoligise and someone will correct me. But it's a great way to beat the piss out of your motor and tranny, and not worth the problems as far as I'm concerned

[snowman2005]

sounds like a good way to ruin an engine and a clutch.

[integra818]

It's pretty much shifting without letting go of the gas. It's what you do to got from 18's to 17's.

[Phunyguy]

Originally Posted by CivicSpoon

It's with a manual tranny. As an example: You're in 2nd gear, then while you have the clutch in to shift into 3rd you gas it, then shift; so when you shift into 3rd you're at a higher rpm. If I'm wrong on that explanation I appoligise and someone will correct me. But it's a great way to beat the piss out of your motor and tranny, and not worth the problems as far as I'm concerned

thats called double-clutching

[CivicSpoon]

hmmm... I though double clutching was for down shifting. Like when you're in a higher gear, push in the clutch and move it to neutral, let the clutch out and rev it up, push in the clutch and shift into the lower gear. Where with power shifting you don't put it in neutral and and do it while upshifting. Maybe I'm wrong though.

[civicracer9686]

yor right, double clutching is for down shifting. Just like heel/toe shifting only without using the brake. So anyone that thinks of F&F they should do their reading.

[Phunyguy]

DOH - misread it. yeah, thought he was talkin about downshifting

[civicHBsi91]

Power shifting - It could be shifting fast or hard or shifting without letting off the gas. I would not attempt this if your a new driver get used to your car first. Sometime's it's not always good to do this for instance I can powershift from 1st to 2nd gear and roast the tire's this would not be good in a race due to loss of traction. Now if I would wait a tenth of a second or just shift easier into gear the tire's will chirp but the car will immediately go instead of having to wait for the tire's to catch traction.

Downshifting - you double clutch it to rev match so it will go into gear easier. Plus if done right it'll sound cool.

I do not reccomend this either but you can shift gears without the clutch by rev matching upshifting and downshifting. I learned this on a beater car just messing around. Not my car.

[edman24]

powershifting in my circles is when you shift without using the clutch. at certain points in the rev range the gears will mesh together perfectly and the tranny will actually go into the desired gear without grinding. but this is extremely difficult to do correctly and very easy to f*ck up. you wont know at what rpm either until you try it and that would put immense amounts of wear on the tranny. although it might be slightly faster it is totally not worth the risk.

[01CivicEX]

You don't need to double-clutch your Hondas! It's not gonna help. That's why all of our cars have synchros, so we don't need to double-clutch! Just because Vin Diesel says you should do it doesn't mean you should, and it will hurt your engine!

[integra818]

I agree with 01CivicEX, we have synchros for a reason. And you can match downshift without double-clutching. They're Hondas, not Peterbuilt trucks.

[Kven]

Originally Posted by edman24

powershifting in my circles is when you shift without using the clutch. at certain points in the rev range the gears will mesh together perfectly and the tranny will actually go into the desired gear without grinding.

thats if you rev match in neutral(in between the gears). in some cars, like my dad's truck(a toyota t100) you cant even move the shifter without pressing the clutch. i havent tried this in my civic, and dont plan on doing it, so cant say for sure about hondas.

[95dxcivic]

Thanks everyone. I dont think i want to try it. I have only been driving stick for about a year.

[aric3320]

this is a reply to the preveios Peterbuilt Truck coment. It's funny because when I were watching The fast and the Furious a.k.a The fast and the Flaming (which was the biggest wast of my life so far to date) I asked my dad what doubble shifting was and he told me that it was something they did with farm vehicles and that Vin Deisel was a moron.