do you double clutch your 5 spd?

[foley]

I know it's not necessary, but it's ingrained in my blood after driving my 6 spd diesel truck for so long. I keep wanting to double clutch the new 240 on the downshifts, and it has made me miss 3rd like 3 times. (usually at 60mph or so).

Do you guys just cram them in, or is double clutching them effective and I just have a transmission problem?

[turtl631]

Before i crashed my car, I would just shift normally except for the 4-5 shift at highway speeds...that would often grind so I would double clutch it. I think double clutching is pretty much unnecessary with our synchro trannies.

[Mikoriad]

Syncros, that's right. No double clutching necessary, just blip the throttle a little to rev-match then slide it in gear.

[toki]

dude, you never had your car. granny shifting when you should have been double clutching, short shifting and destroying your piston rings. Now me and the mad scientist are going to have to haul it back to the garage and fix all the damage you've just done.

[vvaffle]

the more i know about cars the more senseless that F&F quote seems to me. No need to double clutch with a transmition that has synchros. I don't even know if doing so would prolong the life of the transmition, I doubt it.

[240sxHitman]

dude, you never had your car. granny shifting when you should have been double clutching, short shifting and destroying your piston rings. Now me and the mad scientist are going to have to haul it back to the garage and fix all the damage you've just done.

[chandler]

maybe he had a dog box transmission, that would rock

[turtl631]

pwned by F&F quotes

[gobstopper]

At least your diamond plate floormats are intact.

[TurboKA37]

i do every once in awhile when going into 1st at maybe 10mph or so. the only advantage i could see would be prolonging the life of the syncros. but if you are not abusing the transmission i wouldnt worry about it

[foley]

the more i know about cars the more senseless that F&F quote seems to me. No need to double clutch with a transmition that has synchros. I don't even know if doing so would prolong the life of the transmition, I doubt it.

Especially senseless cause he's talking about double clutching in a drag race. DC is helpful on DOWNshifts, not upshifts... upshifting in a car that's setup to drag, all you need to do is push an ignition kill button and cram it into gear... never even let off the go pedal.

[nissanfanatic]

Clutch seems to work pretty well for me.

I rarely downshift. Most of the time when I need to slow down, I just put the car in neutral and brake. I put the car in neutral and let off the clutch whenever I get a chance. But even when I do downshift, I typically just use the clutch and bring the RPM up.

I call it rev-matching or clutchless shifting, DC just sounds too F&F for me.lol

[Jookmasta]

rev match is the solution............

[TrunkMonkey]

dude, you never had your car. granny shifting when you should have been double clutching, short shifting and destroying your piston rings. Now me and the mad scientist are going to have to haul it back to the garage and fix all the damage you've just done.

i don't know what's worse...the fact that you quoted it, or the fact that you know it word for word.

-demetrius

[deezlins]

yeah double-cluthcing is useless on todays synchro'd transmissions, rev-matching, and heel and toe downshifting are good though.

[nissanfanatic]

lol, actually he messed up a couple lines.haha