Can granny shifting cause potential problems later?
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Can granny shifting cause potential problems later?
I find myself granny shifting allot in my 8 due to how close the ratios are and how willing it is to accelerate, especially skipping fifth and going directly into sixth. Can this cause problems with the transmission later down the line? I realize it's fairly forgiving due to the CF drive shaft but still...
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generally speaking, it should not matter.
but if you skipping too many gears with huge rpm difference like 2nd 9000rpm to 6th straight away, you might wear out the syncro faster because 6th gear at 60mph is about 3500rpm, the 6th gear syncro has to slow the input shaft by 5500rpm. but if you go 3rd>4th>5th>6th, each syncro only takes away 1200rpm at a time.
but if you skipping too many gears with huge rpm difference like 2nd 9000rpm to 6th straight away, you might wear out the syncro faster because 6th gear at 60mph is about 3500rpm, the 6th gear syncro has to slow the input shaft by 5500rpm. but if you go 3rd>4th>5th>6th, each syncro only takes away 1200rpm at a time.
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What's the other way of shifting?
Yes. I'm a complete and utter noob, still, with manual transmissions. My first manual is what I'm driving
I've seen here, and felt the difference when I engaged the clutch slightly ahead of releasing the gas. I'm afraid of wearing the clutch, or worse.
Yes. I'm a complete and utter noob, still, with manual transmissions. My first manual is what I'm driving
I've seen here, and felt the difference when I engaged the clutch slightly ahead of releasing the gas. I'm afraid of wearing the clutch, or worse.
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generally speaking, it should not matter.
but if you skipping too many gears with huge rpm difference like 2nd 9000rpm to 6th straight away, you might wear out the syncro faster because 6th gear at 60mph is about 3500rpm, the 6th gear syncro has to slow the input shaft by 5500rpm. but if you go 3rd>4th>5th>6th, each syncro only takes away 1200rpm at a time.
but if you skipping too many gears with huge rpm difference like 2nd 9000rpm to 6th straight away, you might wear out the syncro faster because 6th gear at 60mph is about 3500rpm, the 6th gear syncro has to slow the input shaft by 5500rpm. but if you go 3rd>4th>5th>6th, each syncro only takes away 1200rpm at a time.
Skipping gears is not granny shifting - it's just skipping gears. If you skip gears, definitely take it slow and granny from one to the next.
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What's the other way of shifting?
Yes. I'm a complete and utter noob, still, with manual transmissions. My first manual is what I'm driving
I've seen here, and felt the difference when I engaged the clutch slightly ahead of releasing the gas. I'm afraid of wearing the clutch, or worse.
Yes. I'm a complete and utter noob, still, with manual transmissions. My first manual is what I'm driving
I've seen here, and felt the difference when I engaged the clutch slightly ahead of releasing the gas. I'm afraid of wearing the clutch, or worse.
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Double clutching is as unnecessary as fighting in a phone booth.
I skip gears quite often. As long as you aren't trying to power it into gear, you'll have no issues. Hell a lot of cars force skipped gears for better gas mileage (GM v8's with a 6speed)
I consider granny shifting when you shift slowly at low rpm's and never wind it out at all.
I skip gears quite often. As long as you aren't trying to power it into gear, you'll have no issues. Hell a lot of cars force skipped gears for better gas mileage (GM v8's with a 6speed)
I consider granny shifting when you shift slowly at low rpm's and never wind it out at all.
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Double clutching (correctly) saves your synchros but wears out your clutch disk [linkage] faster, obviously. Not necessary for practical purposes.
Last edited by dynamho; 08-24-2011 at 02:24 PM. Reason: Correcting wrong information - thanks ken-x8
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