Originally Posted By: Volv04Life
Im in the same relearning boat. I never did know how to rev match and still dont. I just come to a stop and throw it in first...
Rev matching is easy. When decelerating give the engine a shot of gas as you are using light pressure on the gear shift in the gear your trying to get into.
When I was a kid I drove a grain/dump truck in the fall for my uncle at harvest time.
The clutch pedal wasn't assisted in any way,and being a pre-teen I wasn't strong enough to push it in completely with one foot,so I used both feet and rode the clutch,using no fuel either,to take off.
Unloaded it was easy but with a load on it was impossible so my uncle raised the idle speed 300rpm and then it was do-able.
Ever since then I only use the clutch to start off with,unless of course I'm driving aggressively.
And I've never turned a tranny into crunchy pudding that wasn't already on its way out anyway. Not a 4/5/6 speed manual anyways.
I was driving a tow truck for a few weeks a couple years ago,filling in for a friend who got hurt and needed a driver. It was a 79 chev with a 454 and a 4 speed. It had a bull low gear which topped out at 5mph,so unless you had 15000 on straying in second was the way to go b
As he walked me thru the "quirks" which he referred to as the trucks "personality" he was adamant about rev matching on both up shifting and down shifting. He maintained his own trucks,none of which were newer than 1985,and he was very clear that there was no wear to the driveline parts when rev matching was properly done.
Considering he's been operating his small fleet since the 1985 truck was bought new I took his word for it.
Just food for thought.
Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
I routinely drive a toy truck with an old m-21 trans without using the clutch at all except to start off.
I once made deliveries for weeks in an old step van with a 4 speed manual in it and no clutch at all. Used the starter to get going in first and then played rev match for hours on end in traffic.
Second nature to me...
Funny you mention that. I had an old ford tempo that the clutch was cooked but the clutch job cost more than the car was worth so once it died I was leaving it where it died.
I drove that car for a spring and summer like that while I was getting a 350 target master into my cutlass.
In traffic you had to be really attentive and anticipate everyone's actions around you.
And the car never did die on me. I got the cutlass finished just before school started and I left it at a friends farm which it then became a field car that eventually blew up at a party in said field and from there it got riddled with holes as a target
I rev match on my bikes too. There's just something inside you that feels right when your shifting gears without the clutch and they just slide right in.
What's double clutching. How exactly is it done,and why is it done?
Thanks