Define Powershifting...
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Define Powershifting... Me and one of my friends were arguing about this the other day... He drives a Mach 1 with a hell of a clutch and talkin about how powershifting is so hard in his car and im like **** powershifting is a breeze in my car.
So, in your guys' opinion, what is the "correct" was to powershift?? Thanks
So, in your guys' opinion, what is the "correct" was to powershift?? Thanks
With the trannys in our cars, that would be never lifting off the gas pedal, while depressing the clutch and tagging the next gear as quickly as possible.
Old school powershifting was said to be done by slamming it into the next gear without the use of the clutch at all. Do this a few times in a synchronized tranny and I hope you have some money for a rebuild....
Old school powershifting was said to be done by slamming it into the next gear without the use of the clutch at all. Do this a few times in a synchronized tranny and I hope you have some money for a rebuild....
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haha thats what i thought, he said it was dont lift off the gas, jsut barley put in the cluth ( enough to get it in and out of gear but not fully disengaged) then go and i said not off the gas, rip it out of gear with no clutch then just barely kick the cluth to get it into gear....
sound at all right? i no there pry isnt a "right" way to powershift, but whats the general way you guys go
sound at all right? i no there pry isnt a "right" way to powershift, but whats the general way you guys go
Originally Posted by SS4Luck
haha thats what i thought, he said it was dont lift off the gas, jsut barley put in the cluth ( enough to get it in and out of gear but not fully disengaged) then go and i said not off the gas, rip it out of gear with no clutch then just barely kick the cluth to get it into gear....
sound at all right? i no there pry isnt a "right" way to powershift, but whats the general way you guys go
sound at all right? i no there pry isnt a "right" way to powershift, but whats the general way you guys go
Best method = WOT, side step the clutch and rip the gear. It's all in the timing.
Originally Posted by Blck_01ss
And please explain to me how you side step the clutch?
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Originally Posted by mjhoward
sliding your foot off the pedal at the bottom and letting it pop up as fast as it can. In the old days guys used to take the rubber pad off the clutch peddle so it would be more slick and drive with leather soled shoes and hit the clutch with a glancing motion.
Here's a good one for you. http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...7b1d1ea64c.htm
I was specifically trying to find a guy in a '70 Chevelle with a fuel injected 383. He is in second LI Extreme street racing DVD.
Anyways, listen carefully and go off that. You can hear him WOT, side step quickly and rip the gear at the same time. Practice on a **** box, then fine tune your skills on your Camaro.
Originally Posted by Louie83
Is not taking your foot off the gas while shifting, hard on the tranny and clutch?
Originally Posted by BAD *** TA WS6
Dude, gas to the floor is a must! It's the whole point. I didn't even bother mentioning that in the first post.
Best method = WOT, side step the clutch and rip the gear. It's all in the timing.
Best method = WOT, side step the clutch and rip the gear. It's all in the timing.
Accelerator to the floor, blip the clutch, and grab the next gear
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Originally Posted by BAD *** TA WS6
Here's a good one for you. http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...7b1d1ea64c.htm
I was specifically trying to find a guy in a '70 Chevelle with a fuel injected 383. He is in second LI Extreme street racing DVD.
Anyways, listen carefully and go off that. You can hear him WOT, side step quickly and rip the gear at the same time. Practice on a **** box, then fine tune your skills on your Camaro.
Originally Posted by JakeY2KZ
Power shift ---> No clutch
Speed shift ---> Blip the clutch
Speed shift ---> Blip the clutch
Power shifting is called "power" shifting, because you are shifting under full power, WOT. You still use the clutch, but you do it as little and as quickly as you can.
Any other terms are just randing guys making up their own s**t.
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there is a guy on the sreetfire website also in a white ss that can powershift the fu*k out of his car. my boy in his formula(99formulam6) raced him and have it on video. u can hear how fast he shifts. ill try to find the video, but he also said hes been through 3 trannys already. pros and cons to the situation.
Originally Posted by Project GatTagO
That is not correct. There is no way that a synchronized tranmission will ever go into gear, under WOT, without using the clutch. If it did, it would eat itself on the first pass.
Originally Posted by LastLT1
there is a guy on the sreetfire website also in a white ss that can powershift the fu*k out of his car. my boy in his formula(99formulam6) raced him and have it on video. u can hear how fast he shifts. ill try to find the video, but he also said hes been through 3 trannys already. pros and cons to the situation.
If course, the permanent solution to that would be a rebuilt T56 with cryotreated gears, triple cone synchros, heavy duty internals, ect, rated for somewhere around 800HP - just to be on the safe side
I think my T56 is going to need a rebuild in the not so distant future, it likes to grind 2nd, 3rd, and 4th on occasion if I shift it fast. This is especially true when the trans is cold.
