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POLL: Powershifting
If you have enough time in between shifts to allow the higher rpms of powershifting to affect your ETs, then you should get an automatic because you're shifting to slow, and you're killing your transmission.
TECH Apprentice
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: Kona, Pearl Ridge
my tranny hates me enough as it is so i dont even think about it. you can feel a "notch" between the gears but as long as it goes in gear its all good. only downside to owning a second hand car is you dont know how bad the previous owner beat on it.
Powershifting is more strain on the clutch but it is hell on the synchros & slider assembly. I do it at the track. The gain I have always seen was the lunge due to the rpms staying higher up when you come back off the clutch. I picked up .2 sec in the 1/8th before doing back to back runs, one speed shifting and the next powershifting. This was with a muncie 4 speed though. Haven't gotten to test the T56 yet.
In my old camaro i've been powershifting for years with only a few broken parts, My ss
like the second time I blew up second gear. I think the clutch in the fourth gen just doesn't respond like an old mechanical. Old car yes, new car no for me.
like the second time I blew up second gear. I think the clutch in the fourth gen just doesn't respond like an old mechanical. Old car yes, new car no for me.
i've done it a few times. it felt good at the time but i felt guilty about it afterwards....kinda like going to a strip club lol. wait, since when is speed shifting bad? didn't someone say that earlier? i do that all the time and figured most other people did as well.
when i powershift, i let off the gas when i shift then slam it down after i shift, but ive learn to do it really fast, i never even thought of shifting and not letting of the gas...just seems like a bad idea...but i may be wrong
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TECH Enthusiast
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 653
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From: Mannheim, Germany
It's pointless on the 1-2 because of wheelspin.
It's too hard on the synchros on the 2-3.
No point in powershifting once you get to the top of 3rd and a 3-4 powershift is hell for your clutch.
I used to do it. I think most people have to screw up there tranny to learn their lesson. I did
It's too hard on the synchros on the 2-3.
No point in powershifting once you get to the top of 3rd and a 3-4 powershift is hell for your clutch.
I used to do it. I think most people have to screw up there tranny to learn their lesson. I did
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From: Home: Flint, MI Stationed: Charleston, SC
I could really care less about powershifting if there's a chance I might break my tranny in some way. I get into arguments all the time with my buddy who has a 5.0 and powershifts all the time. The thing is I don't need to powershift to get into the 13's. 
Originally Posted by 99kamarokid
when i powershift, i let off the gas when i shift then slam it down after i shift, but ive learn to do it really fast, i never even thought of shifting and not letting of the gas...just seems like a bad idea...but i may be wrong
TECH Enthusiast
Joined: Jul 2002
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From: Mannheim, Germany
Originally Posted by speed_demon24
That's not powershifting, its speed shifting.
Granny Shifting < Speed Shifting < Power Shifting?
Is there anything else? (don't even bring up 2x cl'ing)
I always said either "shifted" or "powershifted."
all these nifty terms nowadays.
Originally Posted by Pipelayaz
The thing is I don't need to powershift to get into the 13's.
The thing is that if you do it fast the regular way IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE!!
That is why it's so stupid. Its harder on the drivetrain but it doesn't make you any faster. I know there are people who think differently, and they are WRONG! Come here and I will prove it to you. If you can get better times from powershifting than from speedshifting then you're not doing it right. Someone should offer a class.
Tech Resident
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Philly
look, if you wanna powershift, get an automatic. that's what autos are meant to do. that's what they're made for. you got a manual - drive it like it was meant to be driven. and you M6 guys wonder why your rears give up faster than rosie o'donnell on weight watchers.
Originally Posted by ChocoTaco369
look, if you wanna powershift, get an automatic. that's what autos are meant to do. that's what they're made for. you got a manual - drive it like it was meant to be driven. and you M6 guys wonder why your rears give up faster than rosie o'donnell on weight watchers.
lol....
On The Tree
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 190
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From: Maine
I don't powershift ever... I just dont like the idea of it.... as fast as I shift my car its not worth the .1 I MIGHT pick up in the 1/4... don't get me wrong... if im about to break into the 11's and Im just a hair off ill do it... but thats it.