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POLL: Powershifting
10-17-2006, 08:11 PM
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Once my T56 Rebuilds Micronite trans is broken in, I'll try it eventually. I've got a new clutch and a new pedal from the McLeod ADJ Master, so I'll have to get used to it all over again when broken in.
Previously, I'd let off the gas a little, not all the way. I like to think I shift wicked fast anyway. That's prolly why I had to do a transmission....
Previously, I'd let off the gas a little, not all the way. I like to think I shift wicked fast anyway. That's prolly why I had to do a transmission....
10-18-2006, 09:44 PM
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I find that powershifting my GTO (Leased(pretty much stock)) helps me vent frustration. My Camaro gets up in the RPM's pretty fast so I let out of the gas just a hair. I guess that is still powershifting but to me it is like smoking Light cigarettes. I am hoping that if it breaks, it will only break a little. If I get cancer it will be light cancer.
Only Real Men Power Shift ! 
10-25-2006, 11:23 AM
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Powershifting: it may be ok for you, but I'm not a rich man. I wouldn't pay the cost of a new tran for a mod that would save me the same amount of time on the track.
10-25-2006, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by speed_demon24
I tried powershifting vs speed shifting at the track and I didn't gain anything, mph stayed the exact same. If you speed shift as fast as you powershift, you won't gain **** in the 1/4 by powershifting, it's not worth the toll it takes on the tranny. JFYI, ever since the last trip to the track powershifting, the tranny doesn't shift as smooth. 
11-04-2006, 04:51 PM
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If you need to shift like that, you are throwing money away. Why don't you take that money and get more power. Nothing says "I OWN YOU" like granny shifting, or better yet, not downshifting up from 4th gear at 65........ Mustang owners frickin hate it!!! 
11-05-2006, 10:29 AM
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anyone ever heard of 'ya gotta pay to play'???
if you arent gonna risk breaking your car.. dont drive it. driving breaks them, so does flooring it (it wears stuff out!!! GASP).
if you arent gonna risk breaking your car.. dont drive it. driving breaks them, so does flooring it (it wears stuff out!!! GASP).
11-06-2006, 02:56 AM
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Originally Posted by LordOfChaos
anyone ever heard of 'ya gotta pay to play'???
if you arent gonna risk breaking your car.. dont drive it. driving breaks them, so does flooring it (it wears stuff out!!! GASP).
if you arent gonna risk breaking your car.. dont drive it. driving breaks them, so does flooring it (it wears stuff out!!! GASP).
11-06-2006, 05:29 AM
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I used to do it more often b4 but I like speedshifting now, it's smoother.
I don't like the jolt from powershifting sometimes. I dont think it helps any.
I think the guys saying that it is no real aid are right.
Shift dammit, shift fast with the 5.0 pro. Now I dont know about letting off the gas completely ***** that.
I do like a foot wiggle thing out of courtesy to PREVENT that jolt from true powershifting, which could happen if I maintian my foot down in WOT. It's slight and very fast and it prevents hitting the rev limiter.
I don't like the jolt from powershifting sometimes. I dont think it helps any.
I think the guys saying that it is no real aid are right.
Shift dammit, shift fast with the 5.0 pro. Now I dont know about letting off the gas completely ***** that.
I do like a foot wiggle thing out of courtesy to PREVENT that jolt from true powershifting, which could happen if I maintian my foot down in WOT. It's slight and very fast and it prevents hitting the rev limiter.
11-07-2006, 04:18 PM
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im not gona say i dont powershift i try to do it only on the track because i know its hard on the clutch shoot my 6200 launches are hard enoough on everything..
11-13-2006, 05:13 AM
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Originally Posted by BAD *** TA WS6
If your hitting limiter, then you ain't shifting fast enough. Thats for damn sure. At that point, of course you aren't going to gain anything....
11-14-2006, 05:20 PM
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don't let internet buzzkills make your choice for you
Originally Posted by BAD *** TA WS6
If your hitting limiter, then you ain't shifting fast enough. Thats for damn sure. At that point, of course you aren't going to gain anything....
Nice vid Rick!
Car sounds real good.
Nice vid Rick!
Car sounds real good.Like I said a couple pages back, experiment, don't be scaird, try it and see if your times get quicker, if they don't, do what works best for you and to hell with what everybody else does.
However, if you are not easily discouraged, not afraid of running your car hard at the track and practice to make it second nature you will be doing it without even realizing you did. I am not bullshieting when I say I have no idea, until I can look at the telemetry afterwards to know if I stayed firm on the gas or flinched off it to 75-85% TPS. Your focus should be on the clutch pedal, shiftlight and the shifter, not the gas once you launch, I mean it is the dragstrip, you are suppossed to mash the gas, right? When you learn to shift FAST, fast enough to not hit the rev limiter you will replace that death grip on the shifter with open fingers so you can let the centering springs do what they are in the shifter to do (find 3rd and 4th) and everything else will happen like magic. If you are thinking about it too much (not enough practice/confidence), you will screw up just like golf or bowhunting or whatever you can think of that requires practice to make learned movements second nature.
Don't let the scairdy cats, influence you, it really is not that much of a big deal and unless you miss and grind like a ****, your T-56 can handle it, it is much tougher than you think.
here is a novel idea: try it for yourself and see if it is for you and don't let some internet buzzkills make your choice for you.
first time to the track with my new to me SS and I was keeping the pedal to the metal, yeah I have been to the track a couple time before and I run another car with a T-56 so it felt very comfortable but come on, just Git-r-Dun for God's sake?
here is a preview of that first weekend with the SS at the track with me cussing quite a bit (it is a new ride to me!) but shifting wasn't the issue.
11-15-2006, 10:18 AM
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Shift how you're most comfortable with and the times will come. IMO speedshifting is the way to go because I drive my car daily and clutches for LT1 T56s are not exactly cheap.
11-27-2006, 11:08 PM
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I used to powershift with the stock Ls6 clutch. My success rate has dropped to 50% since putting in the liteweight flywheel and Spec 4 clutch. I'm gald I didnt break anything coming up with the second set of numbers. I am Speed shifting now.
Love all the tough talk by the ballers in this thread that have tons of money laying around to rebuild their tranny. If you powershift, its just a matter of time before you screw up the 2-3 royally, no matter how good you are.. Then you can drop all that MTV cribs money on your new STOCK tranny.........Glad I got away with it as long as I did.
Love all the tough talk by the ballers in this thread that have tons of money laying around to rebuild their tranny. If you powershift, its just a matter of time before you screw up the 2-3 royally, no matter how good you are.. Then you can drop all that MTV cribs money on your new STOCK tranny.........Glad I got away with it as long as I did.
11-27-2006, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by BLK02TA
So which do you do and why?
When I say powershifting, I mean pushing the clutch in but leaving the pedal to the metal. Basicly not letting up on the gas.
When I say powershifting, I mean pushing the clutch in but leaving the pedal to the metal. Basicly not letting up on the gas.