So this might be a dumb question...but what is double clutching? I know what power shifting is, but I don't know what double clutching is. Sorry for my ignorance in this area...

 

technically, double clutching is what some truck drivers do. It's pushing the clutch in going into neutral, then pumping the clutch before putting it into the next gear. It really has nothing to do with racing which made it very gay when they used that term in The Fast and The Furious.

 

its called a "vin diesel special" in the ricer forums.

 

So what would the purpose of it be? It seems like that would slow your shift way down. Or is that why its dumb, because it serves no purpose and doesn't do you any good racing?

 

bingo

 

the purpose of double clutching is to syncronize your gears so you keep from grinding them. Most all cars have syncros today so it is COMPLETELY pointless to double clutch, however if your syncros become unsycronized its good to know, it will keep you from missing gears and grinding the hell out of them. Either way it slows shifting way down.

 

Yes it serves no purpose for racing which makes the ricers and the writers for The Fast and The Furious gay for saying they can double clutch. The only good thing that came out of it being said in that movie is that now any time you hear someone say they can double clutch, you automatically know they are a ignorant douchbag.

 

Whats it called when you dont take your foot off the gas in between shifts?

 

When I was in high school one of the ricers told me his car felt faster when he would double clutch.

 

not lifting off the gas while shifting is called power shifting

 

Close.
From what I have learned, powershifting is going through the gears without using the clutch.
My father showed me in his 6 Speed Vette. It wasn't until 6th he used the clutch, and he did not grind one gear or hurt the clutch at all.

Right when you let off the gas, the pressure releases and then you firmly shift it into the next gear. Its not as easy as it sounds.

 

Closer than you think. Power shifting is keeping your foot on the gas while you clutch and shift. Shifting without the clutch is called speed shifting.

 

Is power shifting bad then?

 

It is defenatly harder on your car then juat normal shifting, but I don't think doing it every once in a while will hurt your car to bad.

 

its not that hard.. at least it wasnt in my v6 mustang i havent tried it in this car

 

is it hard to power shift? have you guys messed up before?

 

its not hard to powershift, just make sure you shift real fast so you dont hit the rev limiter.

 

and if you do mess up you will hit the rev limiter insted of just the RPMs dropping

 

so is power shifting alot faster than normal shifting? or does it not make that big of a difference. and if you can speed shift, does it help alot? and what's it called when you only press the clutch half way down when you shift, and is it bad to do?

 

Nope.

He uses no clutch at all? Yeesh...that's brilliant.

The gas pedal stays to the wood and you disengage the clutch extremely
quick and depress it just enough...not all the way to the floor. The more
travel in the clutch pedal, the more time wasted. That's how I powershift.