shifting w/o using the clutch?!?!?

wrecked98

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I have reciently started shifting without using the clutch because I am too lazy to puch in the clutch. I was wondering if doing that will ruin anything?

I can do I w/o grinding and gears

-Tony

 

BlueOvalStangGT

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How the hell do you do that? Doesnt sounds too good. Damm you must be 293812X lazier then me if your too lazy to put hte clutch in.

 

RIO5.0

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No harm at all...til you dont have the revs just right and she grinds a pile... I drive my truck like that....

 

302fordracer

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it is called matching rpms to ground speed...there is a point in each gear that the transmission is spinning just as fast as the engine and the shifter moves right into place...this is basically all the clutch does by moving the engine back to idle...

 

mo_dingo

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downshifting can be really tricky, but other than that, it's ok.

The important thing to consider is that you are prematurely wearing out the synchros, because you inevitibly grind the gears, which you wouldn't do when you were using the clutch.

I did it for a while, just for kicks. But the first time you don't do it right, that grinding noise will make you more willing to use the clutch.
Scott

 

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stevinwayne

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yeah i've done it a few times, and downshifting is somewhat hard... but it can be done.

 

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92SHO37

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I've had to do it for a couple miles before bc of clutch cables breaking, don't like stop signs or lights.

 

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stevinwayne

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92SHO37 said:

I've had to do it for a couple miles before bc of clutch cables breaking, don't like stop signs or lights.

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yeah from a dead stop don't you have to cut the car off and then start it again with the gas pedal slightly pressed down to take off?

 

Wi Stang

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I drive my truck like that all the time when accelerating. I do use the clutch to down shift though. Just can't seem to get it right, so I gave up trying.

 

BlueOvalStangGT

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About what rpm does this happen?

 

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slytherin

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light pressure on the stick against the gear you want to go in and when the rpm's are right it falls in(done it that way in trucks not in the cobra though).