How To Make Your Clutch Last Forever!

[justjesus]

Originally Posted by tmontague

I give a little throttle to rev match when going from 1-2 and 2-3, this makes for a smoother shift and should decrease the wear on a clutch

My coworker thought he was doing this as well. He couldn't explain HOW it's rev matching, when UPshifting.

Revs DROP when going up through the gears.

[CrankyOldMan]

Originally Posted by justjesus

My coworker thought he was doing this as well. He couldn't explain HOW it's rev matching, when UPshifting.

Revs DROP when going up through the gears.

It depends on how fast you change gears, as well as how fast your crankshaft winds down. If you have a lightweight crank pulley and/or flywheel, you will likely have to blip the throttle when upshifting as well.

[tmontague]

Rev match is definitely not the right word (although I do that when shifting down all the time to save the clutch). I give a slight bit of gas when letting out the clutch from 1-2 and even less from 2-3 gear. It gets rid of the rough shift normally found in low gear shifts.

Feel free to chime in as to why giving no gas at all at low gear shifts causing a rough shift and giving gas smooths it out. I'm assuming it's the same reason why you need to give a bit of throttle going from stop to 1st. Due to the lag of a slow moving transmission and a faster moving engine. Giving it gas helps ease the connection between the two.