I hope this doesn't sound stupid, but I never thought about this until an instructor brought it to my attention.

I recognize the importance of rev matching on down-shifts and I am pretty good at it most of the time. My instructor told me that my up-shifts were too rough.

I don't want to use slow clutch engagement (slipping) to accomplish this. I get either positive grabs (as in drag racing) or positive -negative rocking. What is the secret?

Thanks,

Jim

 

Keep your foot flat to the floor and shift as fast as possible. booyah

 

Let the revs drop to where they're going to be in the next gear, *then* let out the clutch.

 

practice its all in timing.

 

 

I think it depends where you are shifting. If it is just on the straight, then just shift as fast as you can to minimize the break in putting power down. Now, if due to gearing you get screwed into having to shift while still cornering, then obviously you don't want to break the rear wheels loose, so I am always super careful to shift smoother by letting the revs equalize a bit before engaging the clutch.

 

Or short shift before the corner to avoid having to shift in mid-corner.

 

Power shifting?

 

no lift shift ftw

 

Missing, grinding, or other wise screwing up a shift is gonna cost you far more time than you'd save by rushing it... IMHO.

You can probably find 1/10 of a second in much easier places than shifting as fast as you can...