lol....just saw that..lol. Good one. 1 point for you.

 

there is about an inch or so of free play on the clutch pedal before the clutch engages anyway, maybe you're shifting correctly afterall. You don't need to push the pedal all the way down for the clutch to disengage, but i push down all the way, cause i'm a noob.

what mark355 said.

 

went got in the car to check the clutch. I put in first and let out clutch slowly until it started pulling. That was a little more then 2 inches from full release, so I guess I was only shifting at about half. cool deal, thanx again...gonna take some getting used to.

 

Honestly, I really don't think you're doing anything wrong. It doesn't take much to disengage our clutches. If everything is smooth in a tranny known for notchiness, then why be concerned?

 

yeah i guess your right about that...it is notchy a little at lower rpm normal shifts.. but when running it and given it the short clutch with the quick shift at high rpm...virtually none.
Before all the bad comments...lol im not comparing the two, but driving an 18 wheeler.you gotta get a feel for the motor/transmission. kind of a cross between the sound of motor and the vibration on the shifter. You just know when its ready. When running my car its the same to me...sounds crazy but you can feel when its good...I just pat the clutch and give it what it wants. You hit it and its like butter.....thats why i figured it was cool. then I read about going to the floor with the clutch.......dont wanna kill ma car so I asked....if nothing else, for peace of mind.

 

for me, its 4K rpm if youre shifting relatively quickly. Try it also, when Im babying it I double clutch so it goes in better

 

A lot of bad info in your post - read this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_transmission

The jerk or buck is the engine speed differing from the tranny speed. Thus putting more stress on the clutch/tranny.

Syncro's are ONLY used while changing gears. Ensuring gear speeds are match between shifts - nothing to do with the clutch. You can shift gears without using the clutch - if you're good enough and if you rev match it'll just slid in without grinding.

OP - it sounds to me like you know what you're doing. I would ignore all this bad information. If you're rev matching and only putting part of the clutch down between shifts you're fine - as long as the clutch is not slipping. If you're power shifting ie, reving the motor up and slamming her through the gears, you'll have tranny/clutch issues due to motor speed being greatly off from tranny speed. I'd wouldn't throw it through the gears like a dragster.

I normally only put the pedal half way down to match a shift. I'm not pro and get sloppy sometimes so it's best for me to go half way. I have played with less but I don't race, it's just for fun.

 

what is it with the fast and furious double clutch talk??? We have syncros for a reason

 

Well it helps ensure tranny/motor speeds are the same. It is really a technique of old, before motors had syncros and it allowed you to match motor to tranny and thus get into the next gear.

You're right, it's NOT required to shift in a modern tranny. It does however, when done correctly, put less wear on the syncro. In some high horsepower cars I could see where it would save the tranny.

In F&F it's just really sloppy writing. Filler or crap if you want to call it that. But F&F is really trash talk about cars. I wouldn't take anything from it.

 

I shift the exact same way with hardly any rpm drop between shifts and minimal clutch - it's so smooth it feels like an automatic transmission. I shift all my cars the same way - my oldest car is my 96 Prelude and I've put about 60k miles on it with no trouble at all.