rev matching
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rev matching
this does and doesn't have to do with street encounters, but i'm gonna ask anyway.. i drive a car pretty well and can hold my own with most drivers, i'm jsut not familiar with the terminology people use.. what is meant by rev match?
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24 reads and nobody can answer? sorry for the stupid question, but i've been learning a lot of new terms on s2ki.. helps understand everything that people write about... and learn what i need to do to become a better driver..
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As far as I know. . .when downshifting from, let's say fourth to third, push in the clutch, blip the throttle and drop it into third gear, release clutch. The idea is to have a smooth transition from fourth to third, or whatever gear you are downshifting to.
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Ok... you're driving 60 mph in 6th gear. If you want to rev match and drop into 3rd... push in clutch, put in 3rd gear, rev up to 6k (with clutch pushed in), release clutch. All it does is prevents you from going from 3k to 6k in an instant (what you do when you don't rev match)
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Originally Posted by jal3lee,Jul 21 2005, 01:30 PM
Thanks guys.. that's what i thought it was.. i've never tried downshifting for those purposes yet (power/racing)... it's only been 2months for me in the s2..
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Originally Posted by YellowS2kPwr,Jul 21 2005, 01:16 PM
Ok... you're driving 60 mph in 6th gear. If you want to rev match and drop into 3rd... push in clutch, put in 3rd gear, rev up to 6k (with clutch pushed in), release clutch. All it does is prevents you from going from 3k to 6k in an instant (what you do when you don't rev match)
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Originally Posted by vojm17,Jul 21 2005, 02:14 PM
Sorry i'm new at driving stick, but when you rev match, are you suppose to just side step off the clutch and it'll be smooth or are you suppose to release it somewhat slowly?
When you blip the throttle you will increase the RPM's. You have a split second to get in gear and get off the clutch so you will be in gear at the right RPM for a smooth downshift....
If you hesitate you will make a nice throttle blip but your RPM's will drop low and when you let off the clutch in the lower gear you will essentially have defeated the purpose.
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Originally Posted by YellowS2kPwr,Jul 21 2005, 02:02 PM
Dude you need to go have some fun. Drop it into 3rd on the highway from time to time. You don't NEED to rev match, just let out the clutch calmly and steadily. Other than that, go have fun and always be careful.
