[QUOTE=2004S2000,Sep 14 2005, 02:27 PM] Rev matching while accelerating up the gears will improve acceleration and avoid lurching.

 

You just said never shift in a turn again. So then, it's impossible to accelerate beyond 60 mph on an on ramp? This requires shifting. I shift in turns all the time. If you avoid wheel spin, you can shift.

 

[QUOTE=2004S2000,Sep 15 2005, 03:59 PM] You just said never shift in a turn again.

 

This is a thread about shifting. So I'm not looking for a fight to discuss shifting.

You just said again that shifting in a turn should be avoided. That means you shouldn't do it.

If you never shift in a turn, you are going to find yourself in situations where you can't accelerate beyond 20 mph, or 60 mph, because doing so would require an upshift.

Granted, shifting in a turn can be delicate. The way you learn to do it safely is to develop a sensitivity to the road, the steering feedback, the limits of adhesion of the tires in a given situation, and the way you engage the gear and clutch. Much of the advice in this thread amounts to slam the car into gear and let the clutch out as fast as possible. That's good for all out acceleration in a straight line. It's not good on a curvy road.

All steering is a controlled slide. Performance handling is the same thing turned up a notch. At slow speeds in safe places, practice turning, pivoting, sliding, shifting, braking. That's how you learn to shift and handle the car. A little extra gas, a little touch of the brakes, a gear shift to slide slightly and power out of a curve. I do this all the time. It's not something to be avoided, it's something to be mastered.

 

This is quite dangerous. You should always downshift and rev-match if you can. Because leave your car in gear will be the safest if you need to get out or get away in a sudden. Leave your car in neutral can cause you car to immediately lose power and throw the weight of your car to the front -->lifting your rear a bit and cause you to oversteer or even spin. That's why you never leave your car in neutral in corner or even shift in the mids of corners.

 

Look man, if you want to save your clutch, minimize the amount of time spent between clutch in in clutch out. You want to loose weight, consume less calories than you burn. This is not difficult stuff people, quit wasting electrons.