Yes you can, but you have to get it just right. The practicing of this
technique might hurt you transmission though :-)
Ulix
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, andy webster wrote:
> Apparently, according to my old Dad, during the war (ahh..the war) truckers
> had to drive synchro, i.e no clutch. coz if you wore your clutch out you
> couldn't get another. Had to disengage gear and match engine speed to next
> gear and knock it in.
> You can't sychro a sprite 1st gear can you? i.e double clutch and select 1st
> while moving?
> andy
>
> >From: Ronsoave@aol.com
> >Reply-To: Ronsoave@aol.com
> >To: ulix@u.washington.edu, RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca
> >CC: spridgets@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: synchro "zip"
> >Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 09:12:41 EDT
> >
> >In a message dated 99-04-29 22:44:02 EDT, ulix@u.washington.edu writes:
> >
> > > OK, it's a half-yup. On up-shifting it helps, but on down-shifting, the
> > > longer you wait, the worse it gets.
> > > While waiting, the engine rpm drops, but it was too slow for the
> > > down-shift in the first place.
> >
> >My understanding (or lack thereof): On the downshift, blip the throttle on
> >your pause through neutral with the clutch up to spin the innards of the
> >gearbox up to the speed of the input shaft. The synchros use friction
> >rings
> >and sliders to engage the spinning gears and bring them to a synchronized
> >speed as you shift, and your pause in neutral / throttle blip is doing that
> >for you. I spent a year with no third and 4th synchros on my old MGB, and
> >it
> >gets to be second nature quickly (not to mention Sprite first gear for
> >those
> >of us who don't have Splite 5-speeds).
>
>
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