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Re: Downshift: Double clutch or blip?

To: "Royce Miller" <royce_miller@yahoo.com>,
Subject: Re: Downshift: Double clutch or blip?
From: "Charles Christ" <cfchrist@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:40:31 -0400
hey!  i have an idea!  you need to be running a 2 stroke saab with free
wheeling....then all you have to do is lift and down shift and step on the
gas again!
look ma....no clutch!  :)

chuck
i did not say it was a great idea...just an idea...c.  :)




> >      For those of you who race cars with synchromesh trannies, when
> > downshifting, do you double clutch or just blip the throttle?  The books
> > I
> > have read split about sixty to forty on this one, with the majority
> > recommending not to double clutch.
> >      Thanks.
> > John Cowan
> >
>
> Howdy folks,
>
> Usually during the warm up lap I double clutch. But once everything is
> warmed up, I put in the clutch once and blip the throttle as I make the
> downshift gear change, especially under hard brakeing and if going down
> into 2nd.

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