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justjohn · 04-13-2011, 07:29 PM

Thanks for all the good replies. I'm definitely learning.

I think there must be some fundamental flaw in my understanding of the system though, because rev-matching seems counter-intuitive in terms of wear to me. Oh wait, I think I may have just made a breakthrough. Hang on and tell me if this is right.

"It's not using the clutch when RPMs are high that's hard on it, it's when there is a large difference between where the engine speed is and where it 'should' be for whatever gear you're going to."

If that's right then I've got it. Cause when I learned that keeping on the gas during upshifting was bad for it, I originally assumed the logical link was simply "high RPM = bad for the clutch." Assuming that's wrong, then that's where most of my confusion was coming from.

I always thought rev-matching was just for clutchless shifting, which I have wanted to learn for a while as well, but I've been stuck with an automatic.

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justjohn EcoModding Apprentice Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 233 Black Beauty - '13 Hyundai Elantra Thanks: 71 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Thanks for all the good replies. I'm definitely learning. I think there must be some fundamental flaw in my understanding of the system though, because rev-matching seems counter-intuitive in terms of wear to me. Oh wait, I think I may have just made a breakthrough. Hang on and tell me if this is right. "It's not using the clutch when RPMs are high that's hard on it, it's when there is a large difference between where the engine speed is and where it 'should' be for whatever gear you're going to." If that's right then I've got it. Cause when I learned that keeping on the gas during upshifting was bad for it, I originally assumed the logical link was simply "high RPM = bad for the clutch." Assuming that's wrong, then that's where most of my confusion was coming from. I always thought rev-matching was just for clutchless shifting, which I have wanted to learn for a while as well, but I've been stuck with an automatic.