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Old 06-20-2013, 04:16 PM   #22 (permalink)
songman
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Civic Type R - '08 Honda Civic
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My Honda Type "R" has a very sharp clutch, which is probably why my bump experiments this afternoon weren't universally smooth. By far the smoothest was when engaging from around 30 mph where the full engine revs are around 1500. I released the clutch as quickly as possible after I saw the engine catch, but in the 45 mph region I couldn't get it particularly smooth - it seems to "bump" immediately on engine fire up, if that makes any sense.

If I always bumped at 30 mph it'd be fine, but I'd be losing too much speed if I let it coast down that slow.
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