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Old 04-04-2014, 05:38 AM   #20 (permalink)
serialk11r
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Yea this sounds like you just haven't learned to rev match yet. With your car parked, play with the throttle a bit. Aim for 1500rpm, 2000, 2500, etc. and try to get a feel for how much of a jab you give the throttle to achieve that speed from idle. Then hold the engine at a higher rpm say 2000 and then try to hit 2500, etc. When you drive the car around daily, when you slow down always perform downshifts, and you'll learn very quickly. The point is that the clutch should not be doing any work on a downshift.

Once you know how to do this, you should be able to execute shifts as smoothly as an automatic transmission.
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