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Old 10-14-2015, 03:14 AM   #922 (permalink)
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THAT'S the way to do it properly! Bump from a higher gear, then shift to the proper one for the speeding up...

Using much higher gear lets the engine have less retarding/slowing when the "bump" is done...


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Originally Posted by cowmeat View Post
Lol, you know it!

Thanks for the heads up, you were one hundred percent correct, and I'd have never thought to even try it.

I now bump start in fifth all the way down to 5 mph, then switch straight into the correct gear (or neutral at a stop sign), and it's waaaaayyy smoother!

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