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It does but as i said it cuts down the jerking motion of shifting and reduces tranny wear. So i wouldnt reccomend it when ur street racing but casually driving id do it all the time.
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With regard to the double clutching, I have one big question:
WHY?
With the fully synchromeshed transmissions available these days (try to find one without it), the tranny does all the matching for you - there is never any need to match your engine speed to the next gear transmission speed.
Except if you mis-time the gear change when you double clutch.. i've tried it a few times and that has happened - i don't quite time slipping the gear in at the same time i press the clutch in.
Sounds like a couple people have watched The Fast and The Furious once too many times, I don't know how anybody that knows their way around a manual transmission should ever grind their gears at any RPM, Synchro's exist for a reason. I've owned several vehicles that I have raced at the local drag strip and never had a problem yet. In fact the gravel crusher in my camaro, which is way more of a bear to shift than my honda, is still fast enough shifting that I don't even need to take my foot off the gas. A little hard on the engine I know, but it's good for about 3 tenths in the quarter mile, and the engine only winds up about 250 RPM in the time that it takes to shift.
If you are having trouble grinding at a High RPM it sounds like you are pulling on the shifter before you have the clutch fully down, that or you could try running a lighter transmission fluid so your synchros cut the fluid easier.
Actually there Dead Pedal i went through this gear grinding excursion not because i watch too much fast and furious or i don't know anything about my transmission but when it came time to change my tranny fluid the process of trying different oils and such, you know trying to save a couple bucks on the expensive OEM brand but it comes down to buying the oem fluid from Honda that works the best. I've tried 10w 30 as it says in the manual, lighter and even gear oil and it comes down to the Honda manual transmission fluid that works the best.
__________________ 01' civc lx
i/h/e
ex head swap w/ vafc2
crower stage 2 camshaft
crower stage 2 valve retainer and springs
I'm still waiting for my 2006 Civic LX Manual. My son finally agreed to learn to drive the stick. He has been reluctant, but it's good that he will learn, even if the Civic is less than an ideal platform for instruction. I would prefer teaching him on my daughter's '74 Vette 350 with tons of torque - very forgiving. But for real, he owns a 2006 Scion tC Automatic, so the transition should be more comparable.
gotta have a stick shift for sure, i get a better sense of control with the manual tranny, i mean with an auto you can kinna let off and reaply to get the car to shift when you want but your never gonna peak your hp and torque with an auto, not to mention sure you can neutral drop an auto but thats way more abusive than a little clutch dumpin
gotta have a stick shift for sure, i get a better sense of control with the manual tranny, i mean with an auto you can kinna let off and reaply to get the car to shift when you want but your never gonna peak your hp and torque with an auto, not to mention sure you can neutral drop an auto but thats way more abusive than a little clutch dumpin
well said
if i ever drive auto, i dont even touch the gears at all, I dont see the point in it.
its funny when auto drivers try and change gears in the auto as though its a manual
I have an auto in my civic and didn't have a choice weather to choose AT or MT since the car was just given to me as a hand me down car. I've never driven MT but I would want to learn.
My car is a manual. It is the only way to go. Charlie has to drop a gear and let that engine rev. ( it was designed for it ). With my car I can hit 70 km/h ( 43 mph ) in first, 117 km/h ( 73 mph ) in second, and 185 km/h ( 115 mph in third.
