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Originally Posted by Cridland
Going 45-50km downshifting from third to second, rev matching with clutch in and I cant get it into second until I come to a dead stop
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With the clutch in, rev matching does nothing. Go back and read @
wheelhaus post on understanding how the transmission works. Double-clutching is THE KEY.
From third to second, here are the steps:
1. disengage clutch.
2. third to neutral.
3. engage clutch.
4. rev engine significantly over the speed at which it would rotate if you actually were driving in second gear. This is critical. You are now spooling up the input shaft.
5.
while revving the engine, disengage the clutch.
6. quickly, before the input shaft has a chance to spool down, gently nudge the gearshift lever so it's resting against the second gear syncro.
7. wait for it ... ahhhh! enjoy the buttery plunk of your transmission literally falling into second gear.
If it didn't work then you either didn't rev high enough in step-4, didn't disengage quickly enough in step-5, or weren't quick enough in step-6.
You will know you got it right when second gear just flops into place.
If you practice this with all downshifts, and are gentle about waiting for the input shaft to spool down during upshifts, your transmission will love you long time.