View Single Post
Old 04-28-2015, 10:26 PM   #2
Tcoat
Senior Member
 
Tcoat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Drives: 2020 Hakone
Location: London, Ont
Posts: 69,841
Thanks: 61,656
Thanked 108,295 Times in 46,456 Posts
Mentioned: 2499 Post(s)
Tagged: 50 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by mstoochn View Post
2015 Brz sport-tech m/t, this is my first m/t car so perhaps I'm just clueless.

Whenever I go over a speed bump at low speed in gear (8-15kmph) the car will be in gear and I let it creep over the speed bump, as the car goes over the speed bump the vehicle will begin to rock (in the same manner it would if you drop the clutch at low revs) but 1st gear is engaged and my foot isn't on the clutch - is this a characteristic of the car or should I be doing something different?
You are letting the revs drop to far and it is lugging. If taking a bump that slow clutch in just before rolling over and clutch out and accelerate like normal after you g over. Never let the revs to so low that you start to shudder, "rock" or in any other way lug the engine.
__________________
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.
Tcoat is offline   Reply With Quote