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Originally Posted by blacksky
Hey guys, I bought a BRZ 6MT a week ago  but the thing is I am not a very good manual driver. I was hoping I can get some advice on how I can drive it better. 
1) When I am in 1st/2nd in the parking lot, sometimes I have to go snail speed < 5mph and the cars starts to chug (I know it's not getting enough gas but sometimes I can't go any faster), how do I prevent this from happening?
2) When I take a corner, say I am in 4th, and I downshift to 2nd, is it okay if I hold the clutch in while I am turning? And accelerate out of the turn?
3) Can I release clutch a bit faster after 1st gear?
4) Is there an easy way to rev match? Right now I do: clutch in, change gear, rev match, slowly let clutch out + maintain gas. |
1) ive noticed it takes as low as 5mph until first gear is fully engagedwithout gas. The chugging or jolting and lost of power is caused by being in a too high gear for the speed. I used to use second alot in parkinh lots but than going on. Decline felt horrendous (clanking in the tranny, no power, shaking,) just stay in first. First gear has the most torque.
2) You can and it wont do any damage to the car but when your car is in nuetral, youre gforce and momentum is going to be really off. I honestly stay in third and sometimes drop to second. Your also going to be in >1k rpm in neutral. I like staying in around 4k, plus the handling is much better in gear and in a higher rpm.
3) the higher gear your in the quicker and more forgiving the gear catch point is.
4) After your more familier with the gear ratios you can do it quicker. When i feel like speed racer mode i, stomp the clutch down, and right away i stomp the gas down + down shifting at the same time. It should take a third of a second at most. Best practicing from 6th to 5th at 50 mph. Hope this helps!!