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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
At 60 from 5th to 6th there's maybe 500 RPM split? I'm totally spitballing.
But from 3rd at, what, 4500 to 6th at 2500? That's a lot time to squeeze all the lube from between the cones and get 'em cookin' real good.
It's not bad at low speeds because the relative speeds all converge to zero RPM.
It's that 6th-to-3rd shift at highway speed that'll cook the 3rd gear synchro in no time. Those I ALWAYS double-clutch.
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Yep. Yep. And, I don't really do that. I'm generally a sequential shift guy. Seldom to never skip gears on the way up and, generally run down the gears coming to a stop. Occasionally, coming to a stop at a light or stop sign, I'll let the car coast in gear down to about 1500 then clutch in and slip into what ever gear would give me 2500 if I needed it. Once stopped, it's into first again. With the way I drive, going from 6th to 3rd at speed, isn't something I've considered doing. I can easily see double clutching that one. On the same page now.