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Originally Posted by chulooz
While in 5 @ 50mph: floor the clutch and nail the gas once then into 3 and let go of the clutch, all while maintaining proper rpms. The engine will slow you down some and apply brakes as needed.
Once you get very good at that you can try heel-toeing without being overly rough.
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When I first read about rev matching, it confused me to no end. It's not something I'd ever been taught. I didn't get what was meant by "blip the throttle" (nail the gas above) or what people meant by the proper rpms. I'd learned to drive stick primarily by feel and almost never paid attention to the tachometer until the FRS (where you almost have no choice
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Eventually I ran across the following post and suddenly things made much more sense...
http://forums.evolutionm.net/2967353-post8.html
I think the key sentence for me was "You want to blip the throttle enough to bring the RPMs up to where they would be in the lower gear at the current speed." Which is mostly a matter of trial and error and knowing your car.