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Old 12-14-2016, 09:36 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by cat94 View Post
It's not something I do often, I was mostly just trying it out for a day and I got curious. Sounds like the answer is to just avoid doing this and stay in 5th at those speeds.
You can downshift two gears but the rev match can be tricky since the tranny speeds are way off for each gear. The little impact that cruising at 2000 gives you is hardly worthwhile anyway.
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