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Old 06-17-2018, 05:08 PM   #11
incutebus
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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon View Post
Overthinking it. It sounds like you just need practice in coordinating between what your left and right foot are doing.

The standing throttle blip is just a way to use the kinetic energy of the flywheel to start the car rolling. It's nice because it reduces the time spent slipping the clutch.

Try forgetting about the tach. Don't even watch it.

1. In a parking lot away from others, practice starting out in first gear without applying any throttle.

2. When you have that mastered, really mastered, start adding a little throttle to get rolling. You'll notice that if you engage the clutch while the engine is slowing down, there's a rhythm where it falls into place and there's no jerk.

Smooth upshifts and downshifts are all about controlling engine speed to match what the rest of the car expects it to be. Just takes feel and can be mastered no matter what the RPM. It is more difficult at higher RPM because the difference in engine speed is much wider than when shifting at lower RPM. Therefore, the rhythm is different.
Thanks, lol. I might have worded the blipping thing wrong I was already doing that. I was just saying, I see some people just blip it and dump the throttle and it gets doing smoothly. I have pretty decent clutch control already. Idk I am probably just over thinking it due to all the horror stories of ruining a high performance clutch.
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