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Originally Posted by JDM-dono
I got my BRZ a few weeks back and don't know whether I'm doing something wrong or otherwise. So if anyone can help it'll be great. Say I'm driving along a straight road at 80km/h (50mph) and am going into a slip lane for a 90 degree turn into a suburban street. I'll downshift down to 2nd gear and as I release the clutch (from 3rd to 2nd), the rear tires chirp (or slightly lockup). I'm tempted to ease of the clutch slower but then I'm worried about riding the clutch.
Slightly getting worried about how all this affects the life of the transmission/clutch 
Can someone explain to me what's going on? and how can I avoid this? |
Why change into 2nd at 80kph in normal driving?
That's taking it up to 6,000rpm and certainly needs rev matching to save loading the clutch and transmission. Try using 3rd instead which will still take the engine up to over 4,000rpm and give good engine braking without so much load on everything. It's probably the right gear for the turn too, it's very flexible if you're just cruising.