sorry Nickd this is where you and i see differently. ill down shift and use compression to slow me down but it will be down shifting at an easy speed and just to keep me in the right gear if i have to accelerate vs down shift and at 4k let it wind down. i rather waste a 15$ brake pad and rotor vs a harder to replace clutch and trans.Synchronizing engine speed with vehicle speed, for down shifting really saves the lives of your brakes. Ha, always passed by some idiot at a red traffic light so they have to slam on their brakes, at a traffic, light, they come to a complete stop. I am still rolling when the light turns green and leave them in the dust.
I am with obermd here. Actually if I hear my engine rev, I wonder what caused me to do this or there goes my clutch. Usually I let out the clutch to the point of moving and then give it more gas if needed.700 - 1500 RPM, depending on the slope of the takeoff and how quickly I need to get moving.
What you do at the drag strip is floor your gas pedal, ease up the clutch so its slipping like crazy, gives you a torque converter effect for maximum acceleration with maximum engine torque. But this is okay, most important thing is to win that two buck trophy, and after one or two runs, plan on replacing your clutch anyway.
Worse gear for wearing out the clutch is first, don't step on the gas at all, Cruze starts rolling, then apply gas pressure after the clutch is fully engaged. With the other gears, you synchronize the engine speed so there is zero clutch slip This way your clutch will last over 150 K miles. Only hit the gas after the clutch is fully engaged, and with practice, can shift smoother than an AT.
Miserable and a very expensive job to replace a clutch on a FWD, and working in the blind so the throwout bearing doesn't fall out and properly aligning the transmission splines with the teeth on the clutch disc, so I want my clutch to last.
Hot rodders love to ride the clutch or careless people resting their foot on it.
Synchronizing engine speed with vehicle speed, for down shifting really saves the lives of your brakes. Ha, always passed by some idiot at a red traffic light so they have to slam on their brakes, at a traffic, light, they come to a complete stop. I am still rolling when the light turns green and leave them in the dust.
I'm the same way with clutch and brake usage. Part of the deal here is that proper downshifting will keep the car in DFCO all the way to walking pace. I had my brakes checked last fall and the estimated life based on mileage was somewhere over 200,000 miles for my brakes.Ha, you do it your way, I will do it my way, my brakes last a 100K miles.
When I first drove my brand new Cruze home with less than 2 miles on it, engine would kill by easing out the clutch. Spark plugs coil springs were hung up on the should boots, gaps were all over the place, that made a huge difference.
If I do feel a bit of hesitation, time to clean or replace the plugs.
Never hit 4,000 rpm when downshifting, where did you get this from? Thing has six gears for downshifting.
i hear the way kids these days shift old manuals, poor things are scraping red line when they down shift. they think its cool for the car to make noise and bwapp bwapp bwapp when they shift down. i do a majority city so even with coasting to a stop mine only last 40k or so usually. clutch and trans more expensive to maintain then brakes. i never downshift like kids these days. i value my syncros,clutch/pressure plate, and my 6 hours it takes to take my supra clutch outHa, you do it your way, I will do it my way, my brakes last a 100K miles.
When I first drove my brand new Cruze home with less than 2 miles on it, engine would kill by easing out the clutch. Spark plugs coil springs were hung up on the should boots, gaps were all over the place, that made a huge difference.
If I do feel a bit of hesitation, time to clean or replace the plugs.
Never hit 4,000 rpm when downshifting, where did you get this from? Thing has six gears for downshifting.
a skilled manual operator can let the clutch out and just let it crawling idle on the verge of a stall but still keep running1200 most of the time I guess. A little blip to get going.
If I'm creeping along in traffic, often I can just let the clutch out at 800 RPM and it'll creep forward under its own power.
700 - 1500 RPM, depending on the slope of the takeoff and how quickly I need to get moving.
That makes three of us although I would say 90% of my starts stay under 1100 rpms.I am with obermd here. Actually if I hear my engine rev, I wonder what caused me to do this or there goes my clutch. Usually I let out the clutch to the point of moving and then give it more gas if needed.
Not in a Honda. #torquelesswondera skilled manual operator can let the clutch out and just let it crawling idle on the verge of a stall but still keep running
IN old hondas they did ok sicne it was a super easy to modulate clutch. in the new one si have a easy time believing it lol.Not in a Honda. #torquelesswonder
The fact that the Cruze actually applies throttle for you when letting out the clutch really helps with those clutch-only takeoffs.
a skilled manual operator can let the clutch out and just let it crawling idle on the verge of a stall but still keep running1200 most of the time I guess. A little blip to get going.
If I'm creeping along in traffic, often I can just let the clutch out at 800 RPM and it'll creep forward under its own power.
I can do that, but not as quickly as I would like sometimes.