Re: power shifting

[Dan Bubb <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>]

Not wanting to start a flame war, but... what the hell.
Power shifting is generally for somebody that has more money than sense
(at least as applied to street cars). It's incredibly abusive to the
tranmission and engine with few exceptions. By definition, there is
nothing smooth about it.
Speed shifting, at least, doesn't risk the engine, but again, there is
nothing smooth about it, which is the antithesis of going fast in a road
race setting. Just picture what happens to a tire's lateral grip when a
torque spike is fed to it!
Dan

Anthony Pelletier wrote:
> 
> With cathy's motor, she'll be wanting to wait till the
> revlimter to shift as her power peaks around 6800(1.8
> head, 50mm, eurocam).  (please tell me I remembered
> that correctly.)  The key is to do it smoothly.  If
> you start grinding gears your trans is going to die
> quickly.
> 
> --- Matthew Yip <mgyip@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Define "power shifting"
> >
> > When I road race, I power shift per se by stabbing
> > the clutch whilst
> > almost simultaneously lifting on the accelerator and
> > moving the shift
> > lever into the next higher gear.  This is a bit
> > tough on synchros but
> > it does make for fast shifts which are critical,
> > especially when
> > cornering.
> >
> > In the 16v, the torque starts to drop off around
> > 6200 rpms -
> > therefore, I set my shift light around 6200 rpms and
> > try to shift
> > close to that speed although it's tough when you're
> > racing door
> > handle to door handle.
> >
> > To date, no one's been killed speed shifting
> > although more than one
> > transmission died an untimely death.
> >
> > --- Cathy Boyko <losinit@usa.net> wrote:
> > > My hubby wants me to ask if anyone has advice on
> > power shifting,
> > > since it
> > > should drop his ET's if he can do it consistently.
> > Tips and what to
> > > avoid
> > > would be appreciated, thanks. (like anybody killed
> > anything doing
> > > it? best
> > > rpms? that kind of stuff) LMK, thanks. Cathy
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Matthew
> >
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