double clutching is when you pump the clutch twice in every gear while racing. seriuosly, that's what my friends call double clutching. :chuckles: :slap:

 

https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...d.php?t=202772

 

"To hang loose.."

:rofl:

 

Thanks so much, I think I'm gonna go "lol" on the couch now.

 

ease the pain.... hmmm, stop watching gay movies like fast and the furious

 

Finally a serious answer:

Double clutching:

1. You're in 6th doing 3,000RPM @ 60MPH and some Mustang is on your ass
2. Clutch in, move shifter to N
3. Clutch out, rev to high heaven
4. Clutch in, shifter to 4
5. Let out clutch when RPMs match your 4th gear speed at like 59MPH

(yeah if you do it correctly you'll barely lose any speed)

Although, I must admit, more often times than not I'll:

1. Clutch in
2. Move shifter to my lower gear
3. During the moving of the shifter I throw it a little gas (the engine and transmission are disconnected -- this is not 'burning the clutch')
4. Pop it in gear and hopfully match my RPMs

 

okay, now i have another question while on this topic...what are the advantages of this double clutching, some timnes i do it just for fun, becuase i can...but what are the real advantages, doesnt it actually make for longer shift times, but ease the pain on your synchros?? i thought it was a throw back to the days of un synchronized transmissions. thats why big trucks (like 18 wheelers) shift so slow. their trannys are unsynchronized, becuase it is more heavy duty or something...is their an advantage on our modern synchronized trannys?? usually i use kentons second method.

 

I tought double clutching was:

lets say you wanna shift from 3rd to 4th
to save wear and tear on your transmission
you clutch in move the shifter to N and clutch out
then like half a second later you clutch in and put it in 4th

thats what I learned on google after I searched it after I saw that stinkin movie

 

It's better to overrev when you're matching a shift than to underrev, too: example:

I'm once again in 6th gear at 60MPH at 3,000 (this is true in the RSX)
I want to shift down to 5th gear because I'm going up a hill and I want some added power

1. Clutch in, move shifter from 6 to 5
2. During the shift change tap the gas and I hit something like 5,000
3. I let the clutch out at say 4,800 in 5th gear
4. Correct 5th gear RPM at 50MPH happens to be 4,000
5. Engine automatically slows down to match transmission speed

That is less wear-and-tear on your syncros than this:

1. Clutch in, move from 6th to 5th
2. Rev to 3,500 during the shift change
3. Let clutch out at 3,300
4. Engine speed does not match transmission speed, syncros get engine up to 4,000 resulting in a whine noise/bog motion


I'm not saying that overreving to match RPMs is GREAT for your syncros, but for someone like me who doesn't always perfectly revmatch, overrevving is better.

 

That's a great story and all, but I hope you like a big bog motion and an engine whine when you put in 4th at idle RPMs.