[Cloud9...68]

I learned how to double clutch at a Bondurant 3-day high performance driving school I attended in 1979 (when it was still at Sears Point Raceway before it became Infineon Raceway), and had practiced it ever since. It took a fair amount of concentration and practice to break myself of the habit and just match revs without pressing the clutch twice when a horrified DE instructor saw what I was doing. It's not a bad habit at all in terms of clutch and transmission life, and it's fun and satisfying to do, but the extra pump of the clutch really is no longer necessary.

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[Rap]

So if I understand this, is double clutching not necessary if you gear match? With all due respect to those who have described in their own words what double clutching is, I still don't understand how to do it. I rev match. Cris that sounds impossibly difficult. Besides being a conservative, no wonder I don't live in SF! Lol

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[ds968]

speaking of SF ( steepest inner-city hills streets anywhere in the US, possibly the world ) and clutches, and the hand brake : not sure if it's just my brake and if it has a a defect, but unless I pull it up to the very last click it's fairly ineffective on a moderate incline, and even at the very last click on a steep hill, it will not hold by itself - if I park it on that type of hill, I use both the hand brake and leave the car in gear. I also remember various posts here indicating the hand brake spring commonly breaks, particularly when the car is hot, and leaves you stranded so I try to avoid using it often .. paranoid .

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[flash]

there is an adjuster at the base of the handle. when properly adjusted, it should take 6 clicks to fully engage the brake and it should hold a pretty steep slope



the spring breaks, but not normally unless you try to move the car with the brake engaged.

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[DaveN]

If you don't double clutch you are still technically wearing the syncro's out and they do as they're only a brass (?) composite. I always double clutch in the morning as my cold tranny shifts so much nicer especially up. After it's warm I only double clutch on down shifts.

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[robadams56]

You can search double clutching on YouTube and there are many demos on how to do it. It is an extra step of rev matching, but it's less likely to miss the correct rpm. Just think it helps preserve the clutch and as DaveN points out, save the synchros.

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[Rap]

Thanks, it's remarkable how I don't think of this stuff!

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[robadams56]

@RAP - some of us were lucky enought to grow up with a pilot/instructor/mechanic whose blood was no doubt 10W40. I had no choice but to learn even if it was through osmosis.

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[cosimo]

I put the s*** lever in neutral and take my foot off the clutch. If I'm on a falt space I take my foot off the brake. Sometimes I can anticipate the light and shift into first. Once while sitting at a light with my foot off the brake a guy in a car came up to me to tell me I had no brakes.Didn't have enough time to explain that with a standard shift you can idle with your foot off the brake. I also slip the gear shift into neutral in my Audi. It's bit more of a pain as you have to step on the brake to get it into gear.

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