stick car 4 speed best shift points

joespanova · 09-28-2016, 01:06 PM

Shifting at power peak should drop RPMs back to torque peak.
I don't know if contemporary stick cars work this way though , since anymore most , if not all , current stick cars use a clutchless trans.

BTW.........If you ain't clutching at the gear change , using a clutch assisted trans , you ain't a real stick racer.

Contemporary clutchless trannys can make a stick racer out of my grandmother.

Bill Unruh · 09-30-2016, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joespanova

.....If you ain't clutching at the gear change , .... you ain't a real stick racer.

Contemporary clutchless trannys can make a stick racer out of my grandmother.

WOW! Sounds like someone has clutchless shift envy.

---Bill.

joespanova · 09-30-2016, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Unruh

WOW! Sounds like someone has clutchless shift envy.

---Bill.

LOL , Yeah sure pal.
Hardly.
It's the truth.

rod · 10-02-2016, 07:42 PM

if you have a real low first gear, like 2.94 or 3.06, the sooner you get out of first gear the better. the engine is making RPMs, but the car is going no where. you have to think about driving an old farm truck with a granny 4 speed. low gets you moving, the tach is way to the right side and the truck is hardly moving forward!
Rod in AZ

09-28-2016, 01:06 PM	#1
joespanova Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Ga. Posts: 521 Likes: 7 Liked 13 Times in 11 Posts	Re: stick car 4 speed best shift points Shifting at power peak should drop RPMs back to torque peak. I don't know if contemporary stick cars work this way though , since anymore most , if not all , current stick cars use a clutchless trans. BTW.........If you ain't clutching at the gear change , using a clutch assisted trans , you ain't a real stick racer. Contemporary clutchless trannys can make a stick racer out of my grandmother.

10-02-2016, 07:42 PM	#4
rod Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Kingman, NW AZ. in the middle of the longest stretch of Route 66 Posts: 315 Likes: 0 Liked 20 Times in 15 Posts	Re: stick car 4 speed best shift points if you have a real low first gear, like 2.94 or 3.06, the sooner you get out of first gear the better. the engine is making RPMs, but the car is going no where. you have to think about driving an old farm truck with a granny 4 speed. low gets you moving, the tach is way to the right side and the truck is hardly moving forward! Rod in AZ