Double Clutchin

[Jeanius]

I have heard rumors that double clutchin can do alot of damage to your car, anyone heard the rumors of how it does or know how it could?

[95TransAm]

I have heard rumors that double clutchin can do alot of damage to your car, anyone heard the rumors of how it does or know how it could?

I would think it could do damage if you don't know how to drive properly...but double clutching isn't necessary any more...that is unless your racing in the fast and the furious

[ConElite]

Its dumb. You just end up wasting ur clucth alot quicker. Dont bother even looking into it.

[Jeanius]

A friend told me thats the quickest way to get off the line, when you first feel it catchin first gear, floor it and pop the clutch, i havent tried it though

[ConElite]

All ur doing is allowing the motor to rev up and allow the clutch to slip. Seems like its quicker b/c u take off harder but u waste time in the set u take to DC, and u mess up ur clutch.

[Jeanius]

makes sense con, thanks for the reply!

[Dave M]

What you described is not true double clutching anyway. Some of the old timers can probably explain it better, but double clutching is used in trannies without syncros, I believe. Used to be every tranny. You push the clutch in, shift to neutral, let clutch out, match your revs to what you expect to be in the next gear, push clutch in again and then shift into next desired gear. Large heavy duty trannies like in tractor trailers still use this to some extent today. Of course, passenger cars don't because you have synchros that will take care of differing engine/tranny speed on it's own.

[TraceZ]

What you described is not true double clutching anyway. Some of the old timers can probably explain it better, but double clutching is used in trannies without syncros, I believe. Used to be every tranny. You push the clutch in, shift to neutral, let clutch out, match your revs to what you expect to be in the next gear, push clutch in again and then shift into next desired gear. Large heavy duty trannies like in tractor trailers still use this to some extent today. Of course, passenger cars don't because you have synchros that will take care of differing engine/tranny speed on it's own.

Bingo. That is the proper definition of double clutching. It is NOT a performance method of shifting. It is the correct method of driving older trucks, mostly 18 wheelers and such.

[Kevin - Blown 95 TA]

Yep, you might need it to keep from grinding the gears on a rig, but you should know better than to listen to Vin Deisel and the fast & furious.

"You were granny shifting and not double-clutching like you should of! You never had me! It don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile!"

OK Vin, you dope.

[Jay 02 TA ws6]

Just watch out cuz if you don't double clutch fast enough, your glovebox may spit out washers and cause your floorboard to fall off... you can't have that... especially not when you're racing for respect.

[Injuneer]

Speaking as a certified "old timer".......

I learned how to drive in a 1941 Ford pickup truck, with a 3-on-the-floor non-synchro gearbox. It worked exactly like Dave M described, and was used mainly for down shifting. I also drove a mid-50's English Ford (Consul???) with (if I recall correctly) a non-synchro box. That's the last car I can remember that didn't have a full synchro manual tranny.

[DeWynter]

Hey third gen t5s have no syncro for reverse. Cant say as I have ever needed to double clutch in revese though.

[raroZ28]

man are you guys crazy? double-clutchin is the only way to drive... ya'll are granny shiftin, not double clutchin like ya should (OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH!!!)