Down shifting

[Old smart]

The amount of time that the clutch plates are slipping and wearing during a downshift (or upshift) is negligible, unless the clutch is already completely shot. Most clutch plate wear occurs when getting under way from a stop.

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[jetfuel]

Originally Posted by Karl Roth

If the inertia wheel in the seat belts won't let you lean forward you are probably having too much fun.
karl

Naaahhhh...not enough.....


..does this eng/trany combo engages the clutch when down shifting or just syncs the rpm's and engages gears....I will like to know...

jetfuel

[JD10367]

I downshift a) when going up hill and I need more power, b) when approaching a yellow light I need to run, LOL, and c) when the weather's bad and I'm coming to a stop.

As long as you downshift within the RPM parameters (e.g. when in low 5 you downshift to 4, and you aren't downshifting when high in a gear causing the now-lower gear to sing a high note) and don't downshift from 2 to 1, I can't see where you're doing any harm.

I don't know how the '08s work but, in my '09 if I'm in manual and I'm approaching a stop and depressing the brake (for arguments sake let's say I was in 5th gear), the gear indicator flashes to 3, then 2, then 1 just before I stop, but I don't actually hear it downshifting, so I think that's more an indication of, "This is the gear I will be in if you get off the brake and step back on the gas," LOL.

[Karl Roth]

Originally Posted by jetfuel

Naaahhhh...not enough.....


..does this eng/trany combo engages the clutch when down shifting or just syncs the rpm's and engages gears....I will like to know...

jetfuel

http://scp-parts.com/pdf/2008fortwotech.pdf
takes a while to download more to read but has lots of worthwhile info and things like how the syncros look...page 48-50 you can see them in the illustrations...
karl

[jetfuel]

...thanks so much Karl....is appreciated.

jetfuel