Manual Gear questions

[potato]

hi, i want to know if there is any difference (when the car is stopped) by having the shifter into N and letting the clutch pedal go & having the shifter in say 1st gear and pressing the clutch.

 

[tofu_manic]

Want to know when slowing down by both braking & shifting to lower gears, do heel toe method improve or worsen the braking distance, or does it have no effects other than making the transmission smoother?

it does more than that, e.g. with an FR car, when u r at speed, then need to slow down quickly for a corner, if all u do is just brake n downshift straightaway without matching the revs, rear tires may just lock (even more so while braking since weight transfers to the front more) and depending on how slick the surface is / speed / angle, u may just spin out

generally weight transition is just a lot smoother; less unwanted sudden rough movements which may unsettle the car

in conditions like rain, this is even more crucial

 

[hachiroku clan]

hi, i want to know if there is any difference (when the car is stopped) by having the shifter into N and letting the clutch pedal go & having the shifter in say 1st gear and pressing the clutch.

the difference is, if u put in gear while pressing the clutch, the synchronizer runs the gear to match the engine speed.. only when u release the clutch it connects and get the car moving.. (correct me if im wrong)
when in N, the synchronizer is at stand still position.. (correct me if im wrong again)..
therefore, putting it in N causes less wear compared to pressing the clutch while in gear..

 

[LuKa]

to conserve the clutch...always use the left leg to step on the clutch pedal for changing gear ONLY.. other than that... let the left leg rest on the foot rest... if situation like traffic jams, then you could not avoid that.. some drivers likes to leave the left leg on the clutch peddle even when u r not pressing it(mostly female Driver)...

the bad part having the habit of the left foot 100% at the tip of the clutch pedal even when u r not pressing it is.... u might give a lil bit pressure to the cluch while already engaging gears.. this will wear the clutch faster than not stepping at all...

 

[lonely driver]

regarding the campro, it is due to the lag in response of the drive-by-wire system...
they use a very slow processor to calculate the fuel pedal thus a lag by about 1 sec...
i have told them to try fix this but they say it is the characteristic of campro...
but supprisingly they have eliminate this in the new campro CPS...

 

[UnicornSpeed]

go for advance driving school

 

[LittleWhiteWagon]

its same as heel toe-ing right? but in this case, its for slowing down..

btw, since were on this topic, out of curiosity, when we do engine braking, will it consume fuel?
the rpm goes up to keep up with the actual car speed but will fuel go into the engine?
does it differ in carb n efi engines?
btw im just another noobie

Yeah it does, the engine speed goes up wud

 

[hachiroku clan]

'mystery' solved!
But its abit ironic, burning fuel because want to decrease speed.. :)

 

[LittleWhiteWagon]

Haha true true, but oh well.
Sacrifise fuel in the name of racing