^And those people that keep their foot off the pedal are the ones shoving the shifter into 1st as quickly as they can before the car behind them beeps! Their synchros must love them

 

Well I keep one foot on the brake when stopped. I don't leave all 3 untouched if that's what OP was getting at.

 

Gotchaaaaaa

 

this tips are really helpful. I'm hoping to get more into MT

 

Good write!

 

Great Info in this Thread!! Thanks got to finish reading all the posts.

 

Now go out there and kill your clutch...

 

at a complete stop i normally let off the clutch without gassing to start the car rolling. Is that ok?
and sometimes when shifting up i would do the same for instance: from 2nd gear i would clutch in and put it into 3rd then release the clutch slowly without gassing. Once 3rd is fully engaged with the clutch fully off then I would start pressing on the gas. Is that ok as well?

 

Sounds like you're doing it correctly to me.

 

^i dont do this but i dont see how he could make the car roll in second without the car dying or riding the clutch and doing some heavy revving

 

While you can do this, and it works, bear in mind you'll be a candidate for PCR - premature clutch replacement

The idea is to MINIMIZE the amount of time the clutch is slipping. This is when the wear occurs. Get it engaged as quickly and smoothly as possible. Your feet should be synchronized.

 

Technically, if can grasp the concept that the clutch is what connects the motor to the drivetrain, then logic should tell you otherwise. If the car is rolling from any kind of power from the motor, that would mean the clutch is already engaged, as the drivetrain would have to be connected to the engine to move the car.

Stepping on the gas after the car is moving from the power it makes at idle would then be assuring that the clutch is properly engaged before you give it power. Now if you give it gas before you've lifted your foot of the clutch, before the clutch fully engages, it should make sense that you are making it harder for the clutch to catch properly, therefore making your clutch catch harder or slip more than necessary.

 

Dofu, reread what was posted in post # 503 - the car is completely stopped. If you let off the clutch as quickly as you would while feeding throttle WITHOUT giving any throttle, the engine will stall. So if you give no additional throttle to get moving, the clutch release will have to be much slower, resulting in more clutch wear

 

True, the faster you let off the clutch, the better, but that really only works when the clutch and flywheel are spinning.

You don't have to release the clutch as slow as you make it seem, you just have to know the engagement point where the clutch actually catches.

Excessive wear happens when the clutch and flywheel are at different speeds, the greater the difference, the worse the wear. So think about what happens when you step on the gas before you engage the clutch.

 

from experience with this car all i know is release clutch faster need more gas. if releasing clutch slowly need less gas