Question about Driving Manual Shift~i am So Confused!
11-09-2008, 07:28 PM
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Everything said about bucking is dead on. All manual cars do this to some degree. In the Z, with it's very close gear ratios remember that if the car is at all rolling or moving you can be in second. You can even use second to get the car rolling from a complete stop but there's really no point for that. When I'm in the parking lot and need to be slowing down and turning and maneuvering I keep the transmission in 2nd gear and alternate between pushing the clutch in and out to get the proper speed for whatever I'm doing. I only really use first for pulling away from a dead stop.
11-09-2008, 07:29 PM
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You're getting what's referred to (by me anyway) as "bucking". If it starts doing that, push in the clutch. The way to avoid it is to let off of the gas slower. When you release quickly, it starts that torque whip. If it's bad enough, it's self-sustaining because it bucks, your foot hits the gas and it bucks harder.
Basically, just don't let off of the gas so fast, or conversely, don't hit the gas so hard when you're coasting with high revs.
edit: Oh yeah. And if you can't stop doing it, then roll your window down, hold your arm out the window and yell "Yeeeeeee-Haaaaa".
Basically, just don't let off of the gas so fast, or conversely, don't hit the gas so hard when you're coasting with high revs.
edit: Oh yeah. And if you can't stop doing it, then roll your window down, hold your arm out the window and yell "Yeeeeeee-Haaaaa".
11-09-2008, 07:30 PM
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as said before its called engine breaking and its perfectly normal. I have the same issue but i mean I've ridden motocross for years so there is alot worse engine breaking on the race bikes. But its nothing to get **** about. If it bothers you keep it in neutral or shift. If you still want to complain about it you can always go trade it in for an automatic.... 
i traded in my automatic a couple of weeks ago for this manual 350Z , now u wanna me to do it again?
11-10-2008, 09:37 AM
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I don't have the Z anymore, but I did pick up my first manual car.. You'll get over this soon, I just messed around with it till I got some smoother riding.. For me, I either let go of gas slower, toss in N (don't do very often). If it's kinda moving but not, just let off the clutch a little and go very slow without hitting gas, if it moves just a bit faster, I go to 2nd...
11-11-2008, 08:44 AM
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I don't have the Z anymore, but I did pick up my first manual car.. You'll get over this soon, I just messed around with it till I got some smoother riding.. For me, I either let go of gas slower, toss in N (don't do very often). If it's kinda moving but not, just let off the clutch a little and go very slow without hitting gas, if it moves just a bit faster, I go to 2nd...
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I don't have the Z anymore, but I did pick up my first manual car.. You'll get over this soon, I just messed around with it till I got some smoother riding.. For me, I either let go of gas slower, toss in N (don't do very often). If it's kinda moving but not, just let off the clutch a little and go very slow without hitting gas, if it moves just a bit faster, I go to 2nd...
take rpm to 5k in 1st gear? dump the clutch? then what? shift up?
11-11-2008, 09:56 AM
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It's called "driveline lash". There's some slack in the mechanical parts. When traveling slowly in gear, the car will sometimes bounce between the two extremes of the slack. The wheels cause the motor to turn, then the slack unwinds and the motor causes the wheels to turn, then the slack winds back up again. This is exacerbated in the Z by the dual-mass flywheel. When traveling at slow speeds, you need to slip the clutch a little to keep this from happening. Either that, or accelerate a little, then press the clutch in and coast, then let the clutch out and accelerate, then press the clutch in and coast, etc...
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