liudacris

iTrader: (6)

In my last car (240sx), I developed a habit of high revving 3rd gear when I go onto the freeway to quickly match the speed of traffic, then shift straight to 5th to cruise. Or sometimes for quick sprint, I'll redline through third, then go into 5th. Now that I have a new car and want to make sure I treat her right, I wanted to know if this kind of shifting messes up the synchros or anything else in the drivetrain?

LODOSS

iTrader: (1)

I don't see why it would.. i know on dialy driving i go from 1st straight to 3rd or 2nd to fourth. I try to drive it as much as i can in 6th to save gas =p I think this save some gas overall vs shifting through all the gears.

Ep3

iTrader: (10)

i do that.. redline 1,2,3 then 5

AvengerZ

iTrader: (3)

i've been doing 1, 2, 4, 6 since i got my car
shouldnt be a problem... as long the RPM is high enough...

davidv

iTrader: (2)

I skip gears (up and down) without thinking about it.

MoodDude

I skip gears also, but don't try to go over redline on any gear.
I figure the less shifting, the longer my clutch will last.

J3rzeyFlip

iTrader: (2)

shift however u want! Jus dont redline everytime u drive hehe

liudacris

iTrader: (6)

Thanks for the feedback all. glad to know that its fine to do this and im not messing up my car.

g35pm

iTrader: (4)

I do this all the time, just make sure you put it in the right gear.

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iTrader: (10)

Why not? i do

rolling

iTrader: (2)

i do all of the ubove! in addition, often not using the clutch ( at low RPMs)

shezzzhot

iTrader: (5)

Just started doing this. It's great!!

charlie_rdstr_Z

iTrader: (2)

And how exactly do you redline without having a reflash?

pushing4wardbac

iTrader: (4)

Well About skipping gears my dad has aproximately 478k miles on his 1990 nissan pickup STILL on a stock clutch and tranny. He attributes it to never skipping a gear.

Vash350Z

iTrader: (9)

Haha thats the worst explanation ever. Maybe its because early 90's nissans are overbuilt to hell and he probably drives it like a girl, 20 bux says if you get in it, redlined it and slammed second it wouldnt grab at all.

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iTrader: (10)

damn kid your talkin about somebodys father

pushing4wardbac

iTrader: (4)

Nah I red line it from time to time for jollies and it holds just fine its finally losing some grip, He wants to drive it until it dies before he gets his quatrouppe. He is weird about cars lol froma 90's nissan to a maserati lol.

MarquisDeSam

iTrader: (16)

An Acura dealer said that on an Acura RSX type S, if you go from 6th gear to 2nd, you're tranny will fall apart. Weird eh?

Ep3

iTrader: (10)

lol yeah try it

mutock

Skipping is fine, just don't go from 3rd to reverse.