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Originally Posted by san rensho
I'm not recommending double clutching, my method uses the clutch just once, just blip as you are going through neutral. Its no slower than putting it in the lower gear first, then blipping, it actually faster, you are doing two things at once, blipping the throttle and moving the gear shift.
And blipping while going through neutral does save a modern synchro mesh tranny. Even with the clutch depressed, there is some drag in the clutch and blipping the throttle while in neutral will spin up the input shaft some, which means the synchro has to do less work.
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Got it, I misunderstood what you were suggesting. It's likely that I am on the gas as the shifter goes into neutral... It's one fluid motion from one sift gate to the next. I get absolutely no resistance going into the lower gear when it's done correctly. I think that we're both recommending same method, it's just that you were more detailed in your explanation.
I thought that you were suggesting that one needed to release the clutch during the neutral blip and then re-engage it for the shift...