how to prevent sudden jolt when shifting gears

[blink21me]

i'm not making it HARD for myself...
i'm making it EASIER for the thread-starter to understand..

and besides if sinabi kong "REV MATCHING lang yan" at naintindihan niya, hindi na siya dapat nagtanong in the first place.
hindi ko rin pala alam na may term na "rev matching"

Oh, ok,... I had just never heard of such term as "engine speed", "transmission speed", and "wheel speed" before, which made me think you're complicating things...

[rusem]

oooopsss, sorry I meant to say, "that is NOT true.... no gas is saved by shifting low..." Years ago I saw a thread in Team-Integra.net with charts, diagrams, numbers, etc, that monitored gas consumption in relation with driving in a certain rpm range ~ it proved that driving in the low end does not save you gas, in fact it eventually uses more gas, and that driving above 3,000 rpm consumes less gas on an ITR... I tried looking for that thread but couldn't find it...

ok, thanks... all this time since gas price skyrocketed, i was holding back in my driving... not anymore.

[wewoy_romero]

sorry, di ko naiintindihan yung mga rev matching, wheel speed, engine speed etc. lalo lang akong malilito hehe.

pero i'm doing what you guys suggested. slow release of the clutch and nawawala nga yung jolt.

question lang, if i slowly release the clutch, wouldn't this promote quicker wear of the clutch? nabasa ko kasi dito na parang 2 plates siya

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/clutch.htm


OT: talaga? i usually limit shifting to 2k rpm. parang sa lahat ng forums na nabasa ko, shifting at or below 2k rpm saves gas.

[XTO]

question lang, if i slowly release the clutch, wouldn't this promote quicker wear of the clutch? nabasa ko kasi dito na parang 2 plates siya

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/clutch.htm

tama kasi as long as naka-engaged ang clutch mo. re the two plates, it is
clutch disk itself and and pressure plate.

OT: talaga? i usually limit shifting to 2k rpm. parang sa lahat ng forums na nabasa ko, shifting at or below 2k rpm saves gas.

shifting lower than 2K rpm saves you more but depends sa engine capacity,
may mga engine na swabe pa rin even shifting at 1,5K rpm dapat 2K above.

[SpiritBeing]

clutch drop yata ang tawag dun kapag nag release ka ng clutch ng biglaan

[t_s_o_n_g]

Just my experience... you could really lower fuel consumption by shift gear at range of 1.5k to 2.5k rpms. I am driving from Manila to Calamba everyday. Before I usually change gear at 3k to 4k rpms. But this eat up lots of gas. Laging na ilaw yung fuel gauge pag-uwi ko to Manila na. Now I change my habit of changing gears to low rpms and I could really noticed na malaki yung na tipid sa gas. Kitang-kita sa fuel gauge ko. Pero yung na miss ko yung performance ng engine ko at 3k to 4k rpms. Sarap ng hataw. :-)

[ar_em18]

mga sirs, so ang adviseable rpm to shift gear is 2.5k-3k? tama po ba?

[spongee]

some stuffs that really do work for me:

1st..releasing the clutch gently BUT NOT slowly

2nd..i RELEASE the gas pedal when shifting gears then in syncrony stepping
on it before i release clutch fully..QUICK BUT SMOOTH just so i wont
compromise speed.
3rd..i DONT REV UP...i accelerate slowly and let the engine dictates me to
shift gears...i dont push the engine lalo na sa umaga when it's still cold.
4th..i think most females dont really give attention to rpms hehehe...
nadidistract lang ako pag tumitingin dun...I JUST FEEL MY ENGINE..
i just take note of my rpm pag erratic sha without me stepping on gas.

that's it...

[Yoda]

A lot of cars don't have tachs so sometimes it pays not to rely on them when it comes to shifting. Ewan ko lang kung standard na ito sa lahat ng mga latest models, hindi ko naman kayang bumili ng bagong modelo e. Just feel the engine. Don't let it lug and don't over rev.

[Syuryuken]

mga sirs, so ang adviseable rpm to shift gear is 2.5k-3k? tama po ba?

Depende pa rin sa engine. Sa akin bago mag 2,000 RPM shift na ko.