Personally..... I like to do full-throttle powershifts in my car.... just leave the gas on the floor.. stomp the clutch, throw the shifter, and hold on.
I also like to scream at 7000RPMs in 1st gear...... and them slam it into reverse, sidestep the clutch, and do backwards 4-wheel burnouts while still moving forward.
im wondering about this too. When im in first and say my RPMS are around 3-4k, and i let off the gas the car or tranny makes a wierd noise, and kinda bucks back and forth... Is this Common for AWD Cars?
Well since no one can give you a real answer ill tell you what i think.
Personally i leave it in gear when i am slowing down. And yes the awd does cause some rocking and slight bucking.
How bad does your car buck? mine only does it very slightly.
whats wrong with the car is probably AWD lol because two wheel drive cars dont jerk and buck noticabley much. I wonder if all other manual AWD vehicles do the same
If it's bucking, you're doing it wrong. A good manual driver is capable of driving the WRX with 0 bucking. That bucking you are experiencing is shocking the drivetrain, and will eventually wear things out. Learn how to drive the car smooth.
Any useful advice on HOW to do it correctly? Just telling us we're wrong and that we should change, but not telling us what to change to, isn't particularly useful to some of us newbs.
This happens on mine and I'm not spiking the gas on and off, it just doesn't like to do constant speed in 1st. it's smooth when accelerating, but hates to just move along in 1st and sometimes 2nd at low speeds without bucking, and I'm just trying to get moving at all and then keep the gas constant for a constant but slow speed.
the car should not naturally buck if you are driving it correctly. and by correctly i mean smoothly. squeezing on and off the gas, using it like a rheostat not an on off switch. that goes for pushing it down and releasing the gas. it should be done smoothly but quickly. dont mistake that for releasing the gas fast, a big difference quickly and smoothly than fast. its the difference between fast drivers and novices on the track. that bucking that are expeiencing would probably upset the car so much on the track that you could end up landscaping.
well like trainrex said its the shock in the drive train so i guess in essence it is "normal/going to happen" if you cant learn the car but as far as it being healthy for the car? no it isnt.
the issue is not the fact its a manual its how you are driving it. by abrubtly lifting the gas you are causing the engine rpms to drop faster then the car can transfer the weight forward. if you just simply smoothly but quickly lift off the gas allowing the car to settle before you are totally off the gas will just about prevent the whole bucking thing. its all about being smooth not the fact that its a manual or not.
Oh yeah but can your car do it when the pedal is at constant pressure? In other words you arent letting up the gas you are just cruising in first and it starts.
We should make it a new fad to show off our mad tyte rides. Like hittin the bov or ghostridin the whip. "Bro, I bucked so hard, they were like totally scurred by my suby's powah, I'm getting me some pussay tonight fo sho."
I also like to scream at 7000RPMs in 1st gear...... and them slam it into reverse, sidestep the clutch, and do backwards 4-wheel burnouts while still moving forward.
If not.....
So why don't you go "scream at 7000 RPMs in REVERSE gear"......and then "slam it in first"..."sidestep the clutch"...and do a FORWARD 4-wheel burnout????
Well, that works too..... but you can actually go FASTER in 1st gear than you can in reverse... that way, the sudden transfer of power is more significant
same thing happens to me in first. when your on the gas going slowly the engine is pushing the gears then when you let off the gas, the engine is pulling the gears and slowing you down. Basically your using the other side of the gear teeth and the bucking is when the engine slows down to fast and and pressure moves from one side of the gear teeth to the other and shocks the drive train a bit.
If you let off the gas slowly theres a lot less shock and buck.
in all honesty theres no way to describe how to be smooth other than to tell you to be smooth. you really just have to be smooth with every input, gas, brake, clutch, shifter, steering. every imput that you give the car shouldnt be jerky or overly fast. they should be done in a smooth controlled manner that doesnt upset the car. if you can learn to do that youll be a better driver on the street and the track.
Matt
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