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Old 06-12-2009, 10:25 AM   #89
Scrapppy666

 
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Should be a cakewalk in the Camaro once you learn where the clutch grabs and get a feel and ear for the shift points.... Torque and gearing of this car should help a TON as well as being a hydraulic clutch. If you really want to learn, drive something with little torque and a non-hydraulic clutch.... get yourself on a medium grade hill (away from traffic) and just practice taking off, coming to a complete stop each time. Taking off on a hill really is the most difficult part of driving a stick... master that and the rest will follow.

For the longest time only stick I drove was my El Camino.. which should be ballpark 350-400 ft/lb tq and 3.73 gears... you can take off in 3rd gear if you work it right... I drove my buddies dodge dakota 5-speed little while back and almost stalled it a few times because I wasn't use to the torque difference.....

Even rev-matching when downshifting and such will come to you naturally once you get a feel for it... you shouldn't have a problem...

Just don't try talking on your cell phone, smoking, eating a burrito and shifting at the same time.... I'm pretty good at driving with my knees but kinda hard to reach the clutch pedal while doing so
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