Floating gears.

[purv24]

Quick question.

I
Drive an 18
Wheeler for a living... And I float the gears. If you dont know what that means it means upshifting and downshifting without using the clutch.

A friend of mine owns a 04 gt manual and he had told me you couldn't float in a car.

Previous to getting my cdl I had never driven manual tranny...

But the other day I tried floating in my Camaro... And I'm wondering if it is bad for the transmission... I heard no grinding noises .




Please note that I'm not planning on doing this ever in my car just wondering about it.

Also to me... Floating in the trucks helped me to learn the gears and how to shift a lot more efficiently... With a clutch you cam pretty much put it in any gear at any time. But when you float you have to learn the proper rpms on which to shift.

[ex-SS-ve]

funny your freind said that. when i had a mustang that was the car i practiced rev matching in. i have done that in everything that ive owned and driven with not one issue.

[purv24]

Originally Posted by ex-SS-ve

funny your freind said that. when i had a mustang that was the car i practiced rev matching in. i have done that in everything that ive owned and driven with not one issue.

That's what I like to hear. And revmatching is a term I have not heard but I'm sure u are talking about the same thing...

But at my job the subject is always a debate.

But what I think is that floating is better. Because you can't put it in too high of a gear and bog the motor and also you cand put it in to low of gear and be way too high on rpms... You have to be on target

[GhostOutlaw]

Ive been told by another truck driver that that is called dead sticking it.

I have also read here i believe that it is very bad for new transmissions.

[fielderLS3]

There is no reason to ever do that with a transmission with syncros. If you are perfect at matching revs every single time, you might be able to get away with it. If you are not, you will eventually cause damage, or at least excessive wear.

[xXSilencerXx]

I personally won't do it. Which is cheaper to replace your clutch or transmission? Hence why I'll put the wear on the clutch.

[HDRDTD]

If you do it properly it works like a charm. However if you're new at it or your not carefull, it's easy to grind the gears.
It takes talent and practice.

Done properly, it shouldn't hurt a thing.

[VTXrider]

If you rev match very close to perfect then no harm done, a little off and you are causing wear, further off and....

I wouldn't do it simply because I can't rev match close enough with a quick shift, I would need to slow my shifting to get the rev match right. Then again, that is just my skill, so maybe you can.

Diesel trucks seem easier to rev match to me, I guess the low revving diesel and the mass of the engine