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05-08-2012, 09:10 AM
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Drives: 2011 camaro SS/RS Join Date: Nov 2011
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is it bad to down shift a lot?
What title says, is it bad to down shift a lot
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05-08-2012, 10:06 AM
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Drives: 2012 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Jul 2010
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Probably bad for mpgs
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05-08-2012, 10:14 AM
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Drives: 2010 SS/RS M6/2500HD Lmm LTZ Join Date: Apr 2012
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In too high of an rpm often? Of course. More wear and tear.
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05-08-2012, 10:25 AM
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Drives: 2010 2SS MT, 2010 SHO, 2004 S60R Join Date: Mar 2012
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I do it all the time, habit from road course racing and I only drive the Camaro when I'm out to play. My Camaro backfires atleast once when I get back on the gas coming out of the corner, likely due to the cam and lack of cats.
I however do not downshift just to stop. I do it to maintain high rpm's while braking into a corner so that when I apex it I can get back on it hard. Sent from my iPhone
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05-08-2012, 10:40 AM
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Not as long as you raise the rpm's so you are not causing wear on the clutch. If the clutch comes out and makes the engine rpms come up you are not doing it corectly.
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05-08-2012, 10:45 AM
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Rev matching!
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05-08-2012, 10:48 AM
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k thanks for the responses, i too have a bad habit of downshifting all the time, ill try to limit it. but i do love the back firing
 it must sound like a drive by shooting to the people that are on the street
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05-08-2012, 06:06 PM
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Drives: 2010 SS/RS M6/2500HD Lmm LTZ Join Date: Apr 2012
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05-08-2012, 08:21 PM
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Brake pads are cheaper than clutches.
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05-08-2012, 08:26 PM
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05-08-2012, 11:07 PM
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Brake pads are much cheaper than clutches.
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05-08-2012, 11:08 PM
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You beat me to it!!!
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05-08-2012, 11:13 PM
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This is going to be a hard habit to break for me
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05-08-2012, 11:51 PM
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Not to thread jack, but what about for the automatic trannys? I do this sometimes when I want to rev and hear my exhaust and supercharger whine rev on down to the lower RPMs.
I've always figured it would probably cause the car to run a little rich since the exhaust does pop a little more, but I have no data right now to prove it. |
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