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I thought this was more of a general question than a tech question but here it goes. I'm new to the shifting world because i got my license about a year and 1/2 ago and have had my truck that long..its a stick of coarse. I'm pretty good at it now that i've got a handle on the basic things. I've started to venture off road a little bit with it and i'm curious as to what kind of clutch/shifting tricks some of you guys had up your sleeve. I only know the rocking one. What have you guys got for me? Also, what kind of tricks do racers use on the street, like what is double clutching and granny shifting is just shifting normally right?
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Primary rig is:
95' F-150 EB 300/6 5 spd with 4" Superlift, MSD, Ram Air, Gibson Exhaust, 32" BFG Muds
NEW PICS IN MY GALLERY!! :-)
Then theres:
88' F-250 Superduty 351 + c6
92' Thunderbird 3.8L V-6 FOR SALE!
95' Mercury Cougar 4.6L V-8
80' E-350 300/6 and a
3 spd column shifter baby.
The newest addition to the Ford family is a 99' Mustang GT 4.6L
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I've heard of it rarely before but yeah...fast and the furious..haha...i dont really like that movie but i do like the black car at the end...i hate those little cars. Speaking of that movie, i've always heard nitrous oxide systems as N.O.S. saying the letters, not saying it NOS like they do in the movie. Which one is right, since u know the movie?
Primary rig is:
95' F-150 EB 300/6 5 spd with 4" Superlift, MSD, Ram Air, Gibson Exhaust, 32" BFG Muds
NEW PICS IN MY GALLERY!! :-)
Then theres:
88' F-250 Superduty 351 + c6
92' Thunderbird 3.8L V-6 FOR SALE!
95' Mercury Cougar 4.6L V-8
80' E-350 300/6 and a
3 spd column shifter baby.
The newest addition to the Ford family is a 99' Mustang GT 4.6L
Primary rig is:
95' F-150 EB 300/6 5 spd with 4" Superlift, MSD, Ram Air, Gibson Exhaust, 32" BFG Muds
NEW PICS IN MY GALLERY!! :-)
Then theres:
88' F-250 Superduty 351 + c6
92' Thunderbird 3.8L V-6 FOR SALE!
95' Mercury Cougar 4.6L V-8
80' E-350 300/6 and a
3 spd column shifter baby.
The newest addition to the Ford family is a 99' Mustang GT 4.6L
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NOS is a brand name. It stands for Nitrous Oxide Systems, located in CA. They are the biggest supplier of nitrous systems. I believe, if i remember my chemistry, that nitrous oxide, the gas, is abbreviated NOx. I think that's right, but not sure. I've never heard of it as N.O.S., usually just hear NOS. I think NOS has just become the general word for nitrous, like how lots of people say coke, for anythign cola.
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yeah, maybe alil confusion but i did say nitrous oxide systems in my post..no problem though, thanks. I think i heard it on tv...maybe popular hot rodding tv, said as N.O.S but a lot of people say NOS. But the "lot of people" i hear from are kids my age (17) who don't know anything and only know it cuz of the fast and the furious movie. I myself know a lot about cars and trucks so i'm just curious which one it was.
Primary rig is:
95' F-150 EB 300/6 5 spd with 4" Superlift, MSD, Ram Air, Gibson Exhaust, 32" BFG Muds
NEW PICS IN MY GALLERY!! :-)
Then theres:
88' F-250 Superduty 351 + c6
92' Thunderbird 3.8L V-6 FOR SALE!
95' Mercury Cougar 4.6L V-8
80' E-350 300/6 and a
3 spd column shifter baby.
The newest addition to the Ford family is a 99' Mustang GT 4.6L
Primary rig is:
95' F-150 EB 300/6 5 spd with 4" Superlift, MSD, Ram Air, Gibson Exhaust, 32" BFG Muds
NEW PICS IN MY GALLERY!! :-)
Then theres:
88' F-250 Superduty 351 + c6
92' Thunderbird 3.8L V-6 FOR SALE!
95' Mercury Cougar 4.6L V-8
80' E-350 300/6 and a
3 spd column shifter baby.
The newest addition to the Ford family is a 99' Mustang GT 4.6L
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Correct me if I'm worng, but the Fast and Furious complained about "not double clutching every gear". However, in a straight line race wwth up-shifting only, I see no reason to double clutch?
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From: Topsfield, MA
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Thats "granny shifting, not double clutching like you should" hehe. What is double clutching?
Primary rig is:
95' F-150 EB 300/6 5 spd with 4" Superlift, MSD, Ram Air, Gibson Exhaust, 32" BFG Muds
NEW PICS IN MY GALLERY!! :-)
Then theres:
88' F-250 Superduty 351 + c6
92' Thunderbird 3.8L V-6 FOR SALE!
95' Mercury Cougar 4.6L V-8
80' E-350 300/6 and a
3 spd column shifter baby.
The newest addition to the Ford family is a 99' Mustang GT 4.6L
Primary rig is:
95' F-150 EB 300/6 5 spd with 4" Superlift, MSD, Ram Air, Gibson Exhaust, 32" BFG Muds
NEW PICS IN MY GALLERY!! :-)
Then theres:
88' F-250 Superduty 351 + c6
92' Thunderbird 3.8L V-6 FOR SALE!
95' Mercury Cougar 4.6L V-8
80' E-350 300/6 and a
3 spd column shifter baby.
The newest addition to the Ford family is a 99' Mustang GT 4.6L
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Double clutching is when you enange the clutch, shift the trans to neutral, then blip the throttle. Then you enange the clutch again and shift into gear.
That Fast and Furious movie is really dumb. It's a shame to the auto world.
That Fast and Furious movie is really dumb. It's a shame to the auto world.
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So you put it in neutral ..rev it up a little ..put it in gear and dump the clutch? When would you ever use that for an edge? ...Yes i agree, that movie is a discrace. I prefer gone in 60 seconds, that is my favorite movie. Some REAL cars in that one. Gotta love the Shelby GT 500 in there, probably my favorite car, if not a mustang Super Stallion but those are not production.
Primary rig is:
95' F-150 EB 300/6 5 spd with 4" Superlift, MSD, Ram Air, Gibson Exhaust, 32" BFG Muds
NEW PICS IN MY GALLERY!! :-)
Then theres:
88' F-250 Superduty 351 + c6
92' Thunderbird 3.8L V-6 FOR SALE!
95' Mercury Cougar 4.6L V-8
80' E-350 300/6 and a
3 spd column shifter baby.
The newest addition to the Ford family is a 99' Mustang GT 4.6L
Primary rig is:
95' F-150 EB 300/6 5 spd with 4" Superlift, MSD, Ram Air, Gibson Exhaust, 32" BFG Muds
NEW PICS IN MY GALLERY!! :-)
Then theres:
88' F-250 Superduty 351 + c6
92' Thunderbird 3.8L V-6 FOR SALE!
95' Mercury Cougar 4.6L V-8
80' E-350 300/6 and a
3 spd column shifter baby.
The newest addition to the Ford family is a 99' Mustang GT 4.6L
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You guys gotta be kidding, you watched that movie for a plot? Poor souls, you missed the single most important feature that The Fast and Furious had to offer - Jordana Brewster! Jeez guys, come on. Ah crap, I'm drooling on the keyboard again...
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 10-Apr-02 AT 03:07 AM (EST)]I thought double clutching was this process:
1. Press clutch in
2. Move stick out of gear and into neutral
3. Rev the engine so the trans speed and engine speed match
4. Without pressing the clutch, slide the stick into gear
I've done it on my older truck, took a hell of a lot of practice, never used for it anything other than just trying to do it. I think it used to be common practice when manual transmissions didn't have synchronizers, you'd use it to stop the gears from grinding...I think
On the whole NOS things...seems everyone I know just says nitrous or laughing or giggle gas, the latter sounding kind of corny.
1. Press clutch in
2. Move stick out of gear and into neutral
3. Rev the engine so the trans speed and engine speed match
4. Without pressing the clutch, slide the stick into gear
I've done it on my older truck, took a hell of a lot of practice, never used for it anything other than just trying to do it. I think it used to be common practice when manual transmissions didn't have synchronizers, you'd use it to stop the gears from grinding...I think
On the whole NOS things...seems everyone I know just says nitrous or laughing or giggle gas, the latter sounding kind of corny.
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>So you put it in neutral ..rev it up a little ..put it in
>gear and dump the clutch? When would you ever use that for
>an edge? ...Yes i agree, that movie is a discrace. I prefer
>gone in 60 seconds, that is my favorite movie. Some REAL
>cars in that one. Gotta love the Shelby GT 500 in there,
>probably my favorite car, if not a mustang Super Stallion
>but those are not production.
>
>
I think you mis-understood the explaination!
While you are accelerating through the gears <OR > Between each gear up or down>
You push the clutch in slide it out of gear >REV engine <>push the clutch back in > Slide it into the next gear.
Power shifting is one clutch actuation with engine revving >Shoving into the next gear.
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>gear and dump the clutch? When would you ever use that for
>an edge? ...Yes i agree, that movie is a discrace. I prefer
>gone in 60 seconds, that is my favorite movie. Some REAL
>cars in that one. Gotta love the Shelby GT 500 in there,
>probably my favorite car, if not a mustang Super Stallion
>but those are not production.
>
>
I think you mis-understood the explaination!
While you are accelerating through the gears <OR > Between each gear up or down>
You push the clutch in slide it out of gear >REV engine <>push the clutch back in > Slide it into the next gear.
Power shifting is one clutch actuation with engine revving >Shoving into the next gear.
[i][font color=blue]Dennis[/font][i]
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64-Fairlane500 S/C waiting for a 390-4spd.
68-Mustang 289-Sunlit Gold 80,892Mi
78-Buick LeSabre 403 4V
84 Volvo DL Wagon [/font]
