Well I hear alot of people say this, what does it mean? Sorry I don't know, so I had to ask.

 

It means you are driving a truck or old car that does not have synchros and you would push the clutch and shift to neutral before pushing the clutch again and then shifting into gear to help match engine and transmission speed to prevent crashing the next gear up or down (actually jsut the synchros as the gears are in constant contact) So with a sychronized transmission it means someone else is working extra hard to shift gears.

 

Or if you're in the fast and the furious it makes you go faster HAHA.

 

LOL, no reason to double clutch in any new cars. Unless you are F&F it won't do you any good.

 

Plenty of reason to double clutch. Synchros don't work as well downshifting as upshifting.

Double clutching is fairly straightforward:
- Push the clutch in and pull the shifter into neutral.
- Release the clutch with the shifter in neutral.
- Rev the engine up to the RPM that it will be at for the gear you are selecting.
- Push in the clutch and put the shifter in the selected gear.
- Release the clutch.

This process will match the speeds of the input and output shafts, meaning the synchros don't have to work as hard, if at all (I've seen guys drop 2 gears without using the clutch at all with no grinding!). For upshifting (drag racing) this process takes entirely too much time and doesn't do much since the engine should already be coasting down to meet the rpm of the next gear - not much work for the synchros. But for road racing and autocross, where downshifting is much more likely to be needed, double clutching is an essential skill. It's sad that the phrase became so popularized by TF&TF movies... But it is an actual term that is alive and well in the real world of racing.

Best of luck!

 

ive owned me neon for bout 6 months and for thelast 5 monthsi have yet to use the clutch upshifting or downshifting unless im at a complete stop or im starting the wonderful PEON

 

That can be real rough on the syncros if you don't do it right.

 

Its funny how that damn movie just tosses around these driving terms and make it seem like its the difference between winning and losing

 

Your right, thats why I took my clutch out and just welded the trans to the motor, no clutch it quicker than double clutchin, lol

 

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