shifting without the clutch

[redfire gt]

ok so my dad told me that shifting without the clutch is something you feel and should be able to do once you get good with shifting, so I went ahead and tried it out for the first time today. I love it haha. All of my gears go in like butter at the right rpm, no noise, grinding or anything. Really something that might make the clutches life last a lot longer. Anyone else try this out?

[GT800]

It's something you get very used to especially if you have ever driven cdl trucks because the clutch doesn't really do anything in those except help you start out

[G9-07-Eddie]

I used to do the same when I drove trucks as well a long time agog lol

[02Sally]

Shawn does it all the time and he loves it. I'm just trying to learn how to drive stick first! Lol

[TheUberMonkey]

Doesn't it beat the snot out of the syncros though?

[redfire gt]

yea idk about the synocros. I mean my dad used to have cars also, about fifteen yrs or so ago that were stick shift and thats all he did, he never encountered a problem with the trans.

[mrnoodley]

Syncros are WAY more expen$ive to replace than a clutch. There is absolutely no advantage to doing this other than as a novelty in a fwd with a synchronized gearbox. It's much easier to do with a non syncroed box. Look at the size of the space between the dogs in a truck trans, then look at how fine the space is between the teeth of a syncro/blocker ring. They just aren't made for clutchless shifting.

Yes, i do it once in a while for fun, but never in the mustang. And trying to justify it by thinking it save clutch life is silly. A new clutch is q few hundred dollars, a new trans is a few thousand.

Use the clutch. It's there for a reason.

[GT800]

Yeah i have to agree with mrnoodley there it may be fun but every once in a while your gonna grind because of it and like he said a clutch is much cheaper than a tranny.

[Blackgt09]

this^^

[redfire gt]

True, I just had to try it once ha