Originally posted by M3zy6@Mar 2 2004, 12:53 AM
Lude, when you downshift, are you on the throttle when you land
or do you grab clutch? Seems like you'd be putting alot of stress
on the tranny if you land in gear.
No, Im not on the throttle until I hit the ground. Everytime you jump and land you are in gear, so its no more stress on the tranny. Most of the time I dont use the clutch at all, but sometimes I do on accident...You also have to understand that I dont land on a straight away. On this track I have to start to turn out of the jump as soon as I land. Thats why I need it in 1st gear...If it were a straight shot after landing I would have enough momentum to stay in the gear I jumped in. ..
You dont always have to downshift on jumps, but in this case I cant do the corner in 2nd gear, wich is the gear I left the jump in...(still factory high gearing) ..So what I started doing was shifting into first while in the air, and that gave me tons of power to powerslide through the corner, then I could nail 2nd and get some speed up before the next jump on that straightaway. its a 26 ft. double and you only have about 15 ft to get your speed up or wipeout. When I was landing in 2nd gear and trying to take off, I couldnt get enough speed. Then I started downshiftind durring the table top and that way I landed in the gear needed....It really improved my lap time by 1.5 sec.....I just thought it was a neat feeling when I did it the first time, and it worked out. so that made it even better.
