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i have a technique that i use to minimize my time i spend in the corners and maxamize my rev and speed coming out of the corner - If anybody knows better please tell me. im not saying im Micheal Shoemacher or anything im just saying its working pretty good for now. till one of u guys says otherwise.
Heres how i do it. Lets say im doing 110 mph in fifth gear and slowing for a corner sharp enough to slow down for - Approaching the rolling gut going into the corner instead of holding the breaks then shifting into 3rd which maxes out at around 90 mph in my car - i instead put it into 4 - once i arrive at the inner apex and getting ready to roll around the bend of the curve i down shift even further, into third. the reason i do this is because (in my mind) i am leaving enough"spool" time for the engine and tranny to sinc with each other this way it is a perfect match for 3rd coming out - therefore maximizing my rpm without overrevving - but coming out of the corner i don't have to ride the gear for very long at all i usually have to shift as soon i clear the corner - right back into fourth. i may sound like a little too much work if your not used to it but i havn't found a better method.
this is in my old 88 accord lx-i . She will be gone in a month (trade on of $1000 for the 96 civic dx)
so let me know
Heres how i do it. Lets say im doing 110 mph in fifth gear and slowing for a corner sharp enough to slow down for - Approaching the rolling gut going into the corner instead of holding the breaks then shifting into 3rd which maxes out at around 90 mph in my car - i instead put it into 4 - once i arrive at the inner apex and getting ready to roll around the bend of the curve i down shift even further, into third. the reason i do this is because (in my mind) i am leaving enough"spool" time for the engine and tranny to sinc with each other this way it is a perfect match for 3rd coming out - therefore maximizing my rpm without overrevving - but coming out of the corner i don't have to ride the gear for very long at all i usually have to shift as soon i clear the corner - right back into fourth. i may sound like a little too much work if your not used to it but i havn't found a better method.
this is in my old 88 accord lx-i . She will be gone in a month (trade on of $1000 for the 96 civic dx)
so let me know