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Originally posted by gasmanrus bill, blipping the throttle takes the load off the gearbox when downchanging, you should feel the benifit when its timed right (it even suggests this in the owners manual of the 916!!) the correct sequence is clutch in Blip, gear down, clutch out (do i win £5?) [Edited on 2-2-2005 by gasmanrus] |
I may be wrong but I think the reason for blipping the throttle on a downshift is to match the engine revs to the gearbox which will be higher (as you have just downshifted) So I think the correct sequence is clutch in , gear down, blip, clutch out
An expert should be along..