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04-23-2007, 11:27 PM
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Powershifting 101
[b] Remember back when, if you weren't shifting your own gears you weren't really driving? Back when
three on the tree with a nonsyncro first was better than any automatic. Automatics were for Grandma............ Well, maybe your not that old. But in the days before reverse valve bodies, air shifters, chips and all the other electronics we have today, Powershifting was an art form. An art form honed on the streets of Everytown USA. Second gear rubber was always mandatory, but nothing felt better then powershifting at least second and third! So sit back, relax and get a little education - maybe you better get some spare syncros, gears and shifter linkage ready also!! - -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
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04-23-2007, 11:56 PM
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Re: Powershifting 101
OK guys, I'm going to be honest here. I consider myself pretty proficient with a four speed shifter, but I've never power shifted or actually kept the accelerator all the way to the floor, depressed the clutch, and hit the next gear without lifting the accelerator. I know I'm not doing it any time soon on my big block Corvette, either. I may try this if I borrow one of Paul D's cars, (like the L88 or Hemi) but no way would I really trust myself to get it right at the expense of an engine.
How about all the other gear heads out there. Do any of you really shift without lifting??????????? I guess I need to trade my four speed cars in for automatics, I can live with that.
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04-24-2007, 12:01 AM
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Re: Powershifting 101
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.... How about all the other gear heads out there. Do any of you really shift without lifting??????????? ..... [/ QUOTE ] Never!!
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Marlin 70 Yenko Nova-350/360, 4speed M21, 4.10 Posi (Daddy's Ride) 69 SS Nova-396/375hp, 4speed M20, 3.55 Posi (Benjamin's Ride) 67 RS Camaro-327/250hp, 2speed Glide, & 3.08 Open (Danny's Ride)
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04-24-2007, 12:22 AM
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Re: Powershifting 101
Done it more times than I can count!
  (although I would tend to be a little more cautious now that the cost of replacement parts has gone through the roof...can't exactly find those replacement Muncies for $300.00 anymore like we used to  )Eric
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04-24-2007, 12:30 AM
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Re: Powershifting 101
One of the best power shifers I have ever driven with is my wife. She has no appreciation for the replacements of parts and like she says you told me 25 years ago put the pedal to the floor and don't let up. I cannot change now just because parts are more expensive.
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04-25-2007, 04:34 AM
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Re: Powershifting 101
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- -  [/ QUOTE ] the ultra rare, one of one "post" camaro 
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