RE: Shifting gears up or down the Di Matteo way.

["Weiss, Jeffrey" <jeffrey.weiss@domain.elided>]

FERDINANDO DI MATTEO once again describes Fred Shifting:
> Double clutching is a waste of time and effort!
> ...
> To down shift fast from any gear Do Not take your foot off of
> the throttle, maintain the engine speed you are using in that
> gear, then deprtess the clutch all the way and shift! You may
> want to down sdhift from 5th to 4th to 3rd to2ndin rapid
> succession , you'll find the engine rpms at perfect speed
> each time.

Well, OK, this matches speeds nicely for a smooth re-engagement
of the engine to the drivetrain, but it does exactly nothing
for the transmission.  This discussion has been about syncros
and matching RPMs internally to the transmission.
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jw
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