I fully engage the clutch in reverse only when I need to go really far. Like when I see someone leaving a parking spot that I passed. Other than that I feather the clutch.

 

hmm, i always let go of the clutch all the way when i'm going reverse but only for a tiny moment and i fully depress the clutch again and go in a free roll like mentioned already. there should be minimal slippage but i rarely ever stay halfway on the clutch when reversing or starting on first.

i also always double clutch downshifts, i know that the synchros are doing fine on their own without it, but it just makes me feel better when i know i'm not stressing out the synchros. it also helps me time all my shifts better on the track. and hey, you gotta admit that double clutching downshifts are fun

 

Wow...2007 back from the dead.

 

^^^ lol, didn't notice, just saw it under new posts

 

Double clutching is a waste of time. Some of you guys think you're extending the life of the transmission, but its really pointless. Are you going to care if the transmission lasts 300k instead of 250k? You won't even have the car by that point or something else will have broken.

I've got a GS-R with 280k and I've never double clutched it. Transmission is still as good as the day it was new. If it lasts 300k+ without double clutching, then who cares if it lasts a little longer if you had double clutched.

 

I've always slipped the clutch in reverse just enough to start moving at the speed I need to be, even if that is 0.3 mph...and then push the clutch back in and coast bachwards, you continue slipping the clutch in short bursts to keep moving backwards in tight reverse situations where you can't let the pedal out fully. slipping in short bursts does not wear out the clutch or glaze it...it's the long slipping that heats the clutch up were the damage happens.

 

true, but don't you think it's fun lol

 

I'm sure that at those lower rpm ranges the clutch is not wearing at any noticeable rate. i've never bothered to rev match or double clutch, the car has a syncronized gear box, i read there was no need to do that. As for engaging the clutch in reverse, when parallel parking i don't think i have ever fully engaged the clutch, even in stop and go traffic you really have no choice but to "feather" the clutch.

Regardless, with the way most people launch, raising the rpms to 6-7-8k and then dumping the clutch, really, what's the point of babying the clutch in reverse. I Burnt my clutch not from riding the clutch but from trying to learn how to launch.

 

well, it depends when Im driving, but I use the throttle/brake to modulate speed in reverse sometimes.

I always reverse park into my stall at night so I can take off forward during the day, so starting up@2Krpm is no problem for me (only going forward). While parking, I modulate speed with clutch pedal, but reversing for other reasons, such as getting out of a tight spot, etc etc I use throttle and brake instead.

 

Slipping the clutch a little at low rpms is not much wear.
That's analogous to lightly braking at 15mph.

Slipping the clutch at high rpms (when your vehicle speed is low) is a bigger change... More like dragging the brakes on the highway downhill.