AquilaEagle

Fantastic mechanical sympathy here.

Remind me never to buy one of your (collective) cars

Si2k

Probably better for the car than bogging down and slipping the clutch to be honest

AquilaEagle

And even better to do neither

Bibbs

Slipping the clutch will kill it, not pre-loading it will kill the diff, spinning the wheels is fine.

Nottm_S2

i'm with AE.. it's not the healthiest thing

or at least it doesn't feel like it..

i've only done it once.. or maybe twice..

chrispayze

Yeh, I would have thought it would be a bit nasty putting shock loads through the transmission at every set of traffic lights, even if it doens't wear the clutch plates as quickly as slipping it.

Needless to say, I won't be doing it often.

Thanks for everyone's input, just need a chance to try it out (once!)....

CiderBoy

What do you mean?

Si2k

Edited cause i am stupid:


Best stop using full throttle then, might wear the engine out.


Taking up slack by holding the handbrake on and bringing the clutch up, this way the gears are already meshed and you wont be putting massive impacts into the gears and driveshafts.

Bibbs

Don't dump it from fully depressed .. lift it to the biteing point first.

Si2k

Handbrake on and load the drivetrain, this takes up the clearance and stops gears hitting each other when you first drop the clutch. Much better on the gear teeth and driveshafts.