They are fun to drive!

Is it here yet? I also put a deposit down for a gr86

I covered that! You can skip gears. I went over doing that!

You can give it gas at any time while holding the clutch.. but the car won't move unless you are at the 'bite point'.

Easiest way to describe it, when you see the rpm starting dip when releasing the clutch start to give it gas. You want your feet to be doing the opposite, one releasing, one pressing down.

For those who want a long explanation: Think of the clutch as a rubberband around two rotating plates (kinda like two gears which work with friction instead). One plate is spinning on the engine side (controlled by the accelerator) and it connects to a plate on the transmission side (which is turning with the wheels). When the clutch is all the way in, the "rubberband" pulls those two plates completely away disconnecting the engine and the wheels. During this time the engine spin will start to lose inertia and the speed of it drops, shown as RPM (revolutions or "rotations" per minute) on your dash, don't worry, the car computer wont allow the car to stall while it's rolling. When you start to rise the clutch pedal (releasing the "rubberband") to the "bite point" (where the plates meet) the engine plate will once again start to spin with the transmission plate which is spinning with the wheels. You want to make this transition between plates smooth. While clutched in; On downshifts (i.e. 3rd to 2nd), by using the accelerator you can speed up the engine plate to catch up to the speed of the wheels' plate depending on how fast the wheels are turning. On upshifts (i.e. 2nd to 3rd), you just clutch in, let the engine lose a little bit of speed, and clutch out when you think it should match the wheels. Basically you want to make the transition between these two plates as smooth as possible by letting out the clutch slower to the "bite point" if the engine RPM needs to change a lot to match the wheels and faster if the engine RPM difference is small. Remember these plates will create more friction the bigger the difference in speed of the two plates. Sliding these plates is what creates clutch wear over time. The reason the car jerks is because you're connecting one plate spinning too much faster than the other and they have to grind a bit to match each other's speed sending that extra force through the car. The clutch isn't a miracle worker, it tries to match the speed of the plates but sometimes it helps to put a little bit of your input, using the accelerator pedal. Just try to let go of the gas right before you clutch out to the bite point as it makes the plates grind a bit and can be jerky too, maybe even more so because the engine generates a lot of power. Think of gears this way. Lower gears have higher ratios meaning if your 1st gear is "4.1" then 4 turns of the engine is 1 turn of the wheel. Gear 2 could be 3.2, Gear 3 could be like 2.6, until you get to a gear, sometimes 5th, where the engine and transmission speeds are 1 to 1. If you're good at math and you figure out the ratios, then you'll know exactly what RPM an engine should be at any given speed and gear. It's not easy math, but that's part of the fun of driving manual and getting good at it. You can find gear ratios for your car with some googling. This is why if you go to a very low gear when the car wheels are spinning very fast you will spike the RPM's on the engine so fast that you could potentially break it by running hard into the rev limiter and maybe past red line. Higher vehicle speeds means your wheels are turning much faster. The RPM of the wheels times the gear ratio should = RPM of the engine.

Actual GR86 Ratios: First Gear Ratio 3.63 (:1) 40% Difference Second Gear Ratio 2.19 (:1) 30% Difference Third Gear Ratio 1.54 (:1) 22% Difference Fourth Gear Ratio 1.21 (:1) 18% Difference Fifth Gear Ratio 1.00 (:1) 23% Difference Sixth Gear Ratio 0.77 (:1) As you can see. 1st gear to 2nd is drastic. 2nd to third is decent. 3rd to 4th, and 4th to 5th, the difference is small enough to not matter much unless you skip gears. Almost feels like one of those gears could be removed because they're so close to each other. Therefore while the 6th gear is a slightly bigger jump when you combine it with the other gears it's not very good on gas. Lol, when you're close to 90 mph the car is at around 4000rpm. At 3500mph around 80 mph. This is intentional of course, for fun...and the car is fun.

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