I was talking to my friend the other day, he was saying that on downshifts he blips the throttle to make the shift smoother.
I'm trying to make sense of the mechanics of this...
If we take the situation where the downshift skips a few gears to make the situation more extreme.
Lets say I'm going along in 4th and change down to 1st.
My friend seems to think that without bliping the throttle, either the gear will grind, it wont go in, or it will be difficult to get in.
Is this true will bliping the throttle make the change smoother?
It my under standing of gearboxes that once the clutch is pressed, bliping the throttle will have zero affect on the grearbox, the connect is just not their.
Double clutching (hes not double clutching on the downshift) I can see would help. Put clutch, put in neutral, release clutch, rev engine to spin up the clutch, clutch in, change to first. This will help match the speeds of the input and output shafts making the change smooth.
I may not have explained this very well.... in one line.... Will bliping the throttle on a downshift help with the change?