hopper8 Member 47 Member For: 6y 9m 18d Posted 21/08/18 07:26 AM Share Posted 21/08/18 07:26 AM Got it :D And the short shift to 2nd - snap it in and floor it again ASAP, or ease it in and get to the floor gradually?? I imagine that depends a bit on tyres /grip levels etc, but what's the ideal scenario?? Edit: all my 'spirited driving' (cornering, braking, heel-toe shifting) is well rehearsed, but I've never learned to launch hard because I have a large dose of mechanical sympathy haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,052 Member For: 16y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/08/18 07:30 AM Share Posted 21/08/18 07:30 AM well, the shifts are a little tricky, too, but essentially... as fast as you can get the foot to the floor on the clutch, pull the gear out of it's gate and then quickly engage the next gate as you start raising your foot back off the clutch, all with a quick release and re-application of the throttle as the new gear gate is selected and engaged. Essentially you're kicking to the floor and shifting through it in one motion. It takes a bit of practice to get it going well under full torque loads and it's easy to miss a gear with the clunky T56 shifting mechanism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopper8 Member 47 Member For: 6y 9m 18d Posted 21/08/18 07:35 AM Share Posted 21/08/18 07:35 AM Have got this part sorted, (am not a noob driver but just a noob launcher ), so that'll be fine - was wondering if that was the aim to get back to the floor ASAP or if there's a better way, given the propensity to smoke in these cars haha Cheers to all, I need to find a private road and practice I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,052 Member For: 16y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/08/18 07:38 AM Share Posted 21/08/18 07:38 AM well, getting on the throttle straight away again or not depends on a heap of factors, including but not exclusively: how much boost, how much power, how sticky the road is, how sticky your tyres are, how warm those sticky tyres are etc. Essentially control the throttle as necessary as compared to your car's propensity to create smoke at that time haha enjoy your practice and remember to either take pics or video, as we all want to see it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 9m 27d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 21/08/18 07:46 AM Share Posted 21/08/18 07:46 AM How do the Falcons go with a flat shift? Never driven a manual one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 1m 26d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 21/08/18 08:44 AM Share Posted 21/08/18 08:44 AM You fit a quick shifter, you keep the throttle flat but it cuts the revs for a small time. Just like on racing motorcycles and cars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,036 Member For: 9y 8m 1d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 21/08/18 08:47 AM Share Posted 21/08/18 08:47 AM Was trying to get my head around what the ATO website reckons about tax rates for lump sum payments, as I'll be getting paid out a bunch of annual and long service leave when I finish up here and was trying to figure out how much I should walk away with...my head hurts though and I gave up trying to follow it...It's complex, but effectively amounts to being taxed at your marginal tax rate (rate for the bracket you are in) assuming you don't have any leave accrued prior to 1993. Gets treated as if paid over 12 months so less likely to push you into the next bracket.https://www.ato.gov.au/Forms/Withholding-from-unused-leave-payments-on-termination-of-employment/?page=7#Leaving_employment_for_other_reasonsIs taxed differently if it is part of a redundancy package etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stripes. All stock bar the k&n panel filter Silver Donating Members 8,061 Member For: 12y 9m 10d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 21/08/18 09:12 AM Share Posted 21/08/18 09:12 AM Thanks @El Andrew that's actually a really helpful breakdown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,052 Member For: 16y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/08/18 09:23 AM Share Posted 21/08/18 09:23 AM 1 hour ago, Lennox said: How do the Falcons go with a flat shift? Never driven a manual one stock it doesn't work at all unless you fluke a line up of rev matching between the two gears you're switching between... probably a lot of grinding of gears or synchro's... but like double-r said, you get a spark cut quick shifter and it'll cut the spark when you go through the gates via a switch installed in there and it'll allow you to just shift without grinding due to the lack of load (basically how the V8 supercars do it). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,982 Member For: 9y 10m 24d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 21/08/18 09:31 AM Share Posted 21/08/18 09:31 AM Or you can just drive an auto cos they're better. #autoftw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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