"floating gears"?

[gtdragon980]

has anyone ever used this technique on their cars? i cant seem to find a thread on this but i heard about it today and i was wondering how is it possible and if its even good for your transmission? apparently its best to do it on e30s and older audis..but i never heard about this type of shifting before..any help?

[alpinaclone]

Never heard of it. Like flat shifting maybe?

[E30SPDFRK]

Never heard of it, but I can tell you that the best way to shift gears in an e30 is normally.

[accident]

clutchless shifting. rev-matching and slipping it into gear. truckers do this, but they also dont have synchros. dont do it, it's bad.

[E30SPDFRK]

If that is what it is, then its fine to do if you get it perfect every time. Each time you miss, though, it kills your synchros a bit more.

Why not just use the clutch?

[kenika65]

shit I cant even get it out of gear let less then in to a gear with out using my clutch.

[416stroker]

I dont see the point unless your worring about time in a race... My 260 doesnt like to be shifted with out the cluth but what the 240 in my 85 318i was fine with it..but theres no point unless your in a race and worried about tenths of a second

[NC325iC]

i had to clutchless shift for a few days when my MC bracket was bent, not too hard but for me at least it was alot slower shifts than with the clutch, takes a bit of practice to get the revs just right so itll slip right in

[416stroker]

ya with 260 it seemed real touchy it only worked for me around 4200

[gtdragon980]

oh i see yeah the person said it is fine with like an '86 318i so i was like huh? you can shift without clutching?? but yeah thanks just wanted to know about it and how it is for our cars

[E30_Pare]

My dad did this for a few months in the 318i(trying to show off) ;). Soon after we lost 1st, 2nd, and 4th gear. Now we have another tranny which was easily sourced from a junkyard so no problem there, but either way I don't recommend it.