rodralig
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- First Name
- Alfred
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- Los Angeles
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- Civic Si Sedan 2019
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Okay... I know that I am been out of the manual tranny business for around 5-years! But it has been 2-weeks now with the Civic Si, and I can't seem to correctly get a smooth heel-toe brake-n-downshift going... Rev matching for all gears are fine except for 3-2 as will be explained below.
Is it because I need to brake deeper? Is it the pedal layout and/or foot well? Is it the rev hang which I have been hearing about (no "rev hang" in Japan, apparently).
And yes, shifts 1-2 and 3-2 are excruciating. For the former, no matter what I do I can't seem to get it smooth. Well, there is a way by waiting a tad longer before finishing the shift; but coming off from a light, or a stop in stop-n-go Los Angeles traffic - it gets frustrating SLOW out of the line. For the latter, the only way I can rev-match smoothly is with a double-clutch.
BTW, my last manual was a right-hand driven 2010 STi Spec C (JDM) when I was still living in Tokyo until 2013. I was heel-toeing that car in both the street and the track. No issues!!! ... which makes it more frustrating that I can't do it with the Si.
Any thoughts? Tips?
Thanks!!!
Is it because I need to brake deeper? Is it the pedal layout and/or foot well? Is it the rev hang which I have been hearing about (no "rev hang" in Japan, apparently).
And yes, shifts 1-2 and 3-2 are excruciating. For the former, no matter what I do I can't seem to get it smooth. Well, there is a way by waiting a tad longer before finishing the shift; but coming off from a light, or a stop in stop-n-go Los Angeles traffic - it gets frustrating SLOW out of the line. For the latter, the only way I can rev-match smoothly is with a double-clutch.
BTW, my last manual was a right-hand driven 2010 STi Spec C (JDM) when I was still living in Tokyo until 2013. I was heel-toeing that car in both the street and the track. No issues!!! ... which makes it more frustrating that I can't do it with the Si.
Any thoughts? Tips?
Thanks!!!
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