StevenGregory
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- First Name
- Steve
- Joined
- Dec 16, 2019
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- Location
- Illinois
- Vehicle(s)
- 2017 Civic Si
To validate my comments: I once drove a 3.8 L E-type Jag from Chesterfield, IN back to Indianapolis, where I worked on it for the friend that owned it, WITH NO CLUTCH (the slave cylinder had blown). It was a matter of putting the car in 2nd gear with the engine off, hitting the starter to move the car up to speed where the engine fired, backing off the throttle to un-load the gears, timing the next up-shift so the gears were moving synchronously, and so on. On a downshift, back off the throttle, pull into neutral, bring the revs up to match the gear speeds. then pull into the lower gear. To stop, back off the throttle, pull into neutral, turn off the ignition, brake to a stop and re-start the whole process.
Having said all of this, the problem with every Civic Si I've driven (including my own): 1. a clutch so light as to be numb, 2. throttle hang which keeps the revs up for way too long when shifting causing a "jerk" when you release the clutch in the next gear. In "sport" mode, my Hondata flash gizzy eliminates this problem. In normal mode, it is still a problem. The solution, slow down the shifts long enough for the RPMs to drop down where they should be.
If you haven't guessed, I'm an old fart who cut my teeth on manual transmissions.
Having said all of this, the problem with every Civic Si I've driven (including my own): 1. a clutch so light as to be numb, 2. throttle hang which keeps the revs up for way too long when shifting causing a "jerk" when you release the clutch in the next gear. In "sport" mode, my Hondata flash gizzy eliminates this problem. In normal mode, it is still a problem. The solution, slow down the shifts long enough for the RPMs to drop down where they should be.
If you haven't guessed, I'm an old fart who cut my teeth on manual transmissions.
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