996 gt3 video.Manual gearbox ftw

[trile]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73MvmT5C-ik

can't believe those downshifts.... how fast are his feet ?

 

[StevenMc29]

bound to be some sort of aid to the driver for downshifts. or else he is a very very skilled man

 

[trile]

look at his feet...heel&toe

 

[DazG]

Quality video! He overtakes loads of cars! Apparantly the car is a GT3 RS

 

[Ian_182]

Awsome driving i think

 

[bmh.01]

Theres some serious skill there, mucho kudos.

 

[MarkCup]

bound to be some sort of aid to the driver for downshifts. or else he is a very very skilled man

Very very very skilled man.

 

[M8XY G]

very good driver

 

[ado]

Loving it.

Quality video! He overtakes loads of cars! Apparantly the car is a GT3 RS

Isn't it a RSR? Is that a h gate box aswell?

 

[MaLicE]

its a straight cut box you can hear it screaming its tits off, it wont even need the clutch to shift! yank it hard and it will shift...

 

[MarkCup]

You see his left leg work the clutch on every shift up and down.

Very quick.

 

[MaLicE]

so you do... seems little point with a straight cut though... surely it slows him down even more.... and saying that he hardly moves his leg... doesnt look enough to depress the clutch?

 

[Christopher]

Insane!

Skilled chap

 

[riz]

in cars like this when you gun it do you need to use the clutch to upshift?

 

[ForceIndia]

Average compared to this. When F1 was a man's game.
[YOUTUBE]Sya39rhFu0c[/YOUTUBE]

 

[ForceIndia]

in cars like this when you gun it do you need to use the clutch to upshift?

Yes, you can see his left leg working the clutch.

 

[riz]

in cars like this when you gun it do you need to use the clutch to upshift?

Yes, you can see his left leg working the clutch.

maybe he is just jivin?

 

[ForceIndia]

Yes, you can see his left leg working the clutch.

maybe he is just jivin?

Only sequential boxes don't need the clutch IIRC. Even F1's cars had a clutch before seq boxes.

 

[madmike1]

not all sequential boxes can be upshifted without the clutch. the 996 gt3 rsr with a sequential box can not be upshifted without the clutch whereas the 997 gt3 rsr can

 

[AstoN]

The nature of a sequential box surely allows clutchless changes?

The dog toothed gears allowing hardly any mesh delay... they lock instantly.

Even traditional synched gearboxes in everyday cars can be changed with ease without using a clutch, the revs just have to be in the right place, or close enough.

 

[Englebert]

I'm not sure exactly how it works, my dad's Elise has a quaife sequential that has a clutch. We were initially advised to use it, but laterly have been told using the clutch is a bad thing, causing wear. So as long as you match revs i think not using the clutch is fine, and that is what is happening in the video posted.

 

[MarkCup]

I'm not sure exactly how it works, my dad's Elise has a quaife sequential that has a clutch. We were initially advised to use it, but laterly have been told using the clutch is a bad thing, causing wear. So as long as you match revs i think not using the clutch is fine, and that is what is happening in the video posted.

The video posted isn't a sequential gearbox though :S

Or did you just mean the rev matching?

 

[Englebert]

I know, but it will be a dog box so i think the same principles apply.

 

[MaLicE]

its a straight cut gear box you can hear it screaming... its the same as a sequential in the way that you can change without a clutch and will make it last longer... that video looks to me like he is slipping the clutch a little to match the revs...

 

[B5 BDJ]

Average compared to this. When F1 was a man's game.
[youtube]Sya39rhFu0c[/youtube]

good find, what a hero.

 

[Ali]

Awesome!!

 

[jack_davey]

I used to work on these cars, quite amazing bits of kit.. I could change a clutch in the pitlanes in an hour and a half, the gear linkage on them is made up of two cables, they usually have an open cone filter with a big scoop above it.

 

[Fred@BTM]

its a straight cut gear box you can hear it screaming... its the same as a sequential in the way that you can change without a clutch and will make it last longer... that video looks to me like he is slipping the clutch a little to match the revs...

you can't slip the clutch on them! its not possible!

its an GT3 racer

just when you think you can drive well, have a look at that video LOL