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"CRB and over-stressing the Pressure Plate spring-diaphragm"

release bearing and pressure plate are not the clutch...

4/19/2006 3:05:15 PM

I downshift (ie engine brake) all the time. If you rev match, thats not engine braking, thats racin shit. Im not hard on the clutch otherwise and they put a beefy clutch in my car so fuck it...

4/19/2006 3:08:02 PM

not rev matching is fairly hard on the clutch

[Edited on April 19, 2006 at 3:11 PM. Reason : you can rev match and engine brake, they really dont have anything to do with each other]

4/19/2006 3:10:15 PM

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"release bearing and pressure plate are not the clutch..."

no they are not, but they work in sync in conjunction and if bearings and diapraghm spring becomes fatigued over time it will lead to clutch damage.

4/19/2006 3:12:38 PM

ok well you fucks are gonna be spending big bucks on trans and clutch shit.

why not just use the brakes?

4/19/2006 3:29:22 PM

^it gets my spinnas dirty

4/19/2006 3:32:10 PM

^spending big bucks? thats a matter of opinion

compared to what you would spend to rebuild an automatic, a manual is peanuts. Unless maybe if you are going for some racing shit.

4/19/2006 3:35:00 PM

sir, are you reading something else.

what costs more.

brake pads or clutch/trans internals????

4/19/2006 3:36:16 PM

your mom1

4/19/2006 3:40:58 PM

seriously though, unless you're drivin like an idiot, downshifting and all isnt going to hurt the tranny/clutch that much, yeah it adds wear and shortens the life of it and all, but not drastically unless your clutch is a piece of shit, or you have mad power. I do it mostly out of habit, but i never really tach it up more than may be 3k or so when i do it...

4/19/2006 3:45:17 PM

4/19/2006 3:45:29 PM

see shit, i just went and got food and all not downshifting and takin it out of gear at the lights and shit, ya'll are fucking with my groove

4/19/2006 4:28:05 PM

4/19/2006 5:35:04 PM

I actually double clutch my downshifts usually because 1) it goes into gear a lot easier b/c mazda transmissions are notchy as hell, especially with a short shifter 2) my tranny has 154k miles on it, doesn't grind any gears, and I'd like to keep it that way

4/19/2006 7:52:41 PM

^ I gotta agree with Ray on this one. It's a fuck of a lot easier to replace a clutch than it is to rebuild a tranny (I've done manual gearboxes ranging from fwd shitbox to New Process 545). And it's usually quite a bit cheaper as well.

4/19/2006 8:29:53 PM