Suzuki Samurai was Re: [geeks] SPARC proprietary (MAJOR RANT)

[Michael Schiller]

On Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 11:34  AM, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:

> Alternatively, you can speed shift, but that isn't recommended in cars
> because that will wear things out faster.  Truckers do it all the time
> though (or so my trucker friend tells me).

The thing the truckers don't tell you is that because of the lack of 
syncros in the larger transmissions you almost HAVE to shift that way, 
and it's also MUCH easier to do than in a modern tranny that has 
working syncros. My old truck (the one that got totaled out on I-81 
1-1/2 years ago) was starting to have transmission troubles, (the 
syncros were going), so I was shifting it without using the clutch, for 
up-shifts, or downshifts. If you get to know your engine/trans well 
this is fairly easy to do well.

-Mike
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