Harmful to shift without clutch?

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by Loren

You have to blip the throttle ***** to get the revs up PAST where they need to be for the gear you're downshifting to, and then drop into the gear just as you would on an upshift.

***** while in neutral

[Loren]

Originally Posted by twowheels

***** while in neutral

Thanks for the clarification. :)

Damn, I tried to clutchless shift today in the beater Tercel that I bought for my son. As beautifully as that car shifts with the clutch, it really DOES NOT like to clutchless shift. Even on upshifts, it won't do it without a really healthy neutral-rev first. Gonna have to practice that one some more so that I can talk my son through it. I think it's a skill that he needs to learn. (never know when the clutch hydraulics are gonna fail on your beater car!)