Ok, I realize that there are differences of opinions, and they are not all
correct - but the holders usually believe their opinion is right. My dad
brought me up saying that power shifts were not good, a quick way to burn
out a clutch, and not the fastest way to accelerate. He said it was better
to match speeds, and not to put full power down before the clutch was
engaged. By "power shift" I mean an upshift with the clutch in, where
after you've pushed the lever into the next gear, you floor it, then drop
the clutch. I've been to countless car races and I can't say I've ever
heard a racer do that. I've never done it.
So my sister was over this last weekend with her husband and son. The son
was showing off his new Ford SUV that he swapped out the automatic and
dropped in a manual. It was some cool work, and he should be proud.
However, when he took my son for a drive, he did full power shifts -
bragging about getting rubber even in 3rd gear. When they came back, he
showed my son some You Tube videos of guys doing the same. My
brother-in-law who has some amateur drag racing in his past, just chuckled
and didn't suggest anything was wrong with it.
What do people think about this?
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