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If you're on a public road id say rev matching is the safest and most useful skill to learn. Especially if you've been to McDonald's and you've got a seat full off milkshakes.
@@jogmas12 Its hard on a lot of production cars because of the distance between the brake and gas. Especially for people with smaller or narrower feet.
*As a german who's been driving manual cars only since I was 11, I have to say - I never knew there's a whole science to shiftng! I drove cars 65-300 HP just fine*
Same here, I think this is over complicating, I never "rev match" or whatever, if I'm in forth and I'm reducing speed, when I feel that I need to downshift to third I just release the gas, press the clutch, shift and let go of the clutch, as simple as that.
I remember when I was tyring to learn how to drive standard... I would watch this type of videos.. the best way to learn is go out there and stall the shit out of your car.
Bought my first manual car a month ago, just starting to learn heel toe. So much more convenient than getting off the brake to downshift and way cooler than just coasting
You can also down shift by breaking until your rpm’s are around 1200 (personal experience yours may be higher or lower) and then pressing the clutch lowering your gear and slowly bringing the clutch back up without jumping or having to get off the breaks at all
It's been a long day without you, my friend *getting goosbumps* And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again *thinking about Vin and Paul* We've come a long way from where we began *thinking about all the Fast & Furiouse films* Oh I'll tell you all about it when I see you again *starts to cry* When I see you again *TEARS STARTS TO DRIP LITERALLY OUT OF MY ASS*
Seriously though - Don't powershift into OD! Your over-driving the driveshaft faster than the engine. This consumes gobs of torque to accomplish that and under full power will really shock the gear train. Ease into the upshift to OD then get back on it.
Usually you wanna be on an empty parking lot and play around with the first three gears till you feel comfortable enough to do it on the road at speed..
hello! i bought a manual 9 days ago. before that i had 2 years of motorcycle experience which has helped my manual transition greatly. Over the last week I have scoweres the youtube for vids to help me with advanced techniques. This vid is the best concise vid I've found. thank you!
Pretty much what prompted me to learn, that and trying to drift in BeamNG drive and sliding out downshifting through corners. Tell you what, it improved my driving and somehow improved my fuel economy.
Beautifully explained! You helped me override a lot of confusions created by, the so called, manual shift drivers. Once i started driving manual shift, I never wanted another automatic. It is a pure joy of being fully involved with driving your car. Thank you!
Heel-toe shifting only finally made sense to me when I took my car to the Tail of the Dragon with friends who were faster/better/braver drivers than I. There were many times when I had to brake before a very tight corner AND downshift to exit the corner at the proper speed/RPMs. I felt myself hesitating as balanced the brake vs shift decision. Sometimes I needed to do both at once (but that wasn't possible) Then it dawned on me: if I knew how to heel/toe, I would be doing them both at the same time.
Excellent tutorial.. As a side note a third camera showing where the gearshift was would be useful for the double clutch technique as many people may overlook that fact that you're doing two maneuvers during that operation (From gear to neutral, then to the lower gear)
this is the best shifting explanation i've ever seen here on yt. i call it "brake by downshifting" because i like to downshift instead of using my brakes. i'm impressed this video only has 2700 views, everybody must watch this!
Manual shifting in a Mustang GT or higher is work of beauty and complete driver experienced satisfaction. Many haters out there actually cannot drive a manual anyway if the truth be told. In a muscle car as in the newer Mustang's, speed is very important, however over the life of your Mustang ownership, the experience of driving a manual is a highly rewarding experience.
6:52 I love the fact that he pauses for a moment to remind you of “heel-toe” it’s just like my nerdy science teacher pausing and waiting for the students to remember the theme which he mentioned in the previous class lol.
just started driving manual back in the past 1 year and due to Covid, i think i barely clocked even 1500 miles... after spending almost 8 mins watching your video, I still feel like before watching your video, i was like...wtf did i just watch! :) thanks for the video, imma definitely gonna watch a few times again...
I watched this video 3 years ago when I got my driving licence. Didn't understand much due to my low experience/knowledge about the way a manual transmission worked. 3 years later (now), everything makes so much sense! 👍🏻
Easier said than done haha. You can't get that foot to pivot so nicely with the walls in the way. Most of the time end up hitting all 3 pedals at once.
Lanky Ninja size 47( europe) here. If I do a heel toe I turn it around. I brake with my heel and tap the gas with my toe. This is very clumsy in the beginning tho. What I win is that my feet don't get tangled up and I can keep the throttle pushed in after the corner.
Lanky Ninja same bro, I wear size 15 extra wide and it's hard af to try to drive with a smaller footwell. But like anything, you adapt. Skis for feet sometimes get annoying
When you wear a size 18 it is easy as hell to heel toe. My foot is so big that I learned to heel toe in my first month of driving stick without anyone's help. The problem is that I'm 6'8 so I don't fit in a lot of cars.
Honestly, this guy explained it very well! I recently purchased a Subaru BRZ and am a beginner at manual driving. I understood his explanation of what rev matching and double clutching are. I just figured out that I am somewhat already doing rev matching!
It depends what you wanna do. If I want to reduce my speed I brake a little and shift down ( first gear more braking is necessarily since engine braking is strong) and release the clutch slowly and brake even more. If you want to accelerate like overtaking faster, I shift down but push the gas and slowly let go of the clutch, exactly like how you normally take off at first gear. It works fine but I don't know if that causes any unnecessary wear.
I started driving stick when I was 17. There was a serious learning curve to downshifting, but once you get it down it is a game changer. It also helps a lot with your awareness.
Heel and toe is a racing technique to keep a car stable while braking and downshifting when driving as fast as possible (on a track for example). In RWD cars, if a lower gear is put in very quickly without a rev match or heel and toe, then the rear wheels will lock temporary, causing clutch/gearbox/drive shaft wear and bringing the car out of balance. It's like when you would pull the handbrake while entering a corner, resulting in snap oversteering. In FWD/AWD cars it's less dangerous in terms of car stability but it produces an excessive amount of clutch, gearbox, drive shaft and engine wear. A race car driver wants to be in the right gear with slightly applied throttle before corner apex or even earlier, so he has to find a way to finish everything he needs to (slowing down, putting the gear in he needs, coupling the engine with the wheels) as fast AND as smooth as possible. Heel and toe is the solution! Rev matching is a good technique to reduce clutch/gearbox wear (if done correctly) while driving in normal traffic every day :) Greets from Germany
V8Roehrldrifter I just got a 5.0Mustang gt for my first manual and sometimes I'd down shift and the wheels would lock a split second this explains alot what you said
@@jebasun02 Exactly, now imagine this happens when you are on the limit and about to enter a corner at 100+mph, not funny. The reason for the wheel lock: The rear wheels are connected to the engine (and the tarmac) while in gear with released clutch pedal. You drive 50mph in 4th gear for example, the rear wheels are turning suitable to this speed and the engine runs at 2500rpm. Now you press the clutch pedal. The car is still moving 50mph, the rear wheels too (they are not connected to the engine now but still to the tarmac) but the engine is still at 2500rpm (even lower because the rpm drops when pressing the clutch pedal). You put 3rd gear in and release the clutch pedal quickly. There is a problem now, 2500rpm in 3rd gear isn't enough to spin the tires the suitable speed for 50mph, it needs way more engine rpm in 3rd gear to drive 50mph. The rear wheels are spinning too fast for the engine, the engine is spinning too slow for the rear wheels. But you connected those together by releasing the clutch pedal. Now the rear wheels tries to accelerate (because spinned by the tarmac) the engine to the right rpm for 50mph in 3rd gear but can't do it fast enough because of mass inertia of the engine. At the same time the engine slows down the rear wheels because its not spinning fast enough for those. The connection can't be hold anymore because of the different speeds, so it breaks at the weakest point. Fortunately the weakest point is the connection of the rear wheels to the tarmac, the wheels turns too slow for the tarmac which moves with 50mph under those wheels, thats why they loose grip and lock (they don't really stop turning but turns way slower than needed). This weakest point of connection in FWD and specially in AWD cars is often a different one. The clutch, drive shafts or even worse. You bypass this problem by rev matching or heel & toe. Sry for the text wall, i tried to explain it as good as i can in english.
Good way to eat the life out of your clutch if you don't know what your doing. Here's the basics learn to crawl before you walk. Walk and walk well before you run. Run and run fast before you race. Racing is fun, a lot of adrenaline, but dangerous to you and those around you. Make wise choices. Live a long and happy life.
And they teach me that heel toe only is used on big corners with high speed. Hairpin we dont use heel too so we have extra brake force and can brake later before the corner. And is rev matching not only really needed on turbo engine cars? To keep turbo spooled
Actually I find this vid so good, he does explain pretty good these techniques, maybe not everyone are gonna use it, but it does work. I do use double clutch on my gearbox, firstly cause it's an old truck engine, so if you don't want to switch gears and hear a noise, you double clutch, and afterwards, when we wanna down-shift, mostly on Diesel engines, we gotta have the right rpm in order to make a good compression, if you don't have the rpm, you won't be able to down-shift, you'll stay on neutral, and that's risky if you're going down the road. Greetings
Nicely done. I used to do this on my 1968 Etype where the brake was real close to the accelerator mainly for heel and toe while racing. I would sometime get in trouble after I downshifted and then tried a spirited acceleration out of the turn. The car would swing out of control from oversteer and the "open" differential and was a bear to get back on the road safely. It was a racing monster and I miss it.
The most fun I ever had in a manual car was engine braking in my old 96 Saturn wagon with a muffler delete and a glass pack resonator. Dropping from 4th into 3rd around 45 mph without rev matching and coasting gave some of the nastiest exhaust pops I've ever heard lol.
Since posting above, I have discovered a reason, however it is a bit of a stupid reason. Basically, all modern consumer cars (read cars made after dinosaurs went extinct) with manual transmissions have some things called "synchronizers" inside. Literally, the job of the synchronizer is to make it so that you do not have to double clutch as explained in this video. However, as with anything, through use comes wear. Thus, double clutching is effectively like saying "I don't use my blinkers because I don't want my blinker bulbs to go out".
Double-clutching is used more often on work trucks and specialty transmissions. It's also helpful for when the synchros in a transmission are messed up. It also helps reduce wear by making your shifts smoother. It's also fun to do, which is as good of a reason as any. Maybe you should do some research before you say dumb things on the internet.
1) A professional driver of a work truck will not only never double clutch, but he will also not use the clutch at all, unless he his stopped/stopping. Of course, you would not know that because you're talking out of your ass. 2) In no way does double clutching make your shifts smoother, obviously you could improve at downshifting if that is your impression. 3) Certain people find a lot of stupid things to be fun, I find efficiency (removal of useless actions) to be fun 4) Nothing I said above was incorrect 5) Maybe you should do research before you say dumb things on the internet
Me: Can you take me to the store, Bro? Friend: Cool! Hop in! (UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, B, A, START) Alright, we're here! Me: WTF?!
I’m 16 I’ve been driving since I was 13 with my grandpa and I never realized that all that long I was rev matching my grandpa always told me to shift like that
Good video, well explained.Seeing all bad comments, looks like a lot of people have tried but are not able to succeed in this easy and natural technique... envy is bad...a manual has to be driven like this. No more discussion . If not , automatic gearboxes wouldn’t have rev matching in cars and bikes.
Hey Nick ... not only did you explain how, but you explained why and demonstrated it well. I started driving in the 60's when a majority of the drivers were taught to drive with a manual transmissions ... as well as the majority of those transmissions had either no synchro's or only on a couple of gears. I actually know people today that don't even know what a standard/stick/manual transmission is let alone how to drive one. Anyway ... well done.
Awesome 👍 us truck and tractor trailer drivers use double clutch method, or clutchless using RPM and use fuel to blip to in and out gears which is very useful going uphill, or down, but also to cut fatigue driving for 14hrs a day, but also save clutch life.
The "select 3rd" part is easier when you do a full double clutch downshift. This is why double clutching is ever done to begin with; to help with the gearbox. Depending on your vehicle this is or is not important. 6th to 5th, doesn't matter. 6th to 3rd on the other hand is sometimes pretty harsh and/or takes a lifetime. That's all there is to it. No flat earth theories.
but why is it easier tho? if i clutch in neutral, it's the same as if I just kept the clutch pressed, isnt it? so why do i need to double clutch? i could just press the clutch down and keep it pressed, rev, put it in 3rd and release? that's my confusion, i don't see the need to release it in between...
@@eNC0REx3 maybe he meant that it's easier for the car, when you double clutch your transmission has the same rpm as your engine because it's connected while reving up, so you save the transmission which doesn't have to rev up using the synchro rings
Driving my integra r with rev matching and heel toeing is essential for keeping the revs high enough for vtec to work. Nice simple and smooth instructions!
@@rodriguezdelbydr double clutching is for up/down shifting an unsynchronized gearbox, and downshifting when skipping gears. If you don't double clutch when skipping gears you put a lot of stress on the synchros.
Yeah I don’t get it at all. I’m a big guy and have wide long feet so there’s no way I can do what this guy is doing. What I end up doing is kinda blipping the throttle and the brake at the send time
a good feel for the engine is all I know lol... and now that I've seen this, tis good to actually know that what I am doing all this years were right.. great content
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Wastegate Media do a vid on how to double clutch
Wastegate Media 887 right now
Wastegate Media doing it in slow motion while the car is turned off and in neutral step by step would really help.
no too fast you should do it slow motion ... and you have to show a stick camera we have to see you shifting too smh
Brook Anteneh thanks for the feedback. We will keep this in mind for the next driving video we make
I heard a loud metal noise going from 5th to first, maybe I did it too good.
More sound, better high score, congrats!
Probably a good time to switch your music genre to metal. And don't forget to max your volume!
Honestly I think you might've just unlocked a new soundtrack in your vehicle. Congratulations.
You just basically let your transmission overrev your engine to its mechanical failure.
@@RzVids it's a joke bud.
im confused, what do i do after i put it in D?
Haha...
lol
Your nails, woman, you do your nails
@@EvilTwin123 that's not very good driving advice.
You realize you need to sell your car and buy a manual drive
"i'll show you how to do heel toe"
*tap dances on the pedal*
"there we go"
"wait wtf just happened..."
"there we go again"
"wait what the fuck"
Literally
lmao when I watched heel toe a few months back I didnt know what happend. But after watching it again today, its acc starting to make sense!
Same. My bf tried to explain to me but I didn’t fully get it, then I watched this, and visually I still didn’t get it 🤣
LMFAOOO!!
@@tianalosado5506 i’m more of a “do it yourself and pick it up on your own” type of person tbh so this was still confusing sorta ;-;
For the cars with automatic transmission, when you are driving in D ofc quickly change it to R that means Rocket and you will be fast as rocket
Instructions unclear, I'm stuck on the moon now
i put it in P for Power
@@xxslayer255xx n for nitro
i thought r was race mode, well, same result i guess
HHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHHAHAHA
This dude cripwalked into gears
hi1234 bye4321 Your comment had me crackin up at work! Dude straight “C” walking on that Clutch... Cuz!
This is the funniest youtube comment I've ever seen GG
😂😂
hi1234 bye4321 with the Cons on 😂💀
Dammit I thought I was original
Imagine your friend is driving and he suddenly starts to irish folk dance
Thats all i got out of this
Why😂
@@brownie2917 if your car is thrash then yea
lol
Fabinho or crip walk
Driving a manual makes you feel like a badass, no matter the hp.
Only in murica
#Miata
Nope in europe its just normal doesent make u feel like a badass
kekko urho I'm an American and 99% of cars are automatic :( I wish more people drove stick
@@willb3636 yeah i know dude im from finland and everyone drives thei license with manual
I still remember the first time I tried heel-toe. Damn near ate the steering wheel
Haha yeah dude same shit
Lol! That brake pressure will hit your face into next week!
LMFAO!!!!! That is the truth BIG TIME!!! There should be a warning before you start trying that method lol.
I feel this. In a literal way
this was literally me a few weeks ago LMAOO
I know I’m late but u don’t need all that stupid shifting to win races all u need to do is put in the R gear since it is the race gear.
This is the most solid advice we’ve ever heard
Is that what the R is on my civic!? SWEET! Now I can win races
Parksimity yeah for sure! R gear is indeed for racing!
Rekt Clan dude wtf I tried doing R mode on the highway and something blew up in the engine :/ why would you lie to me
Sorry man but you did something wrong. I always use the R gear in my 1988 Civic and beat lambos all the time not to mention I’m stock
I’m new to manual and it sounds like he’s speaking cursive
@IcanBeatUpElonMusk 2240 it is hard for me too,i feel very nervous
Omar Abdelaziz me as well bro but just know there are many like you out there!! Don’t be nervous
Ty man
I thought I was done with school already😭😭
We all start at the beginning. You got this 💯
Crashed😙👉👈
The guy i crashed into: What the heck are you doing?
Me: “Heel-Toe”
🤣🤣🤣🤣
The guy: Understandable, have a nice day.
If you're on a public road id say rev matching is the safest and most useful skill to learn. Especially if you've been to McDonald's and you've got a seat full off milkshakes.
and your friends are tired of kissing the dashboard. or your clutch is tired of the abuse. or your whole drive train is just begging for mercy
@@possibleproblem479 lol
Fake news. The ice cream machine is broken.
@@ladiesgentswegothim you do realise they changed the company that makes the milkshake machines?
@@NaeMuckle i think it’s a joke dude
I usually press the clutch in, then shift down a gear.
Size 14. I feel you :(
May your transmission rest in pieces... ouch
Same, I even rev match it.
if the car is new model, For example the new mustangs, there is already a software that can bring the RPM High if you downshift.
My 98 lude would rev match for me I believe
Timestamps
0:59 - Rev matching
2:25 - Double-clutching
4:42 - Heel-toe (racecar shifting)
I been driving stick shift for 36 years and still don’t know how to heel toe
So basically Ive been rev may hing the whole time lol
@@jogmas12 same as rev matching just w your foot on the brake
*racecar shifting* 😂😂😂
@@jogmas12 Its hard on a lot of production cars because of the distance between the brake and gas. Especially for people with smaller or narrower feet.
In Europe we just clutch and downshift. And believe it or not, i works perfectly fine.
it works fine if your driving normal, the clutch will only wear out a little bit more, this is more an high preformance/sporty type of driving
And in Europe we have bymass flywheel almost on every new car sometimes you don't even notice shifting but you will notice when that stuff breaks
@@nathantekle6925 why would you wanna drive sporty? Ahah
Damir Seljimi cuz its fun🤣
@@nathantekle6925 my father would hit me on the head if he saw me driving like that and tell me to drive normal
I don’t even drive a manual and I feel like I’m already more experienced. Really informative explanation, thanks man!
Yea you’ll be forgetting that
same💀
I cant drive yet and i agree
*As a german who's been driving manual cars only since I was 11, I have to say - I never knew there's a whole science to shiftng! I drove cars 65-300 HP just fine*
@@justafish-bd8kw This isn't really necessary unless you're racing, which some people here tend to think they're doing all the time, heh.
Same here, I think this is over complicating, I never "rev match" or whatever, if I'm in forth and I'm reducing speed, when I feel that I need to downshift to third I just release the gas, press the clutch, shift and let go of the clutch, as simple as that.
@@t0nito LOSER, I drive an automatic!
@@Chris-707 You're the LOSER, even a child can drive an automatic so that's nothing to be really proud of.
@@t0nito Mine goes way faster than your stupid manual so you are the LOSER. And kids can't drive automatics because they are short you pig.
I remember when I was tyring to learn how to drive standard... I would watch this type of videos.. the best way to learn is go out there and stall the shit out of your car.
yeah my first time I stalled about 7 times trying to get out of the driveway lmao but after 2 weeks I was a pro lol
True
Like I am right now
ahh the smell of clutch
Watch initial d and you will know how
Watched this video, downshifted from 6th to 3rd, transmission fell out on the road 🤬
maybe if you're with low rpm on 6 you can downshift it to 3 but if you ever exceed redline, well, you're fucked up bro
omfg ahahaha
@@ergunkurt3555 yea if your mashing it in 6 and drop even 2 gears I don't think that will feel to nice?
LMFAO
😂😂😂
Bought my first manual car a month ago, just starting to learn heel toe. So much more convenient than getting off the brake to downshift and way cooler than just coasting
You can also down shift by breaking until your rpm’s are around 1200 (personal experience yours may be higher or lower) and then pressing the clutch lowering your gear and slowly bringing the clutch back up without jumping or having to get off the breaks at all
@@Joekoch-gp8zqso through a corner you slowly get off clutch to not jump?
Seeing you shift in khakis and Converse reminded me of Paul Walker in the old Fast and the Furious movies lmao
It's been a long day without you, my friend *getting goosbumps*
And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again *thinking about Vin and Paul*
We've come a long way from where we began *thinking about all the Fast & Furiouse films*
Oh I'll tell you all about it when I see you again *starts to cry*
When I see you again *TEARS STARTS TO DRIP LITERALLY OUT OF MY ASS*
@@Boss-361 *ahem
*_OOOOOHOHOOOOOHHHHOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOHHHOOOOHHHHOOHOHOH_*
Bozkurtkaan Celik I’ve never cringed more in my life than when I read your comment
That's the Brian O'Connor school of driving baby!
wearing thin shoes like converse or volleys are so comfortable for manual driving i hate shifting in thick shoes.
This guy is going to be the first at area 51 with this trick.
Edit your comment with "(nevermind)"😂
Tip : play eurobeat songs while practicing heel-toe
DEJA VU!
Nice tip now I'm in hospital
Eurobeat intensifies.....
GAS, GAS, GAS, IM GONNA STEP ON THE GAS (AND BRAKES)
When I did this my car broke and the mechanic said it was a MISFIRING SYSTEMU!!!
"5th gear will sound loud but you wont really go fast"
*Hellcat Owners have entered the chat
Seriously though - Don't powershift into OD! Your over-driving the driveshaft faster than the engine. This consumes gobs of torque to accomplish that and under full power will really shock the gear train. Ease into the upshift to OD then get back on it.
Very simple. I got into an accident.
Lyndii Mey if that’s true your stupid
Well, you should practice somewhere safe obviously if you don't feel comfortable doing this.
Usually you wanna be on an empty parking lot and play around with the first three gears till you feel comfortable enough to do it on the road at speed..
Do you drive a v6 mustang? No just kidding I get it I'm not like those jerks.
Bryan Morton you’re****
Granny shifting not double clutching like you should
Lol
Hahahaha.... Dom to Brian...
Didn't see that coming
surprised the 100 shot of NOS didnt blow the welds on the intake.
almost had me? You never had me....you never had your car.
Lol
Instructions unclear.
I'm now in a hospital
KET fr
Instructions unclear
Penis stuck inside muffler
@@christull5009 i wonder how that happened 😏
chris Tull kkk
Hahahahha 😂😂😂😂 get well soon lol
hello! i bought a manual 9 days ago. before that i had 2 years of motorcycle experience which has helped my manual transition greatly. Over the last week I have scoweres the youtube for vids to help me with advanced techniques. This vid is the best concise vid I've found. thank you!
Why do heel & toe? Well... because Initial D
Pretty much what prompted me to learn, that and trying to drift in BeamNG drive and sliding out downshifting through corners. Tell you what, it improved my driving and somehow improved my fuel economy.
Im sure group b rally was befor initial D
Beautifully explained! You helped me override a lot of confusions created by, the so called, manual shift drivers. Once i started driving manual shift, I never wanted another automatic. It is a pure joy of being fully involved with driving your car. Thank you!
You’re welcome! Glad we could help!
you should have a split screen for the tachometer so its easier for us!!
Well, hear the engine rev dude
LordRain 06 we can barely, because his talking is loud
In the words of Boris, you drive by ear.
Heel-toe shifting only finally made sense to me when I took my car to the Tail of the Dragon with friends who were faster/better/braver drivers than I. There were many times when I had to brake before a very tight corner AND downshift to exit the corner at the proper speed/RPMs. I felt myself hesitating as balanced the brake vs shift decision. Sometimes I needed to do both at once (but that wasn't possible) Then it dawned on me: if I knew how to heel/toe, I would be doing them both at the same time.
Excellent tutorial.. As a side note a third camera showing where the gearshift was would be useful for the double clutch technique as many people may overlook that fact that you're doing two maneuvers during that operation (From gear to neutral, then to the lower gear)
this is the best shifting explanation i've ever seen here on yt. i call it "brake by downshifting" because i like to downshift instead of using my brakes. i'm impressed this video only has 2700 views, everybody must watch this!
+taunusv4power thank you so much for the feedback! We appreciate your support!
transmissions cost more to fix than brakes tho...
As far as I understood, rev matching saves gearbox the impact of flywheel due to it's low speed during downshifting.
transmission wont take ANY damage if u know how to brake with engine
Can u rear end my bmw? It has slight crack on rear bumper and im too lazy to replace it
"We have two feet as humans, most of us at least."
-Wastegate Media.
But men have 3 legs xD
Manual shifting in a Mustang GT or higher is work of beauty and complete driver experienced satisfaction. Many haters out there actually cannot drive a manual anyway if the truth be told. In a muscle car as in the newer Mustang's, speed is very important, however over the life of your Mustang ownership, the experience of driving a manual is a highly rewarding experience.
“Granny shifting, not double clutching like you should”, “dude I almost had you”
You never had me....you never had your car
"I live my life a quarter mile at a time"
@@incorporeal7614 "family" **see you again by wiz khalifa plays in the bg**
6:52 I love the fact that he pauses for a moment to remind you of “heel-toe” it’s just like my nerdy science teacher pausing and waiting for the students to remember the theme which he mentioned in the previous class lol.
auRORa BOReAlis.
Heel-toe is how I play my drums! What happens if I start to double bass in the car while I'm driving?
It's quite simple really, I play the double bass with my heels while I keep my toes on the pedals
@@mistahcahawking Ha! I love it!
just started driving manual back in the past 1 year and due to Covid, i think i barely clocked even 1500 miles... after spending almost 8 mins watching your video, I still feel like before watching your video, i was like...wtf did i just watch! :) thanks for the video, imma definitely gonna watch a few times again...
I watched this video 3 years ago when I got my driving licence. Didn't understand much due to my low experience/knowledge about the way a manual transmission worked.
3 years later (now), everything makes so much sense! 👍🏻
3:45 is what I came for 👍 ill probably watch it 10 more times over the next week as I get better, much appreciated you're an awesome instructor
i have to be honest, ive never realy needed heel-toe, rev matching and just braking in between gears is also fine, ofcourse im not racing anyone tho
Heel-toeing is really a racing technique and not at all necessary for the street.
i LOVE when your talking volume is low and your intro BLOWS MY EARS OUT, its the best
It’s a learning curve with a size 15 shoe lmao
Easier said than done haha. You can't get that foot to pivot so nicely with the walls in the way. Most of the time end up hitting all 3 pedals at once.
Lanky Ninja size 47( europe) here. If I do a heel toe I turn it around. I brake with my heel and tap the gas with my toe. This is very clumsy in the beginning tho. What I win is that my feet don't get tangled up and I can keep the throttle pushed in after the corner.
Yeah, I have size 13 and I have to use the left side of my foot on the break and the right side on the gas. It works lol
Lanky Ninja same bro, I wear size 15 extra wide and it's hard af to try to drive with a smaller footwell. But like anything, you adapt. Skis for feet sometimes get annoying
When you wear a size 18 it is easy as hell to heel toe. My foot is so big that I learned to heel toe in my first month of driving stick without anyone's help. The problem is that I'm 6'8 so I don't fit in a lot of cars.
Great vid. Thank you. I drove a big rig for 7 years, so about 500,000 miles, and double-clutching got me a very strong left leg!
Listing to that double clutch is the most satisfying thing ever
I just took my 02 Honda Civic and learned how to rev match around the neighborhood. Never knew you could do this in a manual.
Listen to eurobeat and you'll know the rest....
Had too sorry :(
*Eurobeat Intensifies*
Fujiwara 藤原 This is the guy that mastered the art of heel-toe downshift! And delivers the best fried tofu of the Kanto region! :D
eurobeat and lighting a cig whilst performing an inertia drift is the fastest way of learning this
Konichisan that way you die fast too. Win-win.
Haha 😂
Double clutching is totally unnecesary unless you're driving an old unsyncronised gearbox. Period!
I’m in a 17 Mustang. Is my gearbox an old unsinchrinixes gearbox?
@@DavyDave1313 don't think so... I'm driving a 20 yo BMW and it's synced
@@ilutrazvan7793 same with my 35 yo Camaro. Double clutching is basically useless now a days
Agreed
If you e-brake a 180 turn into reverse gear it can be useful.
damn this guy is a one hell of a explanator!
All very good, but the word you and Ian are looking for is Explanationer
MArk Easton pretty sure its "Explanationist"
great explainer!
Ian Giovanni Angelo Yea all while driving!
He does he best video for downshifting and rev matching
Honestly, this guy explained it very well! I recently purchased a Subaru BRZ and am a beginner at manual driving. I understood his explanation of what rev matching and double clutching are. I just figured out that I am somewhat already doing rev matching!
Straight to the point. No 10 minute bullshit in the beginning. You didn't over complicate anything. Much appreciated! 👌👌
It depends what you wanna do. If I want to reduce my speed I brake a little and shift down ( first gear more braking is necessarily since engine braking is strong) and release the clutch slowly and brake even more. If you want to accelerate like overtaking faster, I shift down but push the gas and slowly let go of the clutch, exactly like how you normally take off at first gear. It works fine but I don't know if that causes any unnecessary wear.
One of the most informative videos I've seen on the different types of shifting. Very well described
I started driving stick when I was 17. There was a serious learning curve to downshifting, but once you get it down it is a game changer. It also helps a lot with your awareness.
“Get used to it and go for it.” This is all the advice anyone needs in life. Haha.
Started driving manual a few months ago and I've struggled with heel toe. Seeing it being done helped a lot, used to brake in-between down shifts, lol
I'm looking to buy a manual 350z soon and I thought the same thing when imagining what I'd have to do to slow down.
Hows it going?
@@marvin2678 I've gotten pretty good at it. Not super smooth every time but I've made leaps and bounds of progress
Heel and toe is a racing technique to keep a car stable while braking and downshifting when driving as fast as possible (on a track for example).
In RWD cars, if a lower gear is put in very quickly without a rev match or heel and toe, then the rear wheels will lock temporary, causing clutch/gearbox/drive shaft wear and bringing the car out of balance. It's like when you would pull the handbrake while entering a corner, resulting in snap oversteering.
In FWD/AWD cars it's less dangerous in terms of car stability but it produces an excessive amount of clutch, gearbox, drive shaft and engine wear.
A race car driver wants to be in the right gear with slightly applied throttle before corner apex or even earlier, so he has to find a way to finish everything he needs to (slowing down, putting the gear in he needs, coupling the engine with the wheels) as fast AND as smooth as possible. Heel and toe is the solution!
Rev matching is a good technique to reduce clutch/gearbox wear (if done correctly) while driving in normal traffic every day :)
Greets from Germany
V8Roehrldrifter I just got a 5.0Mustang gt for my first manual and sometimes I'd down shift and the wheels would lock a split second this explains alot what you said
@@jebasun02 Exactly, now imagine this happens when you are on the limit and about to enter a corner at 100+mph, not funny.
The reason for the wheel lock:
The rear wheels are connected to the engine (and the tarmac) while in gear with released clutch pedal. You drive 50mph in 4th gear for example, the rear wheels are turning suitable to this speed and the engine runs at 2500rpm.
Now you press the clutch pedal.
The car is still moving 50mph, the rear wheels too (they are not connected to the engine now but still to the tarmac) but the engine is still at 2500rpm (even lower because the rpm drops when pressing the clutch pedal).
You put 3rd gear in and release the clutch pedal quickly.
There is a problem now, 2500rpm in 3rd gear isn't enough to spin the tires the suitable speed for 50mph, it needs way more engine rpm in 3rd gear to drive 50mph.
The rear wheels are spinning too fast for the engine, the engine is spinning too slow for the rear wheels.
But you connected those together by releasing the clutch pedal.
Now the rear wheels tries to accelerate (because spinned by the tarmac) the engine to the right rpm for 50mph in 3rd gear but can't do it fast enough because of mass inertia of the engine. At the same time the engine slows down the rear wheels because its not spinning fast enough for those.
The connection can't be hold anymore because of the different speeds, so it breaks at the weakest point. Fortunately the weakest point is the connection of the rear wheels to the tarmac, the wheels turns too slow for the tarmac which moves with 50mph under those wheels, thats why they loose grip and lock (they don't really stop turning but turns way slower than needed).
This weakest point of connection in FWD and specially in AWD cars is often a different one. The clutch, drive shafts or even worse.
You bypass this problem by rev matching or heel & toe.
Sry for the text wall, i tried to explain it as good as i can in english.
Thank you.. man I can see Soo many people trying to do this shit and wrecking
Good way to eat the life out of your clutch if you don't know what your doing. Here's the basics learn to crawl before you walk. Walk and walk well before you run. Run and run fast before you race. Racing is fun, a lot of adrenaline, but dangerous to you and those around you. Make wise choices. Live a long and happy life.
And they teach me that heel toe only is used on big corners with high speed. Hairpin we dont use heel too so we have extra brake force and can brake later before the corner. And is rev matching not only really needed on turbo engine cars? To keep turbo spooled
It's so cool when normal people do videos on youtube... Thanks mate!
Actually I find this vid so good, he does explain pretty good these techniques, maybe not everyone are gonna use it, but it does work.
I do use double clutch on my gearbox, firstly cause it's an old truck engine, so if you don't want to switch gears and hear a noise, you double clutch, and afterwards, when we wanna down-shift, mostly on Diesel engines, we gotta have the right rpm in order to make a good compression, if you don't have the rpm, you won't be able to down-shift, you'll stay on neutral, and that's risky if you're going down the road.
Greetings
Nicely done. I used to do this on my 1968 Etype where the brake was real close to the accelerator mainly for heel and toe while racing. I would sometime get in trouble after I downshifted and then tried a spirited acceleration out of the turn. The car would swing out of control from oversteer and the "open" differential and was a bear to get back on the road safely. It was a racing monster and I miss it.
ive been doing heel-toe in forza horizon 4 without even knowing it was a thing in a real car haha
The most fun I ever had in a manual car was engine braking in my old 96 Saturn wagon with a muffler delete and a glass pack resonator. Dropping from 4th into 3rd around 45 mph without rev matching and coasting gave some of the nastiest exhaust pops I've ever heard lol.
Why double clutch? Why not just hold the clutch in, rev, and put it in the gear you want (skipping neutral)?
Since posting above, I have discovered a reason, however it is a bit of a stupid reason. Basically, all modern consumer cars (read cars made after dinosaurs went extinct) with manual transmissions have some things called "synchronizers" inside. Literally, the job of the synchronizer is to make it so that you do not have to double clutch as explained in this video. However, as with anything, through use comes wear.
Thus, double clutching is effectively like saying "I don't use my blinkers because I don't want my blinker bulbs to go out".
Double-clutching is used more often on work trucks and specialty transmissions. It's also helpful for when the synchros in a transmission are messed up. It also helps reduce wear by making your shifts smoother.
It's also fun to do, which is as good of a reason as any. Maybe you should do some research before you say dumb things on the internet.
1) A professional driver of a work truck will not only never double clutch, but he will also not use the clutch at all, unless he his stopped/stopping. Of course, you would not know that because you're talking out of your ass.
2) In no way does double clutching make your shifts smoother, obviously you could improve at downshifting if that is your impression.
3) Certain people find a lot of stupid things to be fun, I find efficiency (removal of useless actions) to be fun
4) Nothing I said above was incorrect
5) Maybe you should do research before you say dumb things on the internet
PS, you're not worth another reply from me, feel free to piss out any more bullshit you have
Or sound like theyre really "cool and informed" by over complicating the mundane...
Me: Can you take me to the store, Bro?
Friend: Cool! Hop in! (UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, B, A, START) Alright, we're here!
Me: WTF?!
What game is that code for? I can't remember… street fighter? Bubble bubble?
@@tokohawe77 CONTRA (NES)
@@tokohawe77 Or any konami game to date.
I’m 16 I’ve been driving since I was 13 with my grandpa and I never realized that all that long I was rev matching my grandpa always told me to shift like that
Good video, well explained.Seeing all bad comments, looks like a lot of people have tried but are not able to succeed in this easy and natural technique... envy is bad...a manual has to be driven like this. No more discussion . If not , automatic gearboxes wouldn’t have rev matching in cars and bikes.
That moment when you realise you've accidentally been sorta heel toeing most of the time xD
Looks like you live in the country, nice beautiful road
MD Bass looks like Hawaii
Him: that;s it 1:19
Me: What the hell just happened,,,!
4th way to shift- clutch less shifting
Yes.
You learn that shit when your slave cylinder fails
Or powershifting...
Now we are talking.... the real thing is to go up and down without using the clutch.
@@Bochablue you mean clutch wile standing on the gas🤔
This is actually a really well done video. Thank you so much for explaining that so clearly, and giving examples. Well done good sir, well done!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
That was the most understandable way to heel toe that i have seen by far. Thanks!!
Thank you for watching!
Hey Nick ... not only did you explain how, but you explained why and demonstrated it well. I started driving in the 60's when a majority of the drivers were taught to drive with a manual transmissions ... as well as the majority of those transmissions had either no synchro's or only on a couple of gears.
I actually know people today that don't even know what a standard/stick/manual transmission is let alone how to drive one.
Anyway ... well done.
Why this channel only has 65 subs?!.
Car vs Car everybody has to start somewhere!
Well put.
630 right now
893 now lol
These guys has content, they will grow ....
Awesome 👍 us truck and tractor trailer drivers use double clutch method, or clutchless using RPM and use fuel to blip to in and out gears which is very useful going uphill, or down, but also to cut fatigue driving for 14hrs a day, but also save clutch life.
why double cluth from 6th to 3rd? why not just press the clutch, rev higher than usual rev matching and then select 3rd?
Let me know when you find an answer, doubt you will. Seems like an "earth is flat" theory to me.
with rev match you only safe the clutch, doucle clutching is also saves the synchro rings in your car
The "select 3rd" part is easier when you do a full double clutch downshift. This is why double clutching is ever done to begin with; to help with the gearbox. Depending on your vehicle this is or is not important. 6th to 5th, doesn't matter. 6th to 3rd on the other hand is sometimes pretty harsh and/or takes a lifetime.
That's all there is to it. No flat earth theories.
but why is it easier tho? if i clutch in neutral, it's the same as if I just kept the clutch pressed, isnt it? so why do i need to double clutch? i could just press the clutch down and keep it pressed, rev, put it in 3rd and release? that's my confusion, i don't see the need to release it in between...
@@eNC0REx3 maybe he meant that it's easier for the car, when you double clutch your transmission has the same rpm as your engine because it's connected while reving up, so you save the transmission which doesn't have to rev up using the synchro rings
Best video I ever watched on these 3 techniques
I've been driving my s14 for a couple months now but damn I wish this video was around when I was trying to learn standard, great work man!
- When braking strong - just use the motor as brake too by not 'reving' the motor with the throttle ;)
Just release the clutch gently
Exactly. Use the clutch pad to brake your car. Hahaha
@fab22ian Well goddamn you gotta have the money to replace your clutch probably like every 2 years lol
My girlfriend said if I learn how to do this I have no excuse as to why I can't learn how to dance.
Hahaha
What is Dance? You mean that class in HS the little gazelletts went to?
bro when you said "as you know we humans have 2 lags... WELL ATLEAST MOST OF US" LMAO that part killed me hahahahahahahahaha
but you didn't teach us how to granny shift
Syllabols or blow the welds off the intake
its easy, you put the stick from "P" to "D".
Zakk 5150 or fry the piston rings
Just shift every 1000 rpm and remember to delay the shift for about a second.
Whats granny shifting
Me: *trying to look cool*
The gearbox: *hrrrrrrrrrrrrr*
CAN YOU DO MORE HEEL TOE AND ADD SOME EURO BEAT INTO IT. LOL
P,S: IF U HAVE EXTRA CAMERA MAYBE U CAN PUT A POV ON THE SHIFTING GEAR TOO?
this is the best video on the topic i've seen and i've spent sooo much time looking for better and better videos. Thanks
Driving my integra r with rev matching and heel toeing is essential for keeping the revs high enough for vtec to work. Nice simple and smooth instructions!
I still don’t get the double clutch.
If you want to do 6th to 3rd, just rev match like any downshift. It works. Just unnecessary imo
thats cause double clutching is for up shifting why he said that for down shifting is beyond me
@@rodriguezdelbydr double clutching is for up/down shifting an unsynchronized gearbox, and downshifting when skipping gears. If you don't double clutch when skipping gears you put a lot of stress on the synchros.
like 'any' downshift??? im learning manual but wouldn't you have to blip the throttle much more than u would just going from 6th to 5th
@@Doubledunk You can also heel toe 6th to 5th to 4th to 3rd while braking.
That jus blew my mind! It’s gonna take some time to figure that out but I love it!!
I finally get heal toe, this is probably the best video out there on these three ways of manualing
This is just too damn confusing to learn through TH-cam.
It’s actually pretty simple.
@@osomnm431 yeah lol
Yeah I don’t get it at all. I’m a big guy and have wide long feet so there’s no way I can do what this guy is doing. What I end up doing is kinda blipping the throttle and the brake at the send time
@@DavyDave1313 thats what your supposed to do. Heel toe allows you to press brake and blip throttle at the same time
@@OGtrushalpatel hmm I guess. My feet are too big and I am not flexible so Im pressing both down at the same time haha not smooth at all
I thought double clutching was hitting the pedal twice while holding the gas ....
No wonder why my transmission broke ....🤦🏻♂️
Thats double d clutching
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Barefoot ain't bad either
This dude is teaching us like we preparing for Formula 1 Grand Prix
the funny thing is this is just downshifting
I’m suddenly dissatisfied with the boring capabilities of my automatic car
Thanks, the other guy made it a 20 minute video. You did a great job.
For some reason when I put it in the race gear my car went backwards. Is my car broken?
a good feel for the engine is all I know lol... and now that I've seen this, tis good to actually know that what I am doing all this years were right.. great content