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Not sure why I got downvoted here. It actually blips the throttle. It's not the syncho, trust me. http://www.minif56.com/forum/353-mini-cooper-f56-forum/7010-

by ollie87 10y ago

Not sure why I got downvoted here. It actually blips the throttle. It's not the syncho, trust me. http://www.minif56.com/forum/353-mini-cooper-f56-forum/7010-rev-match-function.html http://www.minif56.com/forum/353-mini-cooper-f56-forum/7010-... It's not the first car to have it either, and there is actually PLENTY of reasons why you'd need to blip or heel-toe when driving even in a car with a synco'd gearbox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnXLZg_O1rk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnXLZg_O1rk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4n9tMdISBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4n9tMdISBg

exDM69 10y ago
Yeah, it's not completely out of question that it would blip the throttle, but it's not a very common feature either. I drive an old piece of shit car with a very worn out synchromesh gear (it's a conical brass ring with grooves for friction - that wear out) so it's a bit smoother to blip the throttle a little when downshifting to the smallest gears. I don't heel-toe or left foot brake on the road (I'm proficient in both from simulator and performance driving), I just use my right foot to give a little gas. I rarely need to brake and downshift at the same time unless I'm in heavy traffic, I mostly rely on engine braking controlling speed. Outside of performance driving or old worn out cars like mine, there's no real need to rev match on normal road cars. How does the clutch in your car work? In an unsynchronized gearbox, you'd double declutch and blip when the clutch is up and gear is neutral (to rev match gears inside the gearbox). Is this thing just to match the engine and gearbox input shaft speed? Not gears inside the box? Or does it do something similar to double declutch w/ heel-toe?
- ollie87 10y ago
  I know how car without a synchro works, the first car I ever drove was a 1950's Land Rover. Watch the video, it works exactly how Engineering Explained describes, he even explains the benefits.

by ollie87 10y ago

exDM69 10y ago

Yeah, it's not completely out of question that it would blip the throttle, but it's not a very common feature either. I drive an old piece of shit car with a very worn out synchromesh gear (it's a conical brass ring with grooves for friction - that wear out) so it's a bit smoother to blip the throttle a little when downshifting to the smallest gears. I don't heel-toe or left foot brake on the road (I'm proficient in both from simulator and performance driving), I just use my right foot to give a little gas. I rarely need to brake and downshift at the same time unless I'm in heavy traffic, I mostly rely on engine braking controlling speed. Outside of performance driving or old worn out cars like mine, there's no real need to rev match on normal road cars. How does the clutch in your car work? In an unsynchronized gearbox, you'd double declutch and blip when the clutch is up and gear is neutral (to rev match gears inside the gearbox). Is this thing just to match the engine and gearbox input shaft speed? Not gears inside the box? Or does it do something similar to double declutch w/ heel-toe?

ollie87 10y ago
I know how car without a synchro works, the first car I ever drove was a 1950's Land Rover. Watch the video, it works exactly how Engineering Explained describes, he even explains the benefits.