&#x27;Jumping&#x27; the clutch - anyone heard of this?

jumping the clutch is okay if you are starting the car on a hill or somthing cause you need lots of rev's obviously or you will roll backwards. i believe it is the method that the racing drivers etc use. However, for learning to drive the examiners will not be impressed. they want to see a nice smoth, non-aggressive drive. they are all informed to frown up "boy-racer" driving. so you are best advised to do it as your instructor person tells you =D

hope this clears stuff up.

Reply 2

magnum

4

Is this bad for the car to do it 3/4 times a week?

Reply 3

Hurricane_Herd

yeaaaaah. thats another thing actually. like riding with your foot on the brake pedal would wear down the brakes... this has the same effect, just with the clutch. which is expensive to fixxxxxxx.

Reply 4

Ryan

10

Yeh you will kill the clutch

Out of interest, what "sports" car does she have?

Reply 5

JayEm

14

pikaboo

I've had a few hours practice in my aunt's sports car and she's the only one who has advised me to 'jump' the clutch when starting from a stationary position. Basically letting it straight out with lots of revs to start smoothly and quickly. Now I'm back to learning in a Corsa my BSM driving instructors frown heavily on me letting the clutch out too quickly because it just stalls, lol.

Don't feel rushed when you're driving, you'll just end up making mistakes. If you're worried you'll stall, give it a bit more gas and use the clutch as you normally would.

Reply 6

Dagowly

7

Jumping a clutch - a phrase from the 80's.

everyone from this century and every race car drive i know calls it dumping the clutch. It what i do to the evo at 6.5k rpm in 1st gear to launch her :wink:

Reply 7

You'd be suprised how long a clutch plate will last!
I'm certainly not kind to mine. But then I dont exactly thing much of pulling an engine over a weekend.

Changing a clutch would cost me I guess £100 in parts, but then I take the trouble to do extra things like changing the crank spiggot bush, renewing the rear main oil seal, changing engine and gearbox mounts and all fluids.
You will have to pay labour charges, so add another £200 to it.

Be kind to your clutch unless you enjoy pulling engines.

Reply 8

Mr Catbert

JC, Does the engine have to come out on all cars for a clutch change?

Reply 9

No. In many cases you can in the case of RWD cars, d/c the prop and slide the gearbox back or in the case of FWD d/c the drive shafts and slide the box off.
The tunnel isnt wide enough on a BGT to push the gearbox backwards so either the engine comes out, or, my prefered way is to remove the engine and gearbox as a unit and do the clutch swap on the deck.
I find it easier to line a box and engine up on the ground than having an engine swinging around on a crane. Some people prefer it the other way, though.

Reply 10

Friggerpants

Once, I had a spare clutch at the skatepark, and I jumped it on my BMX.

Sick, bro.

Huh... WTF??

Lots of revs and lifting clutch quickly is bad for the clutch?

Obv...

Ryan

Obv...

Well not really. I thought holding the clutch at biting point for too long was bad for the clutch .. if you lift it quickly you wont be holding it there for as long ...

Reply 15

Ryan

10

Well yes really. The more revs that go through the clutch, regardless of time, although obviously the longer = bad, the worse it is for the plates.

Reply 16

Shopping trolleys tend to have tougher friction material due to the stop start nature the cars endure. A full bore start every now and then isnt going to kill the thing. Doing it at every set of lights is another matter, however.

Reply 17