 Car Bucking @ low speeds |
 Jun 16, 2006 - 12:18 AM
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 Enthusiast  Joined May 16, '05 From Toronto, Ontario Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%)  |
ok.. the celica is the first manual transmission car i've ever owned and drove for longer than 20minutes...
anyways.. a thread on another forum about someone's car (a corolla) bucking at low speeds/rpms in 2nd gear got me wondering... my car does the same thing... and i always wondered if it was normal... when i'm in 2nd gear and at a low speed or low rpm (below 2000) or when i just let go of the pas pedal quickly (like on my auto car), the car bucks 'a bit'... i know 'a bit' is subjective.. but because ive never driven another manual.. it seems like 'a bit' to me... 100% it bucks more at low speeds (or when i release the gas pedal fast) than my auto cars... so i was wondering if this was a problem because the other guy said his other manual car (some mazda) was really smooth in 2nd gear somebody else said it's something to do with ignition coil.. but i dunno... This post has been edited by elvasoshexai: Jun 16, 2006 - 12:20 AM -------------------- |
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Jun 18, 2006 - 12:10 AM
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Enthusiast Joined May 16, '05 From Toronto, Ontario Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
man.. when i took lessons on driving.. the instructor guy never said anything when i drove like this...
hm.. yea i guess i just need more experience n 2 find the way my car likes to be driven... -------------------- |
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Jun 21, 2006 - 10:16 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 21, '06 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
When my dad taught to drive his manual Celica he would tell me "ENGINE SPEED HAS TO MATCH ROADSPEED OR YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR MY NEW TRANSMISSION!!!" So if you're not sure about what RPM's you should be doing at a certain speed, go to a parking lot(an empty one) and do this thing I call catching the needle. It only works while in motion(downshifting or upshifting). First push in clutch and take foot off gas, shift 1-2, lightly touch throttle so the RPM's needle rises passing the numbers at about 1/sec., slowly let out clutch, when clutch is all the way out look at the tachometer whatever is on the tach is the engine speed relative to the roadspeed in your present gear.
After you've done that you'll really need to learn to drive by ear and feel. Really get to know your car's tendencies and keep your eyes on the road, not buried in your gauges or you'll never see that pool of quicksand that's so out of place in suburbia. Once I was finally riding smooth in my dad's converteble, I put the top up and my ear was telling me the engine was reving 2K less than it should be, I was wheel hopping so bad.... |
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elvasoshexai Car Bucking @ low speeds Jun 16, 2006 - 12:18 AM
expedition2166 well some of the other gurus my correct me if im w... Jun 16, 2006 - 2:17 AM yyet I have the same problem, so when it "bucks... Jun 16, 2006 - 2:40 AM Kwanza26 Because you're letting go of the gas at 2000 r... Jun 16, 2006 - 3:32 AM
elvasoshexai QUOTE(Kwanza26 @ Jun 16, 2006 - 4:32... Jun 17, 2006 - 1:43 PM b1gr3d no. just let off a lil bit. or do like i do and th... Jun 17, 2006 - 2:27 PM GTS13 Yeah that bucking is normal, what you wanna look o... Jun 17, 2006 - 2:47 PM DomGT I'm not a car mechanic, but here's my opin... Jun 17, 2006 - 3:00 PM toyotacrazy Check the rubber intake tube going into the thrott... Jun 17, 2006 - 3:56 PM CheesyLobster its bucking because you dont have experience drivi... Jun 17, 2006 - 6:01 PM |
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