How to Quick Shift - Faster Than All Your Friends! 

This was wrong my 60hp Civic lost to a gtr clickbait thumbnail

"I probably broke a lot of laws, but did you see how quickly I shifted?"

Step 1: Get in Car Step 2: Figger it oot Step 3: I'd suggest you let that Marinate

"Be fast with your feet, Be confident with the shift"... Thank me later!

I cut my muffler off so I can rev match without a tac, previous owner put the wrong cluster in. I don't know what rpm to be in but I know what sound to be in. My motto is... if I can hear the radio I'm getting good mileage.

I agree with what you are saying, very good information. I drove a manual for a living, 10 hours a day, for 25 years. To feel the shift, I learned to just use my fingertips to shift and could go through the gears as smooth as any automatic. It takes time and practice. Great video!!

Video starts at 7:00

So basically what I got from this is know you’re car’s sound and feel. Also control the left foot. Honestly makes a lot of sense and it’s the little things like hitting neutral as your clutch is going down, hitting the gear when your foot is one the floor and releasing that clutch fast and back on the gas. Thanks for the video bro you made this simplistic than every other one I’ve watched. Stay safe out there and save the manuals 🤘🏼

Canadians sound American until they say “out”

So basically move your feet faster 👀

I tried to follow that advice "lightning fast, in and out", and my girlfriend left me...

“Other people would make a really long video for no reason” This is 9 minutes of how you should just pull on the stick shift slightly before you shift

2 weeks ago I would stall 1/3 times, haven’t stalled in a min. Watching videos helped a lot

5:38 sweet irony

"Hey Robbie, can you do a video on how to shift your trans so hard that you blow it up and decide to do a full AWD swap out of an STI, with a map DCCD controller and everything? Thanks man" (:

I think what you were trying to describe with the actual shifting technique is to use your hand strength (quick and agile) to shift rather than your arm strength (slow, and clunky, an over-exaggerated movement). It should feel effortless and fast (and yeah, you definitely have to know your gears without looking).

This is something I have been working on religiously in my car the last few months and honestly it is so much fun to row at similar speeds to my friends cars that are automatics, all about confidence. Just be safe about it and treat your gears with respect.

To never lose a race one would need to begin with not a BRZ lolz.

I feel one of the perks you guys have living in a country where you drive on the right side of the road is that the gear stick is in my dominant hand whereas living in Australia its in my left, so its harder to draw H patterns with your non dominant hand.

U literally passed by my uncle's house Then u passed my barber 😂

Power shifting is what truck drivers do ! Applying some throttle before letting clutch out while shifting ! Your flatfoot shifting is actually called speed shifting ! Ask any trucker that's 60 years old ! Shifting names got mixed up decades ago. Simple quick shift is using your wrist in combination with your arm ! Just like drumming !

Why are so many being negative about it? Give him a brake, he's just trying to teach newcomers how to shift a bit faster and that power shifting is a terrible idea... His videos are pretty good and entertaining. I bet most of the people complaining, are either horrible at shifting themselves or just don't understand, that this is not meant to be an advanced tutorial. Even if you know how to shift even faster, common sense should tell you, that this video was not meant for you... And I do realise that not everyone is here to learn and some are just bored like me, but that doesn't give you a free pass to bash him for trying to help new enthusiasts (especially since a big part of the car community seems to just bash them and scare them away instead). If newcomers see the way you're acting, they'll just start to think we're a bunch of arrogant assholes and will walk away instead. So just enjoy the video for what it's meant to be, instead of bashing for no reason.

7:53 that’s what she said

So according to this video and how fast you shift, I've been quick shifting since I got my licence (6 months ago)!!!

The "don't need clutch all the way down" are probably remnants from truck drivers, where you can half-clutch sequential gears 1-5 and 6-10, but need to full clutch from 5th to 6th. Otherwise the fast-clutching you describe is all about the synchromesh, which is how you can shift fast without requiring perfect rpm match for that gear. Your method has nothing to do with technique, it's just the synchromesh preventing you from destroying your gears.

To keep my car intact for a long time my gearing down be like: Clutching out, rev matching, clutching in, clutching out, rev matching aaaaaand clutching in. My car will stay with me my lifetime😇

Just wanna say that.. if you hold a bit of pressure on the gear stick(pushing it to neutral) when you release the accelerator pedal, it will slip out of gear.. then youre pretty much just clutching into the next gear..🙂🤙🏼

7:35 *gets pulled over* But officer did u see how quickly I shift

Cool technique, what if your cars engine revs don’t drop fast enough and you’re hitting gears before rev matching?

Why is everyone in the comments bashing this guy, clearly you are watching this because you don't know how to drive your car so how bout you go buy an auto watch a paddle tutorial.

About when you said to push the clutch fully, When I started learning how to drive manual on a sim racing rig, I was banging both of the pedals down completely lmao It feels so damn good to slam it down and punch it into the next gear

For drag racing I slap shift, tap the clutch in to where it releases just a tad, slap the gear in and pop the clutch out. It should be one movement, you shouldn't push the clutch in and sit at all. In, out and while pushing in and out real quick slap the shifter into gear.

Too much rumbling Robbie

Gotta be careful to not miss the shift though. Another guy I saw who drags alot said to face your palm towards the higher gears after the 1-2 shift. Even 3-4, same way, palm faces higher gears. That way if you do miss, you miss high and not low.

This is a great video. This is exactly what i wanted to confirm bc i do this. Slightly pre-load the shifter before you press the clutch. Works smoothly and effectively 🔥🔥

This is exactly what I do, put some pressure on the stick and stab the clutch and itll go into the next gear and by the time the clutch is back out I'm in the next gear

Doesnt pre pushing the stick damage the selector fork on long term ? I mean, quick shift is useful for racing where longevity doesnt matter, but for the daily driver it might not be a good idea

Officer: you broke a lot of laws Me: but did you see how quickly I shifted?

I'm 14 and thanks to sim racing I can quickshift like a boss

Okay try this one, this is some thing i used in my motor sport days, it does strain things but you get a lot of poke. I first started using this on my group 4 mk1 escort and later on in my 89 sierra cosworth. So you pick up revs so your around peak power in a rally car thats probably around 7300 to 8000, a road car around 6000 ish mark, you need your clutch change lighting fast, also your gear change needs to be lighting, you can do this with out a quick shift but your over rev your engine for longer. So a peak power, clutch goes down and gear change at same time, also DO NOT lift off the accelerator peddle what so ever> the car should sound like a motor bike doing a racing gear change, If you have a turbo car, you will find you dont loose any boost and in both cars you will get a kick. I still some times use this gear changing on the road if i think i am going to loose to a bigger car. So i like i said it does strain things, off road its fine as tire slip kinda smooths that out but on tarmac your just going to dig in when moving, pulling off the line i would not do from a standing start and only from 2nd gear up through the gears.

Will this make my ford ranger faster?

LOL totally agree about the “Finding the exact clutch point” versus just mashing it too the floor. Is finding the grab point important? Ofcourse. But is doing that going to be faster *in a race scenario* rather than just mashing down the clutch to the floor as fast & hard as you possibly can? Not a chance. All the way to floor is always faster in my experience lol.

Not always so simple. Especially when driving higher powered cars. There's a lot to shifting but it's not all that hard with some practice

Pull out the dealership pamphlet and check the hp and torque specs. The first number who cares about it. Pay attention to the rpm’s part. The hp is gonna be at the high end. The torque or shift point as I refer to it as is gonna be the sweet spot that you can shift without much rpm loss between gears. Any manual driver can say there is no perfect shifter. Everyone has a blip here and there too little or too much throttle. A roll from 2nd that’s a stretch even with gas. But it’s all about a smooth transition between gears. Learn that and double clutches. Heal toe, even no clutch shifts become like butter. 02 a4 3.0 6spd is my daily driver 34 miles round trip 20 miles highway and the rest is fun time. Only got 165,000 and original power train. Still dust most civics and Korean cars tbh

It comes out of gear from letting off the gas. Not pushing in the clutch. The clutch is to get it into the next gear. You probably do it without realizing. Otherwise you aren’t shifting as fast as you could

I still don’t get how you do it. Don’t you have to slowly release the clutch so that takes up a couple seconds?

Newer Camaro 6 speed manuals have no lift shift. The accelerator stays to the floor at all times while shifting and keeps the car in optimal powerband. Perfect for the drag strip

Imagine doing this in your first driving lesson

I just got a manual, im just learning and i already love it also thank you for this video

U also made a really long video that could have been 3 minutes

You just want to have some pressure on the stick not yank it. It's similar to on a bike, except you don't use clutch, the moment you ease up on throttle the gear pops out and into the next

The key really is to give it some tension like he said and get use to how fast it releases. If your car will take a short shifter. BAM!!

I have to study for finals. Why did you have to put your other videos in the description. Edit: Good videos tho.

“I’m not gonna hit your dog I promise”🤣🤣💀

What's a flat foot shift? Ever shift without the clutch? Let off the gas slightly, in that split second between acceleration and deceleration when there is no torque in the trans, snap it to the next gear. Works great downshifting. Timing has to be perfect! Probably not great on the synchros.

You can't spell manual without a man ..

I been driving manual less than a year and already shift as fast as that 😂 just comes naturally for some people

Too bad I can't just quick shift like you're explaining cause of my retarded electronic throttling in the computer that keeps my throttle body open FOREVER and hangs revs. If I engaged the next gear and let out the clutch quickly the engine is spinning way faster than my transmission and would lurch my car forward. It's the stupidest fucking thing I've ever seen on a car. My car is a 2009 Chevy Cobalt LS XFE. I believe it does that to create better emmisions don't ask me how but that's what I've read.

So... to shift faster, you shift faster. Great!

Great talk but your edits are terrible.

Alright, I watched this video and finally learned how to drive my Mazda right! No more lurching! Thank you!

I pretty good at shifting u surprise my self sometimes because shifting to me is like breathing I do it natural

Something that has worked very well for me is quick clutch in, controlled and smooth clutch out. I was taking so long clutching in (trying to be smooth) my shifts were super slow 😆 Just push that shit down quick, smooth, and firm til it stops, shift, then go as smooth as you need letting it out. Cut my shift times in half without putting wear on the gearbox.

How is your camera not shaking? What is the setup?

"Pre pushing or pre pulling" is actually called pre-loading the transmission. I do that on my motorcycle when I'm kicking BRZ ass all day ;)

I have a diesel ford focus and if you do this fast the car will jerk too much cause of high torque. How should I tackle this?

Pro tip. If your in any early to mid 2000s Honda. Just give up. The synchro just can’t handle any quick shift. Especially 1-2 and 2-3. With the grinds and or pop outs. Speaking from experience with my 8th gen si. That only has 114k miles on a well maintained transmission. It still grinds when I shift quick. No matter how early I push in the clutch

use fingers or the palm loosely and not too much force if its resisting it means it not close to the right rpm or not full in the clutch

I would say don't move the shifter lightly when racing because it may not slot into the next gear. I've done it a few times even when driving around town where i didn't follow through with the pull from 1st to 2nd and the stick popped into neutral. Always pull firmly and all the way to the end of the throw. However when making a diagonal shift like 2-3 or 4-5 a less forceful motion is ideal to avoid mashing it straight up into a lower gear and money shifting.

i just got my first manual car. a 97 integra gsr. perfect because i've already owned 3 automatic teggies so i felt right at home with the 5spd lmao

Not explained properly There’s bloody diarrhea everywhere

Good driving without abusing the trans or clutch respect.

*[Intense gearshifting on a 98 diesel natural aspirated Peugeot 206]*

1) Mash the clutch all the way to the ground and shift in the middle of that. Rather than carefully pressing the clutch but not wanting to hit the ground. The mash all the way is faster! 2) SHIFT WITH CONFIDENCE. LEARN your gears with your eyes closed and shifting fast between them 3) BE ALREADY PULLING ON THE GEAR. Be already pulling on the gear lightly shortly before you want to shift. This way you are much faster as as soon as the clutch is pressed, the gear will let go be moving (but it wouldn't move before because the power of the gears themselves were keeping them in place)

This video is really aimed for people who are used to driving autos and have NO experience driving manual.

“never lose a race”- in a BRZ...

Equivalent of your teacher teaching calculus but with examples of apples and watermelons I don't understand shit but it's cool anyway

That's really slow

Clutch pressed all the way and knowing your gearbox are advices how to better shift? Here you learn that in driving school to even get the licence

I'm glad you pointed out press the clutch to the floor there are a few people who don't do that and it's not good for gearbox. Quick shifting is about as hard as I want to be on the trans no need to add more stress on it

why am i watching this after owning a manual car for over 20 years lol

Informative vid! I had a beater R6 a few years ago that I really didn't care about. It was my "fun..beat on me" bike. I barely clutched that thing. I'd blip the throttle then quickly roll off and in that tiny lull it'd shift with no resistance. I could get that thing fun flying in 3 seconds, haha. Probably not conducive for the longevity of that tranny, haha.

Thanka. Ive got my driving test tomorrow and hope i get to do this

So you literally just explained the most basic way to shift a car....nothing special. "Oh you push the clutch in then move the stick" umm duuhh

Dude you look so smart in this video

I thought to make a video similar to this soon

Helps when your cars works. Pretty sure my trans needs a rebuild and I’m learning on it. Idk if I’m bad or it’s the trans/driveshaft

You wiggle that shifter like an amateur...

"Why am I going on this road its HORRIBLE" proceeds to immediately bounce around like he's on those pretend roller coaster seat rides with the tv screen XD

So much talking than demonstrating.

I knew from 0:05 that you were in Canada for some reason!!! Great info for real brother!!!

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I Hope my friends Will never have this in recomandation

3:01 “ur done, pull out” That’s what she said

Drive slower, shift slower, protect the planet, protect your car and most of all buy a Prius 😂👍🏻

Do you have a giant rear view mirror? A rear view mirror the loooong way?

me, already shifting like this: interesting

It's just like a firearm, slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

And if you down shift to take off you rev match on the downshift to the estimated RPM depending on you speed and throttle response my guy

Just press "R2" "L2" for downshift