ive been practicing, its really not as hard as i thought, ive been getting better all the time

 

I rev match but the pedals in the cobalt seem tough to heel-toe for me. Still I'm sure it can be done with minimal practice.

 

i've been learning to heel toe, i hit the brake too hard though when i roll my foot over, its just weird right now. i've been getting a lot better at it too though and i try and use it every time i break and downshift.

 

So does that mean that you pop the clutch when downshifting??? Do you pop the clutch on every upshift???

I don't think so. We all ride the clutch a little bit. Well, I don't anymore, cuz I have a auto, but previous cars I rev matched, but didn't know it had a name. Never heeltoe'd.

 

if you downshift w/o rev matching you have to ride the clutch, but if you rev match then you can just let it out smooth with no problems. only time you should be riding the clutch is in traffic or in my case, getting up your really really steep driveway into the garage lol

 

Yeah, my dad was the one who taught me to do it that way, I never knew any different. I don't even remember if I ever downshifted w/o rev matching. I'm kinda curious to know what it feels like to downshift w/o matching. Someone said it kind of lurches forward? Like the opposite of bogging down?

 

all the time for both

 

when you rev match, you can just let the clutch out very quickly. in fact, if you don't let it out quickly enough your rpm's will drop off, and it defeats the point of the blip. from what i can see from the posts, it sounds like you do this process:

1) push clutch
2) shift gears
3) slowly let up clutch till it engages and starts to correct the speed
4) let off clutch and go.

that process burns up your clutch. yes, it feels smooth, but it's not that good. that's the whole reason for rev matching.

as far as popping the clutch, on downshifts if you rev match you're barely on the clutch. upshifts, you're right i ride it out a little bit, mostly between 1st and 2nd on faster starts. on slow, "old lady" starts i do the same thing as downshift. shift gears, wait for the rpms to drop, release the clutch and go.

 

so who here wants to teach me haha...itd be incredible to go to that corvette school but 2 grand is quite a bit.....anyone think its worth it? At least u get to drive 500hp corvettes

 

I rev match all the time, everytime.....

 

How can you not rev match??

Your only wrecking your car and internal organs if you don't haha.

 

why do people smoke?? not rev matching is addicting man!! ADDICTING!!! haha