hey..i just bought a evo but i am not that good with shifting this is my first manual car..iw as just wondering when is the best times to downshift and upshift..at wat rpm..and when u are downshifting to first should u go to every gear or can u just put it in nuetral ..please someone help me i cant ask my parents they have slow cars i need someone with exprience thank you

 

First manual is an EVO yikes clutches have enough problems as is.....

Anyway for normal driving you want to shift between 3000-3500 rpm (right before the turbo kicks in for good gas milage)
I usually downshift around 2000-2500 rpm

for aggressive driving shift around 5500-6500 when accelerating etc downshift around 3500-4000 depends on how hard you want to be running it and how quick you need it to be.

 

HOLY CRAP! Gotta agree with that. Can't wait to hear bout ur second manual

 

shift around 3k. a SS clutch line from ebay will help you out. I too had to learn how to drive on the evo. I just wish I knew how to match revs in the beggining.

 

hey thanks everyone..when i am down shifting is it better to go from fiffth into neutral then stop or shoudl i go threww the gears..

 

Huh? downshift? If you are going 60 miles per hour in 5th and you are coming up in some traffic that is going 40-50....i usually downshfit into 4th by rev matching and if need be i downshift into 3rd if i go below 35/40. The only time i downshift from a gear to neutral is if im approaching a light that just turned red.

personal pref on going through the gears. Its uncalled for if you know the light is going to be long. If i know the ligh tis going to change and im in 4th and slowing down, ill drop it into third and gas it when the light turns.