Toby
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In the pub today at lunch and a few if us from work were having a debate.
My view was that revving the car in neutral with the clutch down would not wear the clutch and I found the car would pop and bang a bit more as the input shaft is not draining any of the power allowing the car to rev a bit more freely. Am I right?
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Alex_Rally
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who cares
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VegasPhil
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My XE used to shoot forwards if I rev ed it hard in neutral. 
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Phillips_91
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surely you could do it in gear with the clutch in aswell? :/ can't see why you'd bother though tbh :/
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alan-g-w
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No wear on the clutch if you're in neutral whether the clutch is in or not.
[Edited on 18-02-2011 by alan-g-w]
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Phillips_91
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i wasnt saying it would work, i was merely saying if it was to work then in theory it would work in gear aswell as the clutch is seperated from the engine so it wouldnt matter what gear it was in
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Bobber123
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your cluch just engages drive to the gearbox from the engine, with the clutch pressed, nothing in the gearbox will be moving. take your foot off the clutch and even in neutral there are gearbox parts still moving but nothing to cause any power loss, unless you have custard instead of gearbox oil maybe
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alan-g-w
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If you're talking fractional losses then the gearbox parts moving that Bobber's talking about would 'drain it of power' a bit
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Chadicles
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only wear would be on the thrust bearing, maybe a possability on the clutch if it was adjusted wrong!
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Mertin
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quote:
Originally posted by Bobber123
your cluch just engages drive to the gearbox from the engine, with the clutch pressed, nothing in the gearbox will be moving. take your foot off the clutch and even in neutral there are gearbox parts still moving but nothing to cause any power loss, unless you have custard instead of gearbox oil maybe
You'll see wheels turning if a car is running and in neutral and up on a ramp
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xa0s
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So you can sit in neutral and have the clutch pressed without it wearing at all? I find that hard to believe but I'd be really happy if that's true for one big reason, lol
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Toby
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quote:
Originally posted by geordie_corsa
who cares
Well I do. It was just a question that came up as I was telling a storey about having to heat up my exhaust on the drive but wasn't able to take the car out and I merely stated that I revved the car to help it heat up and that's when it came about.
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DERV-POWER
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it will wear out release bearing quicker though
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