# Driving a standard correctly: **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 20, 2005, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123 "2005-06-20T06:58:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![\_nails](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/58956e/32.png) [@\_nails](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_nails)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/21 "2006-07-18T16:22:22Z")
> [@91HFrex](#): > > where’s the one about shifting from 5th to 2nd?! 😛 OHHH! ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/22 "2006-07-18T20:37:54Z")
nice find, glad to know i know what im doing lol. only thing i havent done is the heel-toe. gonna have to try that sometime ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/23 "2006-07-19T05:12:18Z")
> [@Zong](#): > > Didnt he “hard launch” at 4000? pretty sure he said 1400 but maybe i heard wrong ---
**Author:** ![juniorj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/juniorj/32/7513_2.png) [@juniorj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juniorj)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/24 "2006-07-19T05:49:12Z")
> [@focusinprogress](#): > > nice find, glad to know i know what im doing lol. only thing i havent done is the heel-toe. gonna have to try that sometime its really fun once you figure it out. didnt take me that long either, but i have nowhere/no reason to put it into use so whatever ---
**Author:** ![CornyKorn21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@CornyKorn21](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CornyKorn21)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/25 "2006-07-19T09:19:34Z")
I gotta watch the heel-toe video but atleast I think I use heel-toe daily 😛 ---
**Author:** ![juniorj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/juniorj/32/7513_2.png) [@juniorj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juniorj)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/26 "2006-07-19T11:43:41Z")
> [@CornyKorn21](#): > > I gotta watch the heel-toe video but atleast I think I use heel-toe daily 😛 lol yea sometimes i do it just for the hell of it/for fun, although it can come in handy sometimes ---
**Author:** ![AngryHero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/angryhero/32/7495_2.png) [@AngryHero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AngryHero)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/27 "2006-07-20T12:35:40Z")
1400 thats a hard launch…wait no mine is like 3500 at least ---
**Author:** ![Samsara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Samsara](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Samsara)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/28 "2006-07-22T02:07:37Z")
as far as AWD goes… I have a “smart” clutch, it tells me when I did a good agressive launch. No dials or monitors to distract you, it does it by scent…its really neato! ---
**Author:** ![juniorj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/juniorj/32/7513_2.png) [@juniorj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juniorj)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/29 "2006-07-22T10:56:14Z")
> [@Samsara](#): > > as far as AWD goes… > I have a “smart” clutch, it tells me when I did a good agressive launch. No dials or monitors to distract you, it does it by scent…its really neato! :uhh: …interesting ---
**Author:** ![\_nails](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/58956e/32.png) [@\_nails](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_nails)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/30 "2006-07-22T11:00:07Z")
links not working ☹ ---
**Author:** ![juniorj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/juniorj/32/7513_2.png) [@juniorj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juniorj)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/31 "2006-07-22T13:14:34Z")
> [@juniorj](#): > > the vids are all on google now heres the videos page > > [http://www.standardshift.com/videos.html](http://www.standardshift.com/videos.html) ^^^pay attention ---
**Author:** ![\_nails](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/58956e/32.png) [@\_nails](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_nails)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/32 "2006-07-22T13:22:07Z")
my BAD[size=2].[/size] ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/33 "2006-07-22T13:34:45Z")
> [@91HFrex](#): > > where’s the one about shifting from 5th to 2nd?! 😛 ask cooley for that video … 13000rpm’s in an rsx-s sounds sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet … but costs $9,000 edit: but at least those poor, oppressed connecting rods get released back into the wild ---
**Author:** ![ChevyChase](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/chevychase/32/4952_2.png) [@ChevyChase](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ChevyChase)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/34 "2006-07-31T15:21:21Z")
lol he didn’t say hard launch, it was “aggressive launch” ---
**Author:** ![JonnyAZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jonnyaz/32/7363_2.png) [@JonnyAZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JonnyAZ)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/35 "2006-07-31T20:11:27Z")
want to read this but the links dont work on my comp, help? ---
**Author:** ![juniorj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/juniorj/32/7513_2.png) [@juniorj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juniorj)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/36 "2006-08-01T11:12:33Z")
dude, we’ve alraedy taken care of this a couple times… [http://www.standardshift.com/videos.html](http://www.standardshift.com/videos.html) ---
**Author:** ![95civiclx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/95civiclx/32/7343_2.png) [@95civiclx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95civiclx)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/37 "2006-08-16T07:22:04Z")
my idea of an aggressive/hard launch is definetly off the limiter. if you actually want to go, instead of spinning tires for 3 seconds, maybe 5500. yeah he says 1400, must have lots of low end torque. ---
**Author:** ![articzap](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/articzap/32/7361_2.png) [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123/38 "2007-11-06T19:08:01Z")
I know its a super old thread but theres a lot of new members now a days and maybe a couple of them can benefit. A working link is posted on the first page, but I’ll post it again on this post. [http://www.standardshift.com/videos.html](http://www.standardshift.com/videos.html) [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-a-standard-correctly/123.md?page=1)