# Is it Bad? Power shifting.

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-bad-power-shifting/248959
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [December 9, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-bad-power-shifting/248959 "2009-12-09T18:37:52Z")
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### Author: ![twomodified4u](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twomodified4u/32/6568_2.png) [@twomodified4u](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/twomodified4u)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-bad-power-shifting/248959/24 "2009-12-09T20:13:43Z")

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> [@Newman's 1986 BMW 326rb build thread.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/950):
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> powershifting is how all the big HP guys get great ET’s they dont use clutches, and never let off the gas…they also have dogboxes designed to do such, gearset designed to handle it, strain gauges on the shifter tell the ECU’s to blip the ignition off for a perfectly timed event and allow the engine to spin down and go in gear.
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> IMO do it so you can quickly get an R200 kit and yank wheelies like inline pro.

Mike i feel the R200 is inevitable. Im gonna get a Quote from morgan. Maybe uncle sam will pay for that.

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