# Is it Bad? Power shifting.

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**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:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-bad-power-shifting/248959/47 "2009-12-10T17:34:57Z")

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> [@ATTN: Males aged 19-27 who aren't shy...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-males-aged-19-27-who-arent-shy/27077/42):
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> I clutch and no lift 2nd, usually lift on third to be on the safe side, and lift take third thru traps at limiter cause by the time I shift it Im thru the traps anyway…
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> No lift and no clutch makes worn syncros, broken shift rings and bent or broken shift forks. I will take the reduced ET

with the 3.42’s I was going through the traps too in 3rd…but I was around 6700-6800rpms.

this year with 4.10’s I will hafto be in 4th.

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