i agree ,, 1st gear is there for a reason , make sense ,1st gear (1ST) , the 2nd gear (2ND) ,,, hehehhe ,,,

 

Well I'll just have to respectfully disagree with your opinion on the subject. Some might argue "that's what synchros are for" to your "only start in first gear contention". I can't understand logic that 200K+ on an original clutch (the 180 HP engine notwithstanding) is not astounding and that it's not proof that only starting in 1st gear is completely unnecessary on a modern manual transmission. Do what you feel will best take care of your car by all means, but I've started in 2nd innumerable times in several cars, and I have NEVER replaced a clutch in any car due to wear, premature or otherwise. I also often skip gears when accelerating and sometimes don't engage the clutch at all while shifting except when starting from a stop.

BTW, you must have an awesome jet ski! Does it have a 24KAE engine in it?

 

You obviously have not experienced drivers very often! LOL I have seen numerous clowns driving manuals that shouldn't be on the road yet. I can't tell you how many times I have been stuck behind someone trying to engage their clutch while on a hill! LOL

 

92' Stanza has 138hp from what I google'd --> http://consumerguideauto.howstuffwor...n-stanza-6.htm

My JetSki has 150hp -->

 

Yes, a stock '92 Stanza does. You do realize we're talking about the Gray Ghost though, don't you?

Cool jet ski. Now clean out your garage!

 

It was crazy dirty...old pic though. Better now, but not by much.

Anyways, back on topic...

 

HP does not start you from a dead stop....torque does! I doubt your jet ski has the same torque, but who knows....i've never checked one out!

 

Not to burst your bubble, but it has 904 lbs of thrust. It could probably take the G off the line. Only tops out a little over 60 mph though. Sorry for the thread jacking again...back to the topic at hand.

 

Sorry, but my bubble is intact!! Thrust is not torque and when your dealing with such a low coefficient of friction, such as with a jet ski on water, it does nothing to correlate it's potential at converting thrust energy to torque. Nor to it's relationship to HP! Good try though!

 

Nice trick question.

 

Didn't see a question in my response, but hey!

 

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but you were asking about torque...I replied with thrust...then you state when dealing with things with low friction coefficient like water, you can't correlate it to torque. Jetskis are measured by thrust. So in essence, you stated torque on a jetski when it isn't measured as such nor can it be correlated.

 

The 1-2 shift in the G is a bit jerkier than any other MT car I've ever driven but I attribute it mostly to my unfamiliarity with Nissan tranny/clutches......