Advice for hill starts in a manual?

07 Dec 2015

So today I stopped on a steep hill. When I had to start moving, I revved the car to 1500 rpm’s, and slowly let off the clutch. I stalled. Do I need to rev the motor to a higher rpm to not stall?

Comments

More gas and yes bit more revs

Thank you! All I need to do is practice now.

As you start moving apply more gas so that you keep the rpms up

You can also try starting with a handbrake

Pull up the handbrake
Start depressing the clutch until it starts grabbing
Get the engine onto a higher revs then slowly start letting the handbrake down and depressing the clutch even more until you let go of the clutch

Try that method and you should be golden

Redline it and drop the clutch :D or just pull the hand brake enough to not roll and then give it more gas

The first option sounds more fun LOL!

Full on the brakes
Start depressing the clutch
Once it starts vibrating release brakes and accelerate smoothly

Don’t fully release the clutch when doing hill starts, only fully release the clutch when you start moving forwards. Tip: If you’re either moving backwards or stationary give it more gas or release the clutch just a little bit.

On hillstars I start releasing the cluth with the brakes on, then release the brakes and slowly start to accelerate. This way you don’t need to rev the motor to much.
Using the handbrake is another option.