what would happen if a driver traveling above 100mph in a manual car, decides to switch to the first gear?

Question

asuming that at over 100 miles per hour, the driver is using the 5th or 6th gear.

Answer 1

Chances are you wouldn't be able to do it. You'd break the shifter off before the sychros would allow you to make that gear change. But if you were able, as others said, you'd likely blow something up, either a gearbox, ring gear in the diff, u-joint, etc.

I did once manage to stuff my '88 Mustang's five speed into first from about 60 mph outta pure frustration and anger with the car, it took considerable force and when I dumped the clutch it was almost like grabbing the E-brake, the rear tires screamed and the back end fishtailed and wallowed around...about a week later it got real hard to put it into first from nuetral...so...

Answer 2

A lot will happen. It will depend if you can get it into that gear at a hundred miles a hour. For the most part the transmission will come apart. Since the transmisstion is in a high rate of speed and turning at 4 or 5 thousand rpm a large piece of it may find its way to be part of your body. Race cars traveling at that rate of speed have to have a scatter shield over the flywheel that is attached to the rear of the engine just foward od the transmission. The flywheel has been known to fly out from the engine and head toward the driver. This happens when the engine stop suddenly or the transmission comes apart. Put it this way. A hand gernade going off next to you causes the same effect. Please don't do it. Your more important.

Answer 3

You'll destroy the engine and transmission.

The clutch assembly and flywheel may disintegrate and throw pieces out through the bellhousing. On a rear-wheel drive car, those pieces may enter the passenger compartment and cut the legs of anyone in the front seat, possibly amputating them. On front wheel drive cars, these pieces might penetrate the firewall and hood with devastating consequences to anyone in the car.

The drive wheels will essentially lock up with a complete loss of directional control very possibly causing an accident.

The driveshaft may bend or break. Halfshafts and CV joints may break or fail, scattering parts all over and damaging or destroying the suspension and cutting brake lines.

Answer 4

Buddy, you will have a sudden painful jerk enough to throw you out of the car form the front of the car if your seat belt do not hold the stress. Your gear box will jam and you car may just spin causing a very bad catastrophe.

Answer 5

that if you can put it in first , most new car will not allow a stupidities thing to happen, called trans protected, if you could do this it would lock the motor when you let the clutch out, it would lock the rear wheels and stall the motor institutionally ,or if front wheel drive you really don't want to know

Answer 6

your body would at that point fly out of the windshield....as your body flies through the air...it asks itself will i hit something???? The answer is yes...the body continues to fly and then it will hit little kid ridding a bike (killing the poor kid instantly and he was fixing to go to disneyland with his family...from make a wish foundation)....you would of felt bad if you lived but you wont....the kids family will sue...and thats when your family will hate you and not show up at your funeral because you cant afford it cuz of the lawsuit...so they put you in a trashcan and throw you out in a alley of some unknown street in middle of nowhere.....sucks doesnt it?


Next time dont go 100 mph because you never know when a kid will go to disney land because of make a wish foundation granted his wish to go and meet mickey and other interesting characters..man you screwed u a kids dream....

One more time....sucks doesnt it?

Answer 7

Amonst others;

1. The engine will blow
2. The car will lock its weels and crash
3. Even if he dosn't lock his weels,
the smoke is going to;
3.1.make the driver die
3.2.impair vision
3.3.give him a BIG BILL$$$!

Answer 8

be prepared to get thrown through the windsheild,replace your transmisson that is if they can find any thing left of you after the car stopped flipping over.

Answer 9

It's called gear braking but you would probably **** your transmission up. I wouldn't advise it.

Answer 10

dont think you could but if you manage too. come back and tell me what happend if you're still around and able to talk and move and eat and stuff........