# Racing rpm **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [July 22, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/racing-rpm/17067 "2008-07-22T18:22:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hacienda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/898d66/32.png) [@hacienda](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hacienda)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/racing-rpm/17067/1 "2008-07-22T18:22:13Z")
I have a 1993 ford escort with a manual transmission and 236,000 miles. I was on a trip yesterday when I slowed from about 45 mph to 10 mph to make a u-turn. When finishing the turn and starting to reaccelerate the rpms raced up to about 4000 and then fell back down to 2500. This happened twice very quickly and seemed, I thought, to coincide with my shifting . I thought I must be a real dufus with the clutch. Later in the day I was on the freeway going 70 mph up a small incline and the rpms suddenly raced up to 4000 for maybe 3 seconds and then fell back to 2500. I did not see a change in speed until after the rpms fell back to 2500. The change in speed was an increase of 1-2 mph. Is this a transmission problem, a clutch problem or something entirely different? ---
**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/racing-rpm/17067/2 "2008-07-22T18:44:01Z")
Sounds like your clutch is saying “adios”! ---
**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/racing-rpm/17067/3 "2008-07-22T18:55:24Z")
It may be the clutch shifting linkage is hanging …not letting the clutch re-engage quickly. You could do an engine stall test to determine how much friction the clutch faces have. A mechanic can check both.