shift at 3K

[Barton Oleksy]

Brad wrote:

>Barton Oleksy wrote:
>
>> Same here....3K is plenty of revs for me.  Is this causing problems
with the
>> car somehow (carbon build-up or something)?
>
>Don't you find that leaves you with really low torque? 3k is "running"
>RPM on nearly every car I've owned, including the A6 (which has such
>monstrous torque that I _could_ accelerate from 1k if needed, albeit a
>tad on the slow side). My "not hurrying" shift point is "whenever it
>gets over 4k".
>
Brad, I'm not a 'performance guy', so I don't know much about torque &
such.  I shift around 3K for a few reasons, like reducing gas
consumption, and there's just a personal 'thing' I have about staying at

high revs for any length of time.  Unless I'm trying to make a major
move for some reason (beating a train?  ;-) then I usually don't need
the power that much and just like to shift fairly quickly.

Does this cause potential problems, though, with how the engine works?

I don't shift *quite* as quickly with our newly-acquired 200TQ, but that

may be mostly because I'm enjoying the kick of the turbo around that
point...esp. off the line in first!

Bart
Edmonton, AB Canada
'86 CGT
'89 200T (now for sale!)
'91 200TQ (just bought)