shift at 3K

[Burl Vibert]

If you're shifting at 3k you don't need or want a turbo.  A NA car
will have better torque at low RPM due to the higher compression and a
turbo car only starts to make power at 3k.

I've heard many stories from friends about having to take their
mom/dads/grandfathers cars out for a good run to "clear them out"
after which they supposedly work better.  A mechanic friend of mine
says the best working and longer lasting VW engines are the ones that
are not babied and are taken through their full rev range more often. 
I would suspect Audi is similar.

YMMV


Burl Vibert
1987 5kcstq
Kingston, Ontario



Barton Oleksy wrote:
> 
> 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)