are you supposed to go past the redline?

[clownphish]

Ask my wife.. She's had about 4 hours in the car, her 1st experience with a manual transmission. She's able to launch, hill-start, and stop - now, she knows how, but if she'd only remember to up-shift...

(Shuddering at memories of cruising through a parking lot at 40 km/h in 1st, while I calmly recite to her, "2nd. 2nd gear. You probably should be in 2nd gear, sweetie. 2nd gear. 2nd.")

(shrug)

Bart

"THE PISTONS, THE PISTONS!!! I CAN SEE THE PISTONS COMING OUT OF THE HOOD!" - my father (teaching me to drive manual) after telling me to downshift from 5th to 4th and me accidentally putting it into 2nd. (rofl)

 

[Mazda3hatchback]

I shift around 7500rpms in my automatic manual shifter. Any further the car goes into a cutoff mode which turns the gas off to the engine so it wont hurt the engine and its transmission. I have to say the car shifts to second gear at the higher rpm than it dies in auto mode. I do have to say it gets going after that first shift when shifting to 7500 rpms.

 

[bvmazda3]

"THE PISTONS, THE PISTONS!!! I CAN SEE THE PISTONS COMING OUT OF THE HOOD!" - my father (teaching me to drive manual) after telling me to downshift from 5th to 4th and me accidentally putting it into 2nd. (rofl)

(rlaugh) That's funny! When my dad taught me, I was 16 and driving a damn big moving truck (thinking it was 30-ish feet), loaded with all the worldly possesions of close family friends, from the prairies to the West Coast. All I remember him saying, often, under his breath was, "Oh no. Oh no. Oh gawd," then louder, "you're doing good, son. You just need to slow down a bit going through the Rockies." Then after missing a shift and trying to slow our decent in a near-runaway situation, "Oh. Well, this isn't good. Stop at the nearest pub - I need a break." He hardly ever drank, except on that trip

Bart

 

[Da 6]

yes if you hit 7300(how did you get 7500...even with tack bouncing irraticly!?) it does jerk you back...but then bogs to 4100....don't do it 2nd to 3rd or you will really bog and the EG6 will own you like tourtise and the hare
(wow)

 

[Airman Jack]

Everyone is right though...the car does start to lose power after 6k...you need some Air/Fuel tuning to lean out the AF in the upper rpm's to allow the car to pull straight to redline...as its setup right now, it hits 11.5:1 at 6500, then drops down to 11:1 by 7k.

how are you measuring the A/F ratio? or is that for the 6?

 

[Da 6]

thats 2.3 relaed...there is a controllable maf in prototype phase right now(thought)

 

[clownphish]

(rlaugh) That's funny! When my dad taught me, I was 16 and driving a damn big moving truck (thinking it was 30-ish feet), loaded with all the worldly possesions of close family friends, from the prairies to the West Coast. All I remember him saying, often, under his breath was, "Oh no. Oh no. Oh gawd," then louder, "you're doing good, son. You just need to slow down a bit going through the Rockies." Then after missing a shift and trying to slow our decent in a near-runaway situation, "Oh. Well, this isn't good. Stop at the nearest pub - I need a break." He hardly ever drank, except on that trip

Bart

Ha ha! Your poor father. We kept our teachings to parking lots, although I did spend some nervous minutes on a steep hill with a Jaguar behind me when we first took it out on the open road. (eek2)

OT, I love your avatar - where'd you get it?

 

[bvmazda3]

Ha ha! Your poor father. We kept our teachings to parking lots, although I did spend some nervous minutes on a steep hill with a Jaguar behind me when we first took it out on the open road. (eek2)

OT, I love your avatar - where'd you get it?

My avatar? Thanks! I made it myself. It didn't come out quite as expected 'cuz I had limited access to applications at work. (I think you were talking to me - I didn't see anyone named 'OT', so I figured it just stood for something )

Bart

 

[Nymisus]

I hit it on the test drive, thats the only part of the car I dont like. It stops accelerating almost completely and drops really fast.....just shift before you get there and you'll be good

 

[clownphish]

My avatar? Thanks! I made it myself. It didn't come out quite as expected 'cuz I had limited access to applications at work. (I think you were talking to me - I didn't see anyone named 'OT', so I figured it just stood for something )

Bart

OT=Off Topic. That avatar is hot! I think it turned out great. Of course an artist is always his worst critic.

 

[goldwing2000]

I hit it on the test drive, thats the only part of the car I dont like. It stops accelerating almost completely and drops really fast

Yeah... how dare they design the engine controls to protect it from being destroyed.

(boom01)