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Hi:
What's the best rev for change gears on 2000 A4 1.8T Q?
1st->2nd? 2nd->3rd 3rd->4th 4th->5th?

Thanks for any thoughts.

husky

Kyle Tucker

In article <bj7j5t$rqe$1@news.onet.pl>,
"Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> For fuel economy, I'd change up to next gear when I hit 3K rpm. For max
> performance/acceleration, I'd take it up to around 5.5-6K rpm cause that's
> where the stock turbo boost falls off and torque diminishes. That may be
> different if you're running aftermarket software or larger turbo.
>
> During normal driving, I usually find myself changing gears betw. 3.5K and
> 4K rpm.

Wow, I feel like I drive mine hard and never bring mine above 4K as
it feels like it's straining there. I know it redlines up by 6K but
I have never had the inclination or guts to bring it there. I also
have an APR chip and that even has me more reluctant to wind it up.
So am I being too careful with my 2000 1.8T?

--
- Kyle

TonyJ

Way too careful.

Tony
'91 100Q 5spd
goes to 5.5 - 6 K at least once per dirve.
107K and reuunig strong

Kyle Tucker wrote:
> In article <bj7j5t$rqe$1@news.onet.pl>,
> "Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>>For fuel economy, I'd change up to next gear when I hit 3K rpm. For max
>>performance/acceleration, I'd take it up to around 5.5-6K rpm cause that's
>>where the stock turbo boost falls off and torque diminishes. That may be
>>different if you're running aftermarket software or larger turbo.
>>
>>During normal driving, I usually find myself changing gears betw. 3.5K and
>>4K rpm.
>
>
> Wow, I feel like I drive mine hard and never bring mine above 4K as
> it feels like it's straining there. I know it redlines up by 6K but
> I have never had the inclination or guts to bring it there. I also
> have an APR chip and that even has me more reluctant to wind it up.
> So am I being too careful with my 2000 1.8T?
>

Scott

<kylet@ s h o r e . n e t (Kyle Tucker)> wrote in message
news:TvJ5b.354864$uu5.69364@sccrnsc04...
> Wow, I feel like I drive mine hard and never bring mine above 4K as
> it feels like it's straining there.

Wow, you are only experiencing a fraction of the car you paid good money
for. Most of the fun is 3.5k-5k, out of that 1.5k range you are using 0.5k.
There's another %66 of fun there!

Scott