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Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:52 am

i have a daily driver 1970 baja, i have a 1600 dual port engine with a external oil cooler (i have to turn on the fan myself but its usually not on), i also have a progressive carb and some pretty big tires, i have a stinger pipe on it i was wondering what my red line is, i have a feeling its around 4 1/5 to 5 ? whats the red line for your daily driver baja?

Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:23 pm

mine isnt my DD, just a toy- but i shift it at 5800 at the dunes all day long! haha.. i am also very hard on my stuff but it has seen 6300 on accident!

Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:47 pm

if its got a stock cam, that will limit your redline. just shift when it doesn't have anymore power. just be careful downshifting, i'd stay under 5,000.

Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:39 am

Is it just a stock 1600?
For just everyday driving I would keep it in the 3000s

Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:11 pm

I tach mine up to 5k for every shift when im trying to accelerate. Im kind of mean though, but not as mean as Bruno.

Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:47 pm

4,500 is wound pretty good for stock vw internals on a 1600. My sandrail is bone stock inside, and my tac redline is 4,800rpm. I usually shift at about 4,400 to 4,500 even when running fairly hard. Occasionally it does see 5,000 in second on bigger dunes, but that is not shifting just running. The load/no-load of shifting can be harder on them.

Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:59 pm

the 2110 i have in my baja i take to about 6500. I had a sandrail a while back with a 2276 had the shift light set at 7800. So figure by the time my eye saw the light and shifted it was 8000.
Stock 1600 I'd say 4500 max

Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:30 am

i have a well built 1641 in my rail , normal driving i shift around 3500rpm, but when i'm running her at the track she'll she 5K easy.

Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:10 pm

when you wind the engine up untill the valves start to float and the rods are rattling then i thinks time to shift.... but... thats just a guess.

Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:45 pm

my stock 1600 sees 6000 all the time, i was doing dohnuts in a park once and it was at 6000 for 5 solid mins at least and then it started to run shity turns out the points got unhappy the next day i pulled them out cleaned them and adjusted them and then she ran great. never redlined it but i imagine it would float the valves around 6500

Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:57 pm

Shift point is based on the cam/intake combo. If you are stock, stay under 5000 or you will float the valves. If the vavle springs are old, I would keep it uner 4500.

Also, the people that say stock internal parts can not handle that kind of stress are incorrect. If an engine is built properly it can safely handle more rpm. My 1776 has stock crank & rods, and I shift it at 6500-7000. I use to always speed shift it and hit 8K between shifts. I saw 8300 once on the recall. I tore the motor down 2 years ago and the bearings still looked new. It all depends on the build quality.

Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:09 am

shmoe2k wrote: when you wind the engine up untill the valves start to float and the rods are rattling then i thinks time to shift.... but... thats just a guess.

valves floating is usually the indicator....

I'm with this guy

Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:09 am

STOICH wrote: shmoe2k wrote: when you wind the engine up untill the valves start to float and the rods are rattling then i thinks time to shift.... but... thats just a guess.

valves floating is usually the indicator....

I'm with this guy

haha [-o<