| dvrdwn |
Mon Sep 22, 2003 4:01 pm |
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| What safe rpm should my stock 1600 DP run at when going down the highway in 4th |
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| oneparanoidandroid |
Mon Sep 22, 2003 8:45 pm |
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| do you mean at idle or what? |
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| The Nomad Hatter |
Mon Sep 22, 2003 10:48 pm |
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| I believe theres a discussion of idle rpms, etc in the archive at www.type2.com |
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| ratwell |
Tue Sep 23, 2003 9:57 am |
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| Read: http://www.oldvolkshome.com/ignition.htm#B1968 |
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| keifernet |
Tue Sep 23, 2003 2:06 pm |
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i don't think he means at idle...
if you have a tach I would keep it between 2,000 and 4,000 ( 4,500 absolute max) in 4th gear on the open road... (40mph to 75 mph or whenever it tops out at about 4,000 rpm) |
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| dvrdwn |
Tue Sep 23, 2003 3:11 pm |
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| keifernet thanks for your logical assumption. I did mean what you thought. |
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| ratwell |
Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:17 pm |
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If you follow the link in my last post you'll see that the rev limiting rotor for a 1600 is set to 4500rpm.
What's safe depends on how lean you are running. If you severly lean out at 3,500 rpm then that's the limit. Of course, you should verify this by checking the exhaust with a gas analyzer.
Personally, when my vacuum is good I tend rev it no more in 1st than when it feels like torque has maxed out. Then, I use that rpm value as a guide for 4th. |
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