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Old 08-08-2006, 07:18 AM   #1
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What are your shifting patterns???

Please post shifting patterns for your manual and possibly the rpm you shift into the next gear.

Mine are 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th.

I shift out of 1st as soon as the car is moving.
I shift out of second at 20mph
I shift out of fourth at 32mph
Anything 32+mph I stay in 5th gear.

I'm doing this for research.
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Old 08-08-2006, 07:20 AM   #2
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Please post shifting patterns for your manual and possibly the rpm you shift into the next gear.

Mine are 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th.

I shift out of 1st as soon as the car is moving.
I shift out of second at 20mph
I shift out of fourth at 32mph
Anything 32+mph I stay in 5th gear.

I'm doing this for research.
I have an automatic transmission, so I'm a shiftless bum.
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Old 08-08-2006, 07:40 AM   #3
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http://www.gassavers.org/showthread....=post+shifting

Unfortunately MPH is worthless as a comparison for shift points.
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Old 08-08-2006, 08:09 AM   #4
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I shift when the voices tell me to shift. They talk a lot.

99.9% of the time I shift at or about 2,000RPM and go through all five gears. The 4-5 shift is the exception if the road is level or slightly downhill, because then I'll shift at 30-32 which sends the tach to the 1100RPM range. (Have to be careful not to do that while warming up because the high idle will override my foot and try to make the car accelerate! Not that it works, it just doesn't help with fuel consumption.)

If you had a ScanGauge you would be able to find out how fast the engine is turning in each gear for a given speed...
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Old 08-08-2006, 10:54 AM   #5
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I shift up every time the tach hits 2,500 rpm.
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Old 08-08-2006, 06:44 PM   #6
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I shift when the voices tell me to shift. They talk a lot.

99.9% of the time I shift at or about 2,000RPM and go through all five gears. The 4-5 shift is the exception if the road is level or slightly downhill, because then I'll shift at 30-32 which sends the tach to the 1100RPM range. (Have to be careful not to do that while warming up because the high idle will override my foot and try to make the car accelerate! Not that it works, it just doesn't help with fuel consumption.)

If you had a ScanGauge you would be able to find out how fast the engine is turning in each gear for a given speed...
All you people need to stop with this scangauge crap. i don't need a scan gauge to tell me what rpm I'm at. I have the gear ratios memorized.
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Old 08-09-2006, 05:22 PM   #7
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All you people need to stop with this scangauge crap. i don't need a scan gauge to tell me what rpm I'm at. I have the gear ratios memorized.
You ask for help, people say scangauge. You say that people need to stop with the scangauge crap. I guess there is nothing left to say cause all we have to say is crap. I guess I should be asking you for advice because it is quite obvious that we are all wrong and you are right. So tell me Compaq, how do I improve my FE? Im all ears...............
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You ask for help, people say scangauge. You say that people need to stop with the scangauge crap. I guess there is nothing left to say cause all we have to say is crap. I guess I should be asking you for advice because it is quite obvious that we are all wrong and you are right. So tell me Compaq, how do I improve my FE? Im all ears...............
First of all I don't bring up the topic of the scangauge. You guys do.

If you want to improve your FE there is a lot of things you can do. I don't know what you have done so far so I'm going to say install rear wheel skirts and belly pan on the vx. Also do the boattail thing.

I never said you guys are wrong but stop posting that I have to get a scangauge.
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I changed my shifting pattern to shift at 1900rpm in all gears. To cruise 30 or more mph I'll use 5th. The car bumping like crazy when I shift at low rpm got to me. Shifting at 1900rpm seems to keep the car from bumping like crazy. 35mpg here I come
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Then how come you posted MPH in your thread at the beginning? No one else knows your gearing so it's big and worthless for us to see something we can't relate to.
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