i was just reading through this thread and was thinking the same thing lol

some ppl are just dumb. plain and simple

 

Well if i get on it in 1st and 2nd gear my RPM's fly up but i dont go anywhere. always though it was my tires spinning. lol!

 

Thanks Bart-hopefully most recognized you weren't giving 60 roll or everyday driving instructions,lol.

 

I get clutch slip in 4th at WOT if going less than 80mph with my tune on. This is new though - my car has almost 5k miles - had the tune since 900 miles on my odometer.

 

While you should not be doing it all the time, it's not unnecesary abuse to do it once to see if your clutch is slipping. Doing it all the time is not good, but it's in no way like your example above.

When accelerating, you should ALWAYS be in the proper gear to do so, which often means downshifting. Learn and know your powerband. If you give gas and the car doesn't move, you're in too high a gear. Throw it down a gear or 2 and try again.

 

I haven't been on here for a pretty long while and I pop bak in to see what's up and it's the same old ****. Oh well **** it haha.

No problem buddy

 

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i like the ability to have my car tuned, so that when i need to accelerate comfortably i dont need to downshift... my clutch slips a little when its colder outside... lol... but in 5th gear i usually cruise at 75, then ease onto the gas to eventually get 100 % throttle...

 

at that high of a speed, it's fine if you're easing into it, tuned or not. When you're cruising around town at 40mph, the last thing you want to do is floor it in 5th.

 

With my current mods, at 75mph, a rapid flooring of the throttle will lead to clutch slippage as soon as the boost hits near 20lbs.

 

right, and that's why you want to downshift, to put the car in the appropriate gear.

 

I understand that, my point I was trying to make is that you shouldn't be flooring it in 5th gear. You told him it was okay to floor it as long as you do it slowly. Well no matter how slow you floor it, you will still generate the full boost amounts when you eventually floor it, which will lead to the clutch slipping, which is bad.

 

That must be why the entire car shakes when I go WOT in 5th. Not good

 

lol yep

 

my clutch slips when i try to pass people in a high gear, but i plan on getting a new clutch, i dont really like revv'ing the **** outta my car cause i feel like im gonn break something. even when im passing at WOT i shift at like 5grand, so going 50mph, i would most likely go to 3rd instead of 2nd, and that would be enough for my clutch to slip while passing

 

Maybe our ideas of easing it in are different, since I'm coming from the understanding of our powerband and where/when to give it alot of gas in what gear.

 

Whats wrong with WOT in 5th gear anyway? I dont get it.

 

Nothing if you are going 130 mph. Otherwise it is just loading up the motor a ton. GDI is not very efficient at lower RPM high load situations that is why some companies like Toyota have a hybrid motor that is both GDI and MPI.

 

Ive been working on the tune so you can lay on 5th gear. Pulls like a champ! I def wouldn't do it from 50-60 tho LOL. Usually around 80-90 and I can lay on it pretty good! Drops the speedo quite fast LOL!

 

To keep it simple, like I said earlier, any time you're building boost and the car is not accelerating quickly (meaning you're in the wrong gear) you're putting a ton of stress on the car.

 

I just downshift to 4th if I am doing 80-90.

 

What if I am accelerating quickly???? Just saying, thats a awfully general statement that doesnt apply to everyone.

I agree, typically that is the case. Sometimes tho Im just sitting back, 1 hand on the wheel relaxing and its nice to be able to just give it some gas and go (like it should be able to do). So I made it so I can, and its nice

 

I suppose I could turn my DALs down some but I love how hard it hits in the lower gears. I might put some TM in 5th gear to smooth it out some.

 

When I log the car using a Boost vs ETC% Histo, its typically 30-60% and 3500-4500rpm. Nothing that effects my lower gear power

 

Do you seriously consider your acceleration in 5th at 75 to be quick? even if it's quicker than other cars, come on man, you know what I mean. If you want to accelerate quickly at 75 you drop it to 3rd.