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Old 12-28-2013, 03:06 PM   #55
san rensho
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Originally Posted by Nine8Six View Post
I have no idea where you guys are rev'ing your cars but at 3,500RPM I am already far above the legal speed limits regardless of the gear I am in. Besides it looks/sound a bit silly to rev a "Boxster" on public roads no? (I can imagine other saying "look at the dangerous criminal LOL").

On a circuit, I normally keep it between 4~6k
Well, on the freeway slicing and dicing, 4-6k rpm is around 70-100 mph, which is this cars sweet spot, for both speed and rpms, so yes, a little over the speed limit but not excessive.

If im just droning on the freeway, then yes I put it in 5th at about 70mph, but thats just for constant speed driving, if I want to accelerate, I shift down to 4th.

And on the track, I keep it around 4.5- 6.5k rpm, which is the max torque on the low end and max hp on the top end. I dont see the point of hitting the rev limiter in each gear, since the hp is already dropping off well before 7.2k rpm.
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