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Old 02-05-2010, 06:19 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Samson
If you're going easy on the throttle (as you should be during warm up), it is not lugging.

Shifting at 2,500/15 mph in 1st does not drop the revs to 500 rpm in 2nd. It drops them to around 1,500 in 2nd, and that's fine.
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Originally Posted by stephen wilson
I agree that you shouldn't let the RPM drop below 800-1000 while driving off, but you're not really lugging the engine as long as the throttle opening is very small. Lugging is created by a large throttle opening, with the resultant high cylinder pressures, at low RPM.
Steve
After reading your guys' posts and thinking on the subject a bit I'm in agreement with both of you.
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