LaMont Randell
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- Mar 7, 2015
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Bowling Green,
Kentucky
I'm new to having a turbo car. I was trying to figure out what the shift points would be. Do I shift right before red line and is this OK to do in first gear as well?
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once you crank up the boost on the smaller turbos youll find no point revving so high, cause they run out of breath up top. im not sure if its necessary to rev to 7000 in stock form.
you wont hurt your engine revving to redline, but it does make it harder to shift. you probably wouldnt be any slower shifting at 6500
Depends on your driving style. Normal driving, I usually shift around 3k, spirited driving, 5-6k, all out running hard, max rev limit. Stock rev limit is 7200, so for you, would say max rpm shift would be 7k.
I was thinking something was wrong since it took so long to spool up. Couldn't it also be the tune that it has?You have a more serious issue if your 16G is spooling at 5k!!!! Before going balls to the wall with boost and driving, I would make sure the engine is up to par. Do a compression test, boost leak test, address and oil/coolant leaks. I healthy motor is paramount when playing with these cars.
You probable have a pre turbo exhaust leak. When I put my 16g on, it was leaking from exhaust mani to turbo connections and wouldn't hit full boost. I would make sure all bolts are tightened before and after the turbo, then do a good boost leak test on the car.
Also when I was logging my big 16g at 15psi on stock fuel had about 20 counts of knock at 5200 rpm and would increase as rpm went up. I would turn it down to 12psi, that is when I had 0 counts of knock on my big 16g. The oil rings went bad now I am running 14b at 14psi with 0 knock. 15psi I get 1-3 counts just so you know.
Hope this helps, BTW I have 152k shifting at 6800 when I run 1/8th mile. 2700-3500 normal driving conditions.
Haha thanks, and no I was just saying random things one day when I was like 5 to come up with some name that would always be available on any site as a member or what have you so I could always use the same one. I just liked the way that sounded and so it stuck. Never had to stress with coming up with some clever workaround name with underscores or random numbers so I'd say it worked Thanks for asking! I'm guessing you have a 98 gst?+1
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Well good you found that your self, you'll do fine. Just fix them and report back here with the results.Yep I have boost leaks all before the turbo. A couple of bolts are missing and stuff. Who ever had this vehicle before me either didn't know what they were doing or just didn't care. I can't say much I'm still a noob at this but I'm just saying
Well, all cars have an ideal shift point per gear, and while not all DSMs are the same obviously, you can get a good base point. Some vehicles have weird shift points; go on the SyTy forum and that will become evident. There's not really a sure way of knowing without asking and hes new here and got his question answered so its all goodI dont understand what youre saying when you say "shift points". There is no magic number, every car is different and if you know how to drive stick you know when to shift.
Weird question no offense.
I dont understand what youre saying when you say "shift points". There is no magic number, every car is different and if you know how to drive stick you know when to shift.
Weird question no offense.
Well good you found that your self, you'll do fine. Just fix them and report back here with the results.
Well, all cars have an ideal shift point per gear, and while not all DSMs are the same obviously, you can get a good base point. Some vehicles have weird shift points; go on the SyTy forum and that will become evident. There's not really a sure way of knowing without asking and hes new here and got his question answered so its all good
Glad to hear you got your stuff worked out. You really should have the BOV recirculated. What do you mean it cuts off?Update guys. Exhaust and boost leak fixed. I took the manual boost control off it was rusted. Ordered a boost controller off of eBay for 13 bucks It pulls so hard now. Still boosting 15 pounds on the t25. Which I thought I had the 16g but I was mislead when I bought the car smh. Took the blow off valve recirculation hose off and the blow off is extremely loud now but cuts off sometimes. Let's see oh I had the exhaust guy run 3 inches from the down pipe back. Hope it helps with performance.