Saturday 5/25 DRIVE: Pacifica/Hwy 1/Skyline Cruise!

[JackSmiley]

70mph on 3rd is possible if you redline it.

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by PMok

LOL yeah when I was in the break-in period (first 1000mi) I had mine set to 3800 RPM so I wouldn't go over 4K. Man that was a painful few weeks.

In everyday driving and even on the canyon runs, I rarely rev up to 7K. For me the light is more of an "oh shit I better upshift" reminder in case I do get up there.

Same here, I actually had it set to ~3.5k rpm since I was not used to how fast this thing reved (compared to a "lazy" 2.5). To this day, my shift points are still below 4k thanks to that 1000 mile break in. I do have my shift light set to ~6k now for the twisties

Originally Posted by PMok

ok, I just couldn't resist... so here we are, rev. 2 of the tunnel video, aka the TRON Remix!

AWWW taken down by the MAN for copyright oh well.

[PMok]

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip

AWWW taken down by the MAN for copyright oh well.

wait, is it not working for you? I can still view it... but maybe because it's my video.

[SnakeEyes]

Originally Posted by PMok

wait, is it not working for you? I can still view it... but maybe because it's my video.

I can't watch it either

[PMok]

WTF Youtube? There are tons of other videos out there with Daft Punk's music embedded in them.

[PMok]

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip

AWWW taken down by the MAN for copyright oh well.

Originally Posted by SnakeEyes

I can't watch it either

OK I redubbed the video with some generic sounding electronic music so hopefully it can be viewed now. If you have the TRON soundtrack you can always turn down the volume on the video and play that instead.

[86BRZ]

So P. The go pro tilt down at 0:58 sec, something not tighten?

[PMok]

Originally Posted by 86BRZ

So P. The go pro tilt down at 0:58 sec, something not tighten?

That was when my VTEC kicked in.

yeah I didn't tighten the mounting screw enough and when I sped up the wind pushed it down some. Too bad because the rest of the drive would have been great showing all the cars following behind me.

[MyRx]

Originally Posted by SC David

Good fun today! Thanks for organizing, again, Plato! Here's some snaps. If anyone cares to repost these elsewhere, feel free.


5/25/13 FT86 Meet and Drive by davidbushphoto.com, on Flickr

@SC David, I just swapped avatars to the one you took. Is that ok?

[SC David]

Originally Posted by MyRx

@SC David, I just swapped avatars to the one you took. Is that ok?

Personal usage is always a-ok

[86BRZ]

Originally Posted by SnakeEyes

1) In third gear, at 6k -7k rpm you will hit 70 -80 mph. Why so fast?

2) The reason the gas got cut off because you reached the red line and our ecu won't let the engine rev any further due to their design. So the electronic cuts of throttle. It's normal. Try 0-60 and feel that again if your shifting is slow by few milliseconds. Think like the gas cut off as engine safety.

Hay, revisiting this topic

I recently went to T-Hill for a track day and have no issue pushing it close to 7k in 3rd. Here is my new thoughts about my a moment engine cut off:

1. Possible because of lower oxygen level and hi rpm, not enough air to burn in the tunnel?
2. Plus a down hill slope to push it even quicker?

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by 86BRZ

Hay, revisiting this topic

I recently went to T-Hill for a track day and have no issue pushing it close to 7k in 3rd. Here is my new thoughts about my a moment engine cut off:

1. Possible because of lower oxygen level and hi rpm, not enough air to burn in the tunnel?
2. Plus a down hill slope to push it even quicker?

Seems like #2 is a little bit more plausible than #1. Going down hill at the speed you were going may have caused your engine to spin higher than what the ecu considers safe (similar but opposite to engine braking where you use the engines compression to slow the car down) and trigger the fuel cut-off for "safety"/preservation.