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Originally Posted by jvincent
After looking at some logs from yesterday's track session, I have a question about shifting.
My car is NA, with an OFT tune. The track I go to has 20 turns, including some very sharp ones.
My current approach to the sharp corners is to downshift into 3rd at the entry to these turns, keep steady power in third through the turn, and then accelerate out. According to the logs from Harry's lap timer I never get below 4000RPM in 3rd so I am well above the torque dip for the FRS.
My general question is would I be better off going into the turns in 2nd, thereby gaining a little bit of a power advantage coming out of the turn, but requiring an extra shift in the following straights to maximize my speed?
The wrinkle in this is that torque starts to fall off at around 6500 RPM so I'm not sure whether I would be in 2nd long enough to offset the shift.
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well, since you have the logger.. simply try it and see how the numbers look..
I generally would want to power out at maximum grip, so if you downshift to 2nd and don't spin/get squirrley, then do that
if 3rd gear keeps you better composed.. do that