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Originally Posted by carma143
I often drive 35 mph in 6th gear, cruising only. Anything below that and the car shudders and fails trying to achieve positive acceration. Any realistic acceleration is done in 5th, 4th, 3rd, or 2nd (If I really need to 'go').
I've heard that applying gas at low rpms can hurt the engine.
I have this friend in college who is always complaining how I drive my car, telling me things like "keep the rpms between 1-2k when cruising, never go above 3k when accelerating". Everytime I just have to tell him "It's a sports car. It drives differently." Funny thing is that he once tried to drive it, stalled 6 times driving down a block, and called quits.
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Yeah man, don't do that at all.
Lugging the engine puts sever strain on components, don't be scared to let the revs climb. I'd try keep it over 2k (unless you are pulling away from a stop of course), and when going up hills, closer to 3k...
You want the car to feel like its pulling you along freely as apposed to struggling to accelerate with large throttle input.
If its fuel consumption you are concerned about, you could be doing more harm than good on that front too, as throttle position plays a big part in fuel consumption.
Rather have the revs a little higher with less throttle input than lower revs with more throttle.