2015 Series.Blue BRZ

[x1UP]

Originally Posted by football751

Does the manual state to keep the RPMs that low for the first 1000 miles? You can't even make 70 mph under 2500 rpms. I think you're good to shift fairly normal at 3k-4k rpms, I'd just avoid flooring or redlining it.

Nothing in the manual states anything like that, I just get a feel for the engine and it seems like it wants me to shift already at around 2K, so I do.

[football751]

Originally Posted by x1UP

Nothing in the manual states anything like that, I just get a feel for the engine and it seems like it wants me to shift already at around 2K, so I do.

I think you need to open it up a bit and see how it feels. From my experience (at 3800 miles now) the shifter and synchros broke in so the shifts feel better, but the engine responds pretty much the same as the day I bought it. I think it's a characteristic of the high-revving boxer engine. If I'm driving in 2nd at 20 mph around 2700 rpm it does feel like it wants me to shift, but if you're accelerating you want to push past that into 3k-4k rpms at least until you shift. In higher gears cruising speed is in the 3k-4k rpm range. The engine has a tendency to knock below 2k rpms (IRRC).

[x1UP]

Originally Posted by football751

I think you need to open it up a bit and see how it feels. From my experience (at 3800 miles now) the shifter and synchros broke in so the shifts feel better, but the engine responds pretty much the same as the day I bought it. I think it's a characteristic of the high-revving boxer engine. If I'm driving in 2nd at 20 mph around 2700 rpm it does feel like it wants me to shift, but if you're accelerating you want to push past that into 3k-4k rpms at least until you shift. In higher gears cruising speed is in the 3k-4k rpm range. The engine has a tendency to knock below 2k rpms (IRRC).

I've always thought it was at around 3k-4k to shift, but maybe it's because i'm only at around 50 miles? I think i'll try to open it up more, but I'm always second guessing that i'm hurting the engine by not shifting when it wants to, as I stated above.

[Speed2th]

I dont follow the shift indicator, speeds are too low for those gears and could cause knocking and unrewarding driving experience. I usually shift at 3-4k

[fungizmos]

Hi,

Bet you are happy to be back from vacation to play with your new car!

So you are talking about the shift indicator when you enable the display of the current gear indicator?

That will be a recommendation for fuel economy that is triggered on sensor/vacuum levels. It is adaptive so if you are driving harder you will see different shift points.

Just try and keep it under the recommended max rpm and vary your speed/driving methods until 1k and you will be fine.

2500 miles already here

-Will

[football751]

Originally Posted by x1UP

I've always thought it was at around 3k-4k to shift, but maybe it's because i'm only at around 50 miles? I think i'll try to open it up more, but I'm always second guessing that i'm hurting the engine by not shifting when it wants to, as I stated above.

With how engines are built these days I think you'd have to do something pretty serious to damage the engine in the first 1000 miles. Just think of all the cars that are bought new but with 50-100 miles on them from test drives. You know they were worked pretty hard during those test drives, I doubt anyone thinks about the engine breakin period when test driving a car.

Also, I think "when the car wants to" is pretty subjective. Are you basing that on the engine noise and how it's responding to the throttle? I find it doesn't want to hang out in 1st or 2nd gear, as this isn't a Corvette that can do 60 mph in 1st. But pushing it into 3k-4k rpms during the breakin in 1st or 2nd isn't going to hurt anything.

[Rota]

Originally Posted by x1UP

Is it just me, but while i'm breaking in the car to 1000 miles (i'm at 50 miles only I think), but the engine forces me to shift into such a low RPM range (usually around 2K-2500 rpm) and the ranges are so short.

For example,

1st 0-5
2nd 5-15
3rd 15-25
4th 25-35

So on and so forth.

Am I missing something here or is it just me? Please don't roast me. Any explanation would be appreciated.

I was told to keep it below 4k RPM for the first thousand miles. You're shifting way too early.

[cameronjones239]

Around 15mph per gear, is what I'm doing if I remember right. Keep in mind the sound tube makes the interior sound louder than it really is.

[quality_sound]

Shift indicator? I haven't seen that in mine.

[x1UP]

Originally Posted by Rota

I was told to keep it below 4k RPM for the first thousand miles. You're shifting way too early.

I've realized that and i've just started to open it up a bit more by shifting in the 3k area.

It feels more more precise and better than it was yesterday. I've set the indicator at 3k just in case and the car feels great.

Just tested it out by driving around on a freeway and it was reliving.

[metier]

Originally Posted by quality_sound

Shift indicator? I haven't seen that in mine.

You can go into the settings and turn it on, in the ODO/TRIP

Odometer
Trip meter A*1
Trip meter B*1
Setting screen for tachometer indicator needle movement function when starting the vehicle*2
Setting screen for the shift position indicator and shift-up indica- tor*2 (vehicles with a manual transmission)
*1:Pressing and holding the “ODO/TRIP” switch will reset the trip meter that is currently displayed.
*2:Only displayed when the engine switch is in the “ACC” or “LOCK” position (vehicles without a keyless access with push button start system), or when the push-button ignition switch is in “ACC” mode or turned off (vehi- cles with a keyless access with push button start system).

page 189 in the manual

[Toca]

I have a shift light and indicator for 3.5k. It works really well when I try not to break past 4k limit. I'm at about 1500 miles in and shifting is not as rough as before and everything is way slicker.

[Toca]

Originally Posted by metier

You can go into the settings and turn it on, in the Multi Display

Odometer
Trip meter A*1
Trip meter B*1
Setting screen for tachometer indicator needle movement function when starting the vehicle*2
Setting screen for the shift position indicator and shift-up indica- tor*2 (vehicles with a manual transmission)
*1:Pressing and holding the “ODO/TRIP” switch will reset the trip meter that is currently displayed.
*2:Only displayed when the engine switch is in the “ACC” or “LOCK” position (vehicles without a keyless access with push button start system), or when the push-button ignition switch is in “ACC” mode or turned off (vehi- cles with a keyless access with push button start system).

page 189 in the manual

Note that you have to do this when your car is NOT MOVING...otherwise, the shift light indicator won't show up. Well, it makes common sense to do this when you're NOT driving...but I tend to mess around with the buttons in my car while I drive, haha.

[trinxified]

So how do you actually turn it on? The shift indicator and it shows you what gear you're currently in?

I couldn't understand what the manual says about it...