6 speed manual and speed levels

[gravitylover]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

They are!

So are you just spending more time in 3rd and not bouncing between 2-3 as much in urban/suburban driving?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by gravitylover

So are you just spending more time in 3rd and not bouncing between 2-3 as much in urban/suburban driving?

Get there quicker and stay there longer.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

Your entire approach is backwards. You should focus on the right RPM for each gear depending on how hard you want to accelerate, not the speed. Watch the tachometer rather than the speedo, adjusting to keep yourself within a comfortable margin of the legal speed limit.

[mrg666]

Originally Posted by DaPistonHead

Hello,
I got a new 2020 BRZ just recently and want to get the right speed for each gear. The car has 600 miles on the odometer now. For easy city driving (still breaking in), I'm doing the following:

gear speed (mph)
------------------------
1 0 to 5
2 5 to 15
3 15 to 25
4 25 to 35
5 35 to 45
6 above 45

Does it sound right? Any input appreciated. Thanks.

There is no right speed for each gear. If you are accelerating hard you shift up at higher speed, if you are not accelerating hard shift up at lower speed. If you intend to accelerate or slowing down to accelerate right after, shift down to rev up the engine to high power above torque dip. In short, you decide the optimal gear based on the driving conditions. For break in and while engine is cold, I keep below 4000 rpm which means no hard acceleration.

[Petah78]

Yeah, lugging the motor is bad for the engine. Hard on the bearings and rods. Just easy accelerations up to 4K to 4.5k and you will be fine. And I agree with keeping it above 2k.

[chaoskaze]

To behonest on a car like BRZ ppl in US or england probably wont notices...

But if you set it on km.

first gear at around 2000 is like 11km
2nd gear around 2000 is like 22km
3nd gear around 2000 is like 33km

it kind goes on like that except 6th gear.

[HaXx]

Originally Posted by DaPistonHead

Hello,
I got a new 2020 BRZ just recently and want to get the right speed for each gear. The car has 600 miles on the odometer now. For easy city driving (still breaking in), I'm doing the following:

gear speed (mph)
------------------------
1 0 to 5
2 5 to 15
3 15 to 25
4 25 to 35
5 35 to 45
6 above 45

Does it sound right? Any input appreciated. Thanks.

I typically do 10 mph per gear. 1st 0-10, 2nd 10-20, 6th 50+. Its completely subjective, I drive like and old fart, some people like winding it up and making a lot of noise. So in my typical day to day, I'm doing mid 30's in fourth at about 2500 rpm

[Willie Swoopes]

I kind of feel that the car likes to cruise at about 2500 RPMs.

When I'm driving around town(small suburban) the cars seems satisfied with 2nd gear 25 MPH @ 2500 RPM/ 3rd gear 35 MPH @2500 RPMs.

Once you get past the torque dip, it's too much power for around town where there are trees, curbs, pedestrians with small fo-fo dogs...

Yeah, respect the break-in period, then drive by feel. The Tach is your friend, not your mom.

Bill

[soundman98]

don't stop till the tires cry!

[PenGun]

I find its all very nice and smooth till about 4500, then I kinda have to let her sing, so I avoid that if in traffic.

[mazeroni]

Not sure how the 2017+ models feel or sound under 2K RPM, but in my '13... oof. Not only does the car shake violently but it also sounds like a bunch of tin siding is vibrating at a low frequency. I imagine that if I drove like that for more than a few seconds springs and bolts would start shooting out from the engine like in a cartoon.

[p1l0t]

If you're just tooling around commuting saving gas divide or multiply by 10. Like 20 mph, 2nd gear, 60 mph, 6th gear, etc... If you are running from the police just keep under the red line. And remember for any car in the world the TQs and HPs are dead equal at 5252rpms! (So probably generally where the center best power curve is if the motor is allowed to rev that high).

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[soundman98]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

... If you are running from the police just keep under the red line.

it's easy to outrun the cops, but no one can outrun motorola!

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by soundman98

it's easy to outrun the cops, but no one can outrun motorola!

Depends if you have identifiable features like license plates and what not...

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