Re: '80 1.6L red line?

[trnsfrma@ix.netcom.com (Shawn C. Meze)]

At 09:00 AM 7/2/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>Theres no point in reving
>>it higher than this.
>
>I can think of one reason why you would want to rev higher - going through
>a turn you won't want to come off the throttle - and if you had a couple
>more revs you could get that little extra speed you need.  I would say it's
>rare (maybe) but wouldn't say there's never a need to go higher than
>maximum power. Of course I've never raced - I could be wrong.  sz



Well, I was refering to his racing on a circle track. In the scenerio you 
describe, I completely agree with you. I often run 7,500-8,000  rpm in my 
Scirocco while on the autox track simply because I dont want to upshift s
ince the next turn is right in my face and it wouldnt be worth it, so i ride 
it out then feel bad about it later. 
On a circle track, you try and make the gearing to where you are running top 
rpmjust as you are lifting to go into the next turn. Its just a on/off cycle 
with the throttle. Turning more rpms than is neccessary hurts the motor. (A 
great examply of this is the IRL series and their plethera of blown motors 
from turning just a little too much rpm.)
Anyways, HTH!


Shawn
86' Jetta GLi
82' Scirocco GTi
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