What's the deal with the 5th gear?
10-07-2003, 03:53 PM
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My car is NOT happy below 2000 at all. I try to keep it over about 2200 around town. NAs have a little less low end so they probably like to be a little higher in the rev range.
10-07-2003, 04:10 PM
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Originally posted by dave120
Although I don't think 911s had them, but anyone who could buy 911s wasn't worried about gas prices. The 944 being the "low end" car for the "poor man" would worry about gas mileage.
Although I don't think 911s had them, but anyone who could buy 911s wasn't worried about gas prices. The 944 being the "low end" car for the "poor man" would worry about gas mileage.
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10-07-2003, 04:44 PM
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Originally posted by slinky
Shift light?
Didn't know there was such a thing. What is the purpose?
Shift light?
Didn't know there was such a thing. What is the purpose?
10-07-2003, 04:50 PM
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My S2 has no light!! I was really happy when I saw that, considering I hated my 88's light. Shift to 3rd at 1500RPM's?? Yeah, right!
I use 5th on the highway going 65...that's about 3k to me, I think. Why rev high on the highway, doing 65-70?
I use 5th on the highway going 65...that's about 3k to me, I think. Why rev high on the highway, doing 65-70?
10-07-2003, 05:01 PM
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I think the 89 owners manual says something about keeping the motor revving at at least 1800 rpm or suffer rod bearing failure.
my brothers 84 NA has one, and the 86 RX7 I had had one. guess mazda copied one too many things from porsche.
now if there was on on my Z28 maybe i could get better than the 14/15 mpg i am averaging. and maybe get more life out of the tires too as an added bonus.
my brothers 84 NA has one, and the 86 RX7 I had had one. guess mazda copied one too many things from porsche.
now if there was on on my Z28 maybe i could get better than the 14/15 mpg i am averaging. and maybe get more life out of the tires too as an added bonus.
10-07-2003, 05:02 PM
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my shift light is just fine. it comes on when its needed... the problem with you all is you dont drive your car hard enough... seriously! the light comes on when you should upshift, the engine is being inefficient OR when its coming off the power curve at high rpms. at first when i got my car the light came on all the time, but i learned to drive the car(not by using the light, but by learning to actually drive) and now it hardly ever comes on. the car is made to accelerate, brake, and turn at higher speeds than you think you should. i don't beat my car but i do accelerate reasonably fast, and if you dont and you let the engine go to intermediate/high revs, the light WILL come on. porsche didnt design the light to be annoying, they designed it to make you an efficient driver.
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10-07-2003, 06:01 PM
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No way! Mine came on at silly LOW RPM's, through normal driving. Sure, if you floor it in every gear, the light doesn't come on. But driving like that in light to light street traffic makes no sense.
10-07-2003, 08:25 PM
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Originally posted by ERAU-944
my shift light is just fine. it comes on when its needed... the problem with you all is you dont drive your car hard enough... seriously! the light comes on when you should upshift, the engine is being inefficient OR when its coming off the power curve at high rpms.
-Michael-
my shift light is just fine. it comes on when its needed... the problem with you all is you dont drive your car hard enough... seriously! the light comes on when you should upshift, the engine is being inefficient OR when its coming off the power curve at high rpms.
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10-07-2003, 09:57 PM
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Hey, I remember that buzz sound of the 1st gen. rx7 redline warning. It scared me at first because I thought the car was about to blow. After a few times, I got used to it. Talk about redline, I bought a 2003 yzf R6 at the auction today for $850 wrecked and the redline is somewhere around 14k......
10-29-2003, 06:34 PM
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Does anybody know the gear count on the 88 924S 5th gear? Have a shop who will look for one for me if I can find the count?
Thanks.
Dylan.
p.s. Not finding the count in my Search attempts. Finding lots of posts about 5th gear, just not the count?
Thanks.
Dylan.
p.s. Not finding the count in my Search attempts. Finding lots of posts about 5th gear, just not the count?