Yoox_II
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I have the three speed auto in my D150. Pretty sure the guy who had it before me messed with the rear end gearing a bit because the gears are very short and rev low... once I hit 110 km/h on the highway I am revving very high though, because there is no fourth gear.
Lately though, I have been using the "1" and "2" gears to accelerate faster. I shift them later than the auto would if I had it in drive. This is what I'm trying to figure out....
Before I started using the 1 and 2 instead of drive, what I thought was revving "high" may not he very high at all. Now that I use the 1 and 2 gears, I allow it to rev higher than what I previously thought of as "high". I installed a cheap tach a couple weeks ago and when I allow it to rev at what I now think is "high", it is around 2200 RPM. What I used to think was high was only revving at about 2000 rpm... so I'm wondering, how high can I allow it to rev while going through the gears? I don't want to risk blowing it obviously, but it would be nice to know what the limit is for the gears. The only reason I have to think that it's revving high is comparing it to what the automatic tranny shifts at, which sounds very Low. For all I know, I could be missing out on a lot more high rpm power, just because I don't know where I'm revving at in terms of the limit. I am wondering, maybe this is why I'm always one of the slowest off the line at a green light, unless I use the 1 and 2 gears and shift myself rather than the auto doing it.
Lately though, I have been using the "1" and "2" gears to accelerate faster. I shift them later than the auto would if I had it in drive. This is what I'm trying to figure out....
Before I started using the 1 and 2 instead of drive, what I thought was revving "high" may not he very high at all. Now that I use the 1 and 2 gears, I allow it to rev higher than what I previously thought of as "high". I installed a cheap tach a couple weeks ago and when I allow it to rev at what I now think is "high", it is around 2200 RPM. What I used to think was high was only revving at about 2000 rpm... so I'm wondering, how high can I allow it to rev while going through the gears? I don't want to risk blowing it obviously, but it would be nice to know what the limit is for the gears. The only reason I have to think that it's revving high is comparing it to what the automatic tranny shifts at, which sounds very Low. For all I know, I could be missing out on a lot more high rpm power, just because I don't know where I'm revving at in terms of the limit. I am wondering, maybe this is why I'm always one of the slowest off the line at a green light, unless I use the 1 and 2 gears and shift myself rather than the auto doing it.