quarter mile sprints

[mikeoxford]

when is it best to change gear? when there is maximum torque??

haynes manual says for a 1.4 sr

53kw (72bhp) at 5600 rpm

so is the highest torque and is this when to change gear??

thanks
mike

[Dicko]

its all about personal preferecne and alot of experimenting. u could chage at that point yes, but then it would take longer for the revs to get to the power curse point in the next gear, i find changing at around 6400 in mine is best, which puts me at around 4k rpm in the next gear (from 1st-2nd, then 2nd - 3rd)

[Novaload Admin]

depends sometimes i found instead of crossing the line in 3rd it was a quicker time changing to 4th.
it would cross the line in 3rd without hitting limiter but putting in 4th got better times.

[Breeny]

yep as Ian said.. crossing the line redlining in 3rd is slower than changing to 4th (but that was with my old 1.4, dunno now)

[Chris_W]

Mike,
Just get out there and give it some abuse, it's the best way to learn :D

Chris