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Diesel Driving Style

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Post by 80diesel4play »

No Tacho = No idea.

Pre boost - rev to 3500 and then get it into 4th/5th ASAP around town - and then redline everywhere in the bush to get over obsticles...

Now with Boost - pretty musch teh same but easiest on juice @100 on the nose.

If I have to overtake - then it's foot to the floor!! :D
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Post by RockyF75 »

The Rocky wrote:between 3000 & 4000 ;)
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Post by Zam »

Usually change between 1800 and 2500 in my 2.8 lux.

I find anything over 2800 and it is just revving for no extra go.
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Post by DAdeGroot »

I've been changing around 2500 in the MJ Triton (2.5L TD - 4D56T engine), but around 3000 on hills. Most recent tank I got a titch over 10L/100km (soooo much more efficient than the old 318 V8 in the Valiant).
She sits on 2900 at 100kph in 5th.
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Post by turps »

80diesel4play wrote:No Tacho = No idea.

Pre boost - rev to 3500 and then get it into 4th/5th ASAP around town - and then redline everywhere in the bush to get over obsticles...

Now with Boost - pretty musch teh same but easiest on juice @100 on the nose.

If I have to overtake - then it's foot to the floor!! :D
I can vouch that this is correct for this mans driving style.
As for how I drove my old shorty (Nissan SWB GQ). Tacho used to see anything from 300-4500rpm in all gears but 5th. Being non turbo and 35's didnt really use 5th much on the HWY and 3rd was fine for doing 60 in town. But if I wanted to I used to take it all teh way to te governer. When i went to the beach think it almost lived above 3500rpm for about 5hours. Just cos I was playing (never overheated), that was trying to get over nearly every dune and racing along the beach.
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Post by Brendan-s »

usually use 1/3 of the pedal and find that it is sufficient to propel my non turbo diesel shorty MQ along with traffic fine. although in saying that on cool nights i don't mind revving her to the governer as it seems to love it!
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Post by oscar »

Seriously:
'99 GU 2.8lt wagon - somewhere between 2.75k & 4k

For a bit of fun:
'05 HSV Clubsport - 6k - 6.5k
'06 KTM 525 - 10-11k
'04 GSX-r1000 - 12.5k :shock:
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Post by Ruffy »

I don't rev my 2H over 4200rpm since i put the supercharger on it.
It likes to be somewhere between 2000 and 4000rpm.
I like it to be somewhere between 3500 and 4200rpm cos it sounds tough.
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