60 mph in 2nd gear!
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60 mph in 2nd gear!
well, work is a little slow, so i did some calculations on the gear ratios and tire sizes and max power and max torque figures all found off mazdas web site. well, the short of it is i noticed in second gear, we can hit 60.5 mph at 6500 rpm. of course, this is based on the gear ratios listed on mazdas web site, and a crude calculation of the rolling distance of the stock tires. another point, if this is true, my spedo / tach is waayy off. i think the lasat time i ran the car, at an indicated 6500 rpm, my speedo read something like 56 mph.
just thought i would share. based on 2001 es.
just thought i would share. based on 2001 es.
#3
could be. i would suspect that there could be some error in my claculations, too. i would have to know the actual rolling circumference of the tires to know more precisely. i guessed at it by taking the profile (195) times the aspect ratio (50%) times two, converted to inches, added to the wheel diamter (16), and used circumference = pi * diameter. it comes out pretty close, but it won't be exact.
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well, i checked up on dunlops web site, and they list the rolling circumference as smaller than i had calculated it. while it may not look like much, it made a little difference in my calcs. it now seems that to hit 60 mph in second gear, you need to rev up to 6701 rpm. while i have done this in my car, the power isn't really there. and this might be the reason that the magazines / testers had to shift to third gear.
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Originally posted by PseudoRealityX
stock tachs and speedos are usually off, or at least slow to respond to real changes in engine rpm or car speed.
Both of those combined with that the fact that circumfrence changes with tire wear, and even slightly with pressure would make up for any REAL accuracy.
The first gens goto 64 at fuel cut, IIRC...and its fastest to shift them there.
the 3rd gen guys should be short shifting because of the lack of power up top. This is probably how they got to 3rd gear trying to get the best 0-60s.
stock tachs and speedos are usually off, or at least slow to respond to real changes in engine rpm or car speed.
Both of those combined with that the fact that circumfrence changes with tire wear, and even slightly with pressure would make up for any REAL accuracy.
The first gens goto 64 at fuel cut, IIRC...and its fastest to shift them there.
the 3rd gen guys should be short shifting because of the lack of power up top. This is probably how they got to 3rd gear trying to get the best 0-60s.
For autocross, leaving it in 2nd to the rev-limiter is faster because you don't have to shift up and down, as long as you are on the rev-limiter for more than a sec or two.
And most magazines use the redline on the tach as a shift point. There are quite a few cars that would be faster if you shifted at the fuel cut rather than at the redline (Like the Celica GTS in 1st-2nd), and some are slower if taken to the redline (cars that make no power in the last 1500 rpm, only noise).
The BP Protege is faster if you shift from 1st-2nd at cut-off, because it keeps you higher up in 2nd at the shift.
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I can't speak for the 2.0L but on my 1.8 I can not get to 60MPH in 2nd. 52-54 MPH and I'm the limiter. the speedo on almost every car are off alittle but they will be off on the plus side. By law they can't tell you your going 25MPH when your driving 40MPH (this is in stock form).
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Originally posted by 90&00 Protege
The stock tach is basically to be disregarded at high rpms. In doing the last round of tuning on my Miata (which has an aftermarket ECU), I had set the hard rev limit at 7,400rpm. I found that I was shifting at beyond 8,000rpm on the tach (there's no numbers past 8,000) and I still hadn't hit the rev limiter.
The stock tach is basically to be disregarded at high rpms. In doing the last round of tuning on my Miata (which has an aftermarket ECU), I had set the hard rev limit at 7,400rpm. I found that I was shifting at beyond 8,000rpm on the tach (there's no numbers past 8,000) and I still hadn't hit the rev limiter.
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Originally posted by 90&00 Protege
The stock tach is basically to be disregarded at high rpms. In doing the last round of tuning on my Miata (which has an aftermarket ECU), I had set the hard rev limit at 7,400rpm. I found that I was shifting at beyond 8,000rpm on the tach (there's no numbers past 8,000) and I still hadn't hit the rev limiter.
The stock tach is basically to be disregarded at high rpms. In doing the last round of tuning on my Miata (which has an aftermarket ECU), I had set the hard rev limit at 7,400rpm. I found that I was shifting at beyond 8,000rpm on the tach (there's no numbers past 8,000) and I still hadn't hit the rev limiter.
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Originally posted by TheMAN
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