wthdidusay82

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I was just wondering how everyone else drives there 7 as far as how high you all will rev it up and how often you rev that high.

I normally will take my rx7 up in the 4000-5500rpms range several times during a drive, but I dont redline my car very often (its my baby).

Just for crusing though Im normally in the 2500rpm-3500rpm range depending on the speedlimit.

Today I fixed my speedometer and went for a short cruise to test it and hit 5500rpm a couple times, then took 4th gear to 6000rpm once.

I try not to go above 5500 rpms too often because I was told by Kevin Landers (built my motor) that the engine prefers 5500rpm or less or less on my S4 na.

Whats your take on how you should drive ? I know lots of people on here say they redline several times on every drive, but I know everyones opinion is different.

Raziel

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I shift at around 4k daily and redline it once a week. When its cold i shift around 3500.

fredster102

I usually keep it from 2300-3200 , i hit redline every once in a while , i usually leave it in 3rd until about 65-75km/h , and shift around 4-5 usualy and redline every few days

OGFC

When i do get the chance to take her out. 1st and 2nd 3200rpms and I take it to about 5.5-6000RPMs cause im always spirited driving.

7dust

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Mines not my daily driver and I drive it just like that.

13btII

4k to 4500 normal and i redline on a daily basis =)

reatrdedspleen

man you guys are pussies! I redline my car AT LEAST once a day.. more like 10-15 times a day. When its still sorta cold (never drive on it when its too cold) i keep it under 3k.

But otherwise when im just cruisen on the freeway its like 3500rpm but ocasionaly i'll do a 4th gear redline pull.

Its good for the motor to redline every so often, it keeps carbon from building up.

Longshoe

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Normally ill try my best to keep the secondaires from firing. I do however redline it several times every time I go out to drive it.

The car is just too boring under 3k.

masao

Well to get the best gas mileage I usually shift just below 3k. And I am poor, mainly because one of my cars is an RX7, so I usually drive like that.

But I hit 7k at least a few times a week. Keeps the motor healthy.

metal

Normal driving I usually shift between 3000 and 4500, spirited driving maybe 5000'ish, and I redline it once a day at least usually.

patman

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i generally shift at 6500-7k at least 1/3 of the time. around 5k the rest of the time. unless theres a cop around, then i shift at 1500 rpm.

Gringo Grande

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Redline 3-5 times a day. Rest of time shift around 3-3.5k

GG

Mechanic

i usually shift at 2.7-3k for daily.. hit the redline once a day atleast....... my clutch then blew out the last time i redlined it moving... poped right at 8500 rpm.. so now I have a problem -=( lol

do i sell the car as a parts car, and pickup another one/turbo2, or do i stick with it... HMMM... ohh dear... the pain... the pain...

masao

Dude. The clutch on our car is sooo easy to swap. If youhave someone to help who has done it before you can finish it and be driving it within an hour.

You will always regret selling an RX7. Thats just how it works with these cars.

xUnKnOwNx

wow... i need to redline my car more often. my 7 is a daily driver so i keep it around 3000 to 4000 rpm. i only redline wen i race and theres hardly ever. on what gear do you guys usually redline on? i usually doit on first and second

JWteknix

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sounds like me

Secondmessiah

i dont drive my seven very often (twice a week in the summer, almost never in the winter)

until its completely warmed up, i stay below 3000 rpm and off boost

when it is, i usually spool up the turbo and shift around 4000-5000, running to redline once or twice per drive

when i daily drove i always shifted below 3000 and redlined once a day

KhanArtisT

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Redline every chance I get as long as everythings running right, mainly oil. Seems to pull harder in the cold. 20k on Kevin Landers rebuild and counting...Rebuilds on these cars are fairly cheap/ easy, being NA the least it can do is take a beating, and it loves it

wthdidusay82

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I was told by Karack you shouldnt redline 1st gear because it can mess up the 2nd gear synchros, the best gears to redline would be 2nd and 3rd gear since they are the two fastest gears, other than first gear but as i mentioned karack said it can cause your 2nd gear synchros to go bad which would make the gears grind every time you shift when they went bad and make it very hard to shift.

cdaleracer669

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i usually shift at under 3k, and redline it once its warm. its too much fun to drive and gets the same mileage no matter how easy or hard i drive it

gxlbiscuit

when my car is road worthy its taken to 6700 countless times everyday

wthdidusay82

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I dont think it will always get the same gas mileage at wot often because rotaries run very rich with stock ecu, I've read/heard they run 10:1 air/fuel ratio at wot(wide open throttle), which is very rich.

Im not sure where peak gas mileage is , or hp, but i know its in the 12.9-13.7 range or somewhere around there, im no tuner.

cdaleracer669

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if i ran the **** out of it redlining it everyday it got 22-25 mpg. i drove it like a grandma a few times and still got 22-25........ so with my experience no matter what it gets the same. now that it is turbo i am SURE that will change

xUnKnOwNx

i guess karack is correct. shifting to 2nd has always been the hardest gear to shift to. thanks for the great advice. i know now never to redline at 1st gear.

wthdidusay82

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No problem, I learned it was bad aftetr I did it and told him about it when i was racing against a late 1960s mustang launching it at a light and i redlined it to 7500 , but I havent really redlined first gear many times at all but at least now I know its bad so I dont do it anymore either.

Im not sure where you should shift though, 6500 or 7000rpm ... karack where are you to tell us ? lol