I seem to find I'm wanting to change it up when its in this zone... doesn't seem to be giving me any benefit.... anyone else?

if you check Janner_sy's maping thread you'll notice both torque and power drop off beond about 6.5k

if you check Janner_sy's maping thread you'll notice both torque and power drop off beond about 6.5k

I was considering someone post up a standard map... because i swear (by my 'feel') there is no benifit (standard) to revving past 6300......

anyone else?

i agree.

standard power curves from my car here. Have other graphs but all mimic this

I change at 5500rpm personnally and that drops me right into the peak torque area, i find this better than revving all the way up. at the 1/4 mile i changed at 6k max

Edited 26 July, 201114 yr by janner_Sy

thanks for that simon, displays exactly what i can feel from the engine... even in sport or manual, (and I've been having some "fun" today) I find im changing up before I waith for it to hit the line as it runds out of breath, and then you feel you can hit the power again....

edit: yes its all dropping at 6k .. eariler than I thought.....

thanks for that simon, displays exactly what i can feel from the engine... even in sport or manual, (and I've been having some "fun" today) I find im changing up before I waith for it to hit the line as it runds out of breath, and then you feel you can hit the power again....

edit: yes its all dropping at 6k .. eariler than I thought.....

have a look on the VAGOC.co.uk 1.4TSI tuning section. there is a dedicated dyno graph thread with loads of power curves for you to have a look at to get a fair idea of the various power deliveries different dynos produce

Same with almost every car/bike I know maximum power is almost always at lower revs than the red line. I’ve only done 2,300 miles in my can but noticed this almost as soon as I started giving it a bit of stick. I thought the DSG may have been holding on to the gear so that when it changed up it would be dropping the revs into a nice fat lump of the torque. But it doesn’t, whenever I’m accelerating hard now I always change with the paddles around 6000, hanging on just stresses the engine and doesn’t seem to give any benefit.

Edited 26 July, 201114 yr by harryweld

Same with almost every car/bike I know maximum power is almost always at lower revs than the red line. I’ve only done 2,300 miles in my can but noticed this almost as soon as I started giving it a bit of stick. I thought the DSG may have been holding on to the gear so that when it changed up it would be dropping the revs into a nice fat lump of the torque. But it doesn’t, whenever I’m accelerating hard now I always change with the paddles around 6000, hanging on just stresses the engine and doesn’t seem to give any benefit.

agreed.

Turbo-cars usually have their powerband lower down then a NA-engine.

Depends on camshaft, timings and such. If you have a boost-gauge installed, you can check for when the boost drops down significantly.

I change gear at 6500, BHP is at it's peak between 5000-6500 and if I shift at 6500 I drop down to 5000 x).(custom software)