"Jay Lauer" (thefaultinourcars)
02/09/2015 at 23:01 • Filed to: None
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"Jay Lauer" (thefaultinourcars)
02/09/2015 at 23:01 • Filed to: None | 0
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Made it up to 3,000 RPM. It sounds pretty sad. I went through our lonely Wichita tunnel like !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
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Here's the problem with that. I shifted down to 2nd gear to do it. 2nd gear at 3,000 RPM, is like 44 MPH. It's near impossible to rev this car to redline without racking up a large ticket. Hell, first gear goes to 60.
In retrospect, I should've gone down to first, but oh well. I've heard cops like to sit at the end of the tunnel and I wasn't about to get knackered.
JGrabowMSt
> Jay Lauer
02/09/2015 at 23:09 |
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Needs moar. MOAR.
I wont be doing any tunnel runs until the custom exhaust is finished for the wagon, but it better be noisy. My competition is OffRoadKarter and his obnoxiously loud Marauder that's only slightly less obnoxious now.
What you should really do is a pull in like 2nd or 3rd wherever the sweet spot is for the noise. My HEMI really sings a great song between about 2200-3600 or so from a slow roll. Nothing super fast, just some good noise without alerting anyone to my presence.
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Jay Lauer
> JGrabowMSt
02/09/2015 at 23:15 |
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Like I said above, 2nd gear at 3k is almost 45. The speed limit is 40. I'd have to go to first to get higher in the rev range.
The car's already got a Borla Exhaust on it, so it's loud everywhere.
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JGrabowMSt
> Jay Lauer
02/09/2015 at 23:26 |
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Time to find a parking garage to puddle through.
Shankems
> Jay Lauer
02/09/2015 at 23:28 |
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Holy crap, first goes to 60. Never knew that about those cars. I just can't imagine that.
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Jay Lauer
> JGrabowMSt
02/09/2015 at 23:28 |
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Not a bad idea to rev it up in there. Sometime I'll get around to it.
Kailand09
> Jay Lauer
02/09/2015 at 23:30 |
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C5? Sweet man.
Also, coulda neutral'd it at a lower speed right?
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Jay Lauer
> Shankems
02/09/2015 at 23:31 |
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Yeah, everything i knew about revs went out the window with this car.
Normally I shift at 2400 rpm.
1st goes to 60.
2nd goes to 90 or 100 I think.
65 in 6th gear is 1300 rpm.
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Jay Lauer
> Kailand09
02/09/2015 at 23:32 |
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Yup, having my midlife crisis early apparently.
totally could of. Didn't think of that til now.
That tunnel is about 20 miles from me, so not sure when I'll be there again.
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Kailand09
> Jay Lauer
02/09/2015 at 23:34 |
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I'm super jealous. Can't wait to own one some day :(
whenever that day comes.
Congrats though man, the C5 will be a classic. One of my favorite designed corvettes.