Oil Temperature Video

tbonesteak · 08-25-2009, 09:10 PM

Sorry to ruin your parade, but you ain't saving any gas by shifting to 6th at 35mph. There is a time for everything. Bogging your engine not only isn't too good for the motor but it has to struggle at that low of revs and will hurt mpg. It's all about efficiency, not being in the tallest gear at any speed.

spearfish25 · 08-25-2009, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by tbonesteak

Sorry to ruin your parade, but you ain't saving any gas by shifting to 6th at 35mph. There is a time for everything. Bogging your engine not only isn't too good for the motor but it has to struggle at that low of revs and will hurt mpg. It's all about efficiency, not being in the tallest gear at any speed.

Yep. The GT-R has a screen that shows your efficiency in your respective gear. Too low or too high a gear will equally kill your MPG. And for the record, highway driving in the 6MT in 6th gear can routinely be in the 3k RPM range.

antennahead · 08-26-2009, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by tbonesteak

Sorry to ruin your parade, but you ain't saving any gas by shifting to 6th at 35mph. There is a time for everything. Bogging your engine not only isn't too good for the motor but it has to struggle at that low of revs and will hurt mpg. It's all about efficiency, not being in the tallest gear at any speed.

cruising at 2000 RPM feels like I'm lugging the engine. Normal cruising for me is more like 2800 to 3000 RPM.

John

Vectorsumio · 08-26-2009, 10:44 AM

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The video shows that some aggressive driving will make the oil temp start to rise. Don't most of us already know that?
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Eick!!!

Aggressive driving? I never even went above 5k. How was this aggressive? OMG I love that picture btw! I swear that's the dood from office space beating the copy machine!

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08-25-2009, 09:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
tbonesteak Track Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Socal Posts: 914 Drives: MY09 MB 6MT Rep Power: 376	Sorry to ruin your parade, but you ain't saving any gas by shifting to 6th at 35mph. There is a time for everything. Bogging your engine not only isn't too good for the motor but it has to struggle at that low of revs and will hurt mpg. It's all about efficiency, not being in the tallest gear at any speed.