dmundy,

thanks for your info. i can see that there is MUCH for me to learn. the guys here on 6 have been a huge source of advice.

thanks again!

 

You should never use the engine to slow down the car, esp at the track. The reason to heel-toe is to keep the car balanced. If you downshift from a high rate of speed, it can cause the rear wheels to jerk and then you to spin. The downshift is to put the car in the right gear for coming out of the corner.

 

okay....sounds like i've been doing okay then. i've only been downshifting when i'm coming out of a corner. i've tried to watch everyone while we are rallying around mountain roads, country roads, etc, to watch when they brake, etc. just trying to see what they do.

but, i am guilty of downshifting when approaching a stop light. as i let off the gas and the car slows down.....i down shift to 2nd verses using the brakes the entire way to slow down.

 

The car is on its way to you

The car seems to drive fine. In idle though if I slowly increase the rpms, there is a vibration at 1800, which goes away by 2000. Perhaps I am being paranoid and it has always been there in our cars.

 

edit: nevermind, didn't read that it hit to 7000 rpm.

you should be fine. Disregard my intial reply.

 

so.....while driving a bit more spirited, shifting at 6K rpm is a bad thing i'm guessing? maybe shift around the 5K mark?

 

If you want to go fast shift at redline. Of course, the higher the shift, the harder it is on the engine- but thats why we all bought Porsches! Usually around town, I shift at 4k.

BTW BG, you should downshift on the straight before the corner.

 

oh good! i've been doing that. whew! i'm doing something right! lol!

 

^----do u know how to heel toe??? I think its quite fun once you learn how.

its when you brake and down shift at the same time. using the ball of your foot to press on the brake, then your heel jams the gass real quick to up the rpms then you push in the clutch and downshift while the rpms are at their peak.

here is a good representation of what you should be doing with your feet.

heel-toe-shifting

 

I shift at redline every chance i can get!

 

Can't heel-toe shifting with E-gas Porsches

 

excellent advise. When I mentioned using the brakes to slow the car down if a high speed accident is pending, that was the thing to do with US HP cars which have crappy brakes. That is the reason Porsche and BMW make such good brakes. That way, brakes alone can be used to stop the car. You just have to get used to using brakes only on street driving.

When I overrevved my M3 engine, there was no way the M3 (I thought from habit with a vette) could have been stopped from sheer disaster with only brakes. But downshifting to second (no grind whatsoever) too soon (got panicked) solved that. The car avoided the accident, but the engine bill to me was $8K. After that mishap, I got in the habit very quickly to judge braking-conditions fairly soon so brakes alone stop this turbo. Porsche engines are a bit pricey, much more so than a M3 engine.

 

I hate to downshift...I only downshift when i really have to. The brakes on the new 997TT are just retarded they dont know when to stop braking...LOL

Whenever im driving esp over 60mph+ I just let the Rpm's get around 2k and just throw it in Neutral(only when cruising). And mash the brakes. Give the tranny a break for crying out loud.lol

 

I think I've read previously in posts on overrevs that the data is kept somewhere other than the ECU and that it's there "forever" - it can't be erased.

 

My salesman told me the same thing....

It stores...Avg RPM, Avg Speed, Redlines, just to name a few.

Also I think he mentioned to me that it stores Date & Time whenever you screw up.