Whats the best shift RPM for best acceleration?
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I wish the BMW engineer red line shift was also true in the diesels.
Unless my butt dyno needs calibrating, there is so much time wasted outside the torque peak getting to the red line and then recovering in the next gear that it feels ridiculous, it's even worse in DS mode.
I find I get the best in D or M modes.
Unless my butt dyno needs calibrating, there is so much time wasted outside the torque peak getting to the red line and then recovering in the next gear that it feels ridiculous, it's even worse in DS mode.
I find I get the best in D or M modes.
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Originally Posted by dlevi67' post='374096' date='Jan 5 2007, 10:53 PM
I think it's pretty clear that torque in a rotational system that transfers the rotational motion into a (roughly) rectilinear one is force... and viceversa. I'm not sure what is more analogical than this.
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Originally Posted by Znod' post='374077' date='Jan 5 2007, 02:45 PM
The idea is to minimize the decrease in road torque when shifting (or maximize the increase). Check the musing out on Thread1 and Thread2. You'll have to search around a bit, but there are 4 or 5 posts on these threads applying optimal shift theory. And, optimal shift theory says that redline is not always optimal in any given gear or car. Unfortunately, the Step doesn't give us the chance to find out what is optimal experimentally. Most of my calculation suggest that redline, or close to it, is optimal for the 545i Step in all gears.
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Originally Posted by streak' post='374218' date='Jan 6 2007, 07:36 AM
I wish the BMW engineer red line shift was also true in the diesels.
Unless my butt dyno needs calibrating, there is so much time wasted outside the torque peak getting to the red line and then recovering in the next gear that it feels ridiculous, it's even worse in DS mode.
I find I get the best in D or M modes.
Unless my butt dyno needs calibrating, there is so much time wasted outside the torque peak getting to the red line and then recovering in the next gear that it feels ridiculous, it's even worse in DS mode.
I find I get the best in D or M modes.
Having said that - and having driven 530i and 530d back to back - it sounds like your turbo may have a few problems. Turbo lag under hard acceleration should not be that bad (should not be there at all), nor should there be a lot of time between torque peak and redline
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Originally Posted by dlevi67' post='374236' date='Jan 6 2007, 09:34 AM
Aahhh - I missed the subtle irony, then. The deadpan expression of your post fooled me. 
I'm disappointed that you had the faintest glimmer that I didn't know what an analogy was. Especially when I introduced the idea into the thread!
That's egregious!
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