team3s            Tuesday, January 4 2000            Volume 01 : Number 011




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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 11:26:08 -0800
From: "Bob Forrest" <bf@bobforrest.com>
Subject: Re: Team3S: 4500 rpm @80mph?

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>Anyone here know's if its normal in other cars to get 4500rpm @
80mph?  if so is there anyway to adjust it or something to bring
down the rpm low at 80mph?


It's normal if you're running in 3rd gear!?!  (On my 5-speed,
anyway).  Try shifting into 4th!  :-)

Seriously...  At constant speed, you'll always show the same RPM for
a given gear, and it's not adjustable.  Many other performance cars
do the same thing, with close gearing to keep you in a "power" state
for handling and control.  If you're in changing traffic, that's a
good powerband to be in for quick response.  But if you're on a long
trip with no road or traffic conditions, go to the next gear (or
two).

F




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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 14:15:40 -0500 (EST)
From: Andrew Burke <burke@pas.rochester.edu>
Subject: Re: Team3S: 4500 rpm @80mph?

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> Anyone here know's if its normal in other cars to get 4500rpm @ 80mph? 
> if so is there anyway to adjust it or something to bring down the rpm
> low at 80mph?

what gear are you in?

you might try upshifting if you have another gear left.  If you're running
4500rpm @80 in 5th or 6th(in the second gen cars) then I think you have a
problem.

I think, without testing it and not having driven on the highway in a
couple weeks, that 4500rpm @80 would be about right for 4th? Maybe
3rd. (in a first gen)...

I'm definitely not knowledgeable to say this for sure, and would love
feedback from the other list members as to wether this might be it if he's
in 5/6th... clutch is slipping?  But wouldn't that be accompanied by a
burning smell?  I'm probably totally off base...

but again, it matters what gear you're in...

andy



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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 14:19:27 -0600
From: Matt Jannusch <MAJ@bigcharts.com>
Subject: RE: Team3S: 4500 rpm @80mph?

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> you might try upshifting if you have another gear left.  If
> you're running 4500rpm @80 in 5th or 6th(in the second gen
> cars) then I think you have a problem.

Umm, maybe he has an NA car with an automatic?

- -Matt
'95 3000GT Spyder VR4



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Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 18:07:11 -0500
From: Michael Booker <mrbook@gate.net>
Subject: Re: Team3S: Check engine light

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Tim DeKeyser wrote:
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> Why is my 'Check Engine' light coming on and then going off after a little
> while?? Started around 100k miles.... '91 TT stealth.
Check the MAS. Have you modified it? I have, and my check engine light
comes and goes. The ECU learns there isn't a problem, and cancells the
error code.

Matt


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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 17:14:58 -0800
From: "Geoff Mohler" <gemohler@tgn.net>
Subject: Re: Team3S: Stock Exhaust Question

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This is what we did on our 92 StealthTT, and 95 VR4.

A local Bay-Area resident or two has seen it, and others in
Tulsa/Dallas/Houston as well.

http://www.tgn.net/~gemohler/exhaust.html

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From: Merritt <merritt@cedar-rapids.net>
To: Roger Wardrop <rogerwardrop@hotmail.com>; <Team3S@stealth-3000gt.st>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: Team3S: Stock Exhaust Question


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> >
> >I have a stock exhaust, and as you all know the passenger side outlets
are
> >mostly cosmetic.  I am annoyed by hearing and seeing exhaust from only
the
> >driver's side outlets.  I was wondering if cutting off the small muffler
> >from passenger side, and replacing with pipe, would help split the
exhaust
> >better.  If anyone has any advice, I'd greatly appreciate it.
>
> While I was snooping through a parts book the other day, I spotted a
> Y-connection that goes from a 3 in. pipe to two 2-1/2 in. pipes. It was
> like $35 or so at the local NAPA store.   You could have your muffler shop
> weld that to the 3-in. pipe coming back from the cat, routing one side to
> the stock muffler and the other to the passenger side. Then cut off and
> plug all the other snakes-nest piping. Your system would exhaust equally
on
> both sides.
>
> I am thinking of doing the same thing, except I would discard the stock
> mufflers and run pipes to two stubby straight-through mufflers.  That way,
> I could save the stock system for future use. I am also considering
> replacing the entire furshlugginer system with a single pipe/muffler from
> the downpipe back. I'll decide before Spring gets here.
>
> Rich/old poop/94 VR4
>
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