Ewilon1988 wrote:I know this will sound a bit "noobish", but I actually have no idea when my boost comes on per se. Yeah, my car does pretty well with pulling in higher gears. I never feel like I need to downshift too often to pass someone or something like that
Obviously within safe measures...Ewilon1988 wrote:It has a boost gauge built in, but I only know how to read what it's currently pushing and my peak I've hit
You should be able to identify/feel when the car starts to make a ton of power. Again, my memory serves me to be a bit hazy (I test drove a ton of vehicles and even though the WRX was really memorable, everything is kind of blurry months later) I felt like as soon as you were stepping up to 3.5k it was a pretty dramatic switch over when the boost started kicking in. This sensation grew to pretty much low 5k range and it had a "dead spot" right before red line. Don't quote me on these specific numbers...
Again, referencing my car there's very little benefit to redline shifting if you're shifting for power and speed. My car on the stock tune definitely has a DEAD spot when approaching to red line where you're making more noise then gradual power. I'm not even sure where red line actually is on my vehicle specifically... it just spans across a thresh hold range... between about 6k to 7k (the line gets thicker by 7k). I'm pretty sure it's not 6k and according to the club forums fuel cut off is somewhere between 6700-6800 rpm but again I don't see much benefit on a stock tune to even touch 6k. Shift at 5k right before the power starts to taper off.
I know that C&D had a long term WRX and they roasted their clutch before 25k doing wreckless activities with it. They openly said they were spinning the engine to 5-6k and dumping the clutch... "Maybe because of the redline dumps... maybe because of faulty defective parts"...
Both before and after the clutch replacement, drivers logged concerns that our WRX was difficult to drive smoothly. Editors called attention to the abrupt clutch take-up, a touchy throttle, a small dose of turbo lag, and excessive driveline lash. Those traits are most apparent in city driving, where modest throttle application is met with a whiff of lag followed by a dramatic surge of thrust. It’s as if, confined by traffic and low speed limits, the WRX bristles with pent-up energy and teenage angst. We’d prescribe a more linear throttle mapping as the initial therapy.