What RPM do you mostly drive around at?

Race mode all time except of course if the road conditions are bad. Race mode need a bit more involved driving but the E-Diff and ASR are still there to come in if serious over-steering is detected. Race mode avoids overheating too much the E-Diff (in Sport mode, E-Diff overheating will trigger a Slow Down alarm).

Average rpm, I would say, 3500-4000, rarely below 3000 rpm.

 

I'm never cruising below 3500 unless it's an extended highway run. I try to stay 4000-4500.

 

Me, too. About 3500 - 5000 rpm most of the time. My upshifts seem easiest to nail smoothly around 5000 - 5500 rpm, but I'm still getting used to feathering the throttle match revs.

 

I've been trying to get my shifts over 6500 lately. Feels a lot better. Unnatural to me, but the F1 seems far, far more responsive at higher RPM. But without room to roam, yup, shift lower.

 

2002 360 F1 Spider

4 grand. Shift up over 5grand. May get up to 8-8.5grand if hustling.

Sport mode 95% of the time.

 

You mean, everybody doesn't drive these things at 9 grand all the time???

 

I shift at 2.5-3 when the car temperature is low.. Then shift 4-6 average..

 

Depends on the gear, weather, caffeine intake, and music selection:

Warmup: 2-3K all gears.
1st: I go from Idle to 5-6K before grabbing second, this is to hear the backfire/burbble. (I always have the exhaust valve open, using Capristos electronic remote system)
2nd: I shift at 5-6K, also get a nice shift burbble. I also agree shifting at higher rpm usually gets me a faster shift, which I prefer and I think it has less clutch wear.
3rd: Depends, but still in the range of 4-6K. Depends on traffic, etc.
4th: I start to drive more normally, shifting at 4-5K. Higher RPMs tends to get me above legal speed limits by a margin.
5th: Usually my highest gear unless I am on the interstate just cruising

I drive in Race when conditions are favorable, if conditions are not favorable, I drive the Porsche.

I dont have any issues with redlining the car, but I do find that full throttle shifts at redline seems a lot harder on the clutch, especially if the limiter kicks in during the shift. Sometimes I can even smell clutch. So if I redline I try to shift and lift throttle, as opposed to WAO shift. If I want to continue the rampage, I shift 300-500RPM before redline, this seems to work fine, much smoother and less clutch wear (IMO).

 

LMAO!!!!!!
it has a radio? i havent noticed it...
I agree on all below!

i love waking the neighbors up!

 

Now that's funny!

Mike

 

between 3500-6000 rpm, I could really hear the detail of intake and the exhaust sound.

 

I will never understand how so many of you actually revel in not having a decent radio. I realize this is what's supposed to happen in the world according to ferrari. Otherwise, they would install a radio, which they currently do not. What they install is a modern antique. It might do AM better than my mother's '67 buick, but no balance, fade, treble, base, eq? It's definitely a statement to all who love instrumental music more than mechanical music, and the message is PPBBBBT!!! Far as I'm concerned, upgrading the sound system is the one change you should make and not even bother to save the original parts, saving the next owner the injustice.

 

2500-3500 rpm. I have torque, lots of torque. I shift at 3500 rpm unless I am in a hurry.

Bob- They come with a stereo? Guess I was not brought up listening to music 24 hours a day, so do not need a better, or any, stereo. No I-Pod, either, or other portable noise maker.

Taz
Terry Phillips

 

How can you listen to the same song every time you drive your car, Terry?

 

Bob- I like the high notes just before the rev limiter kicks in.

Taz
Terry Phillips

 

What do you mean by 'feathering the throttle' ?

 

+1. The car should be doing all the rev matching. Unless you have a 6 speed.

 

I do have the gated 6-speed manual. Matching revs is obviously most important with heel-and-toe DOWNshifts (i.e. blipping the throttle), but I also get smoother UPshifts if I feather the throttle ever so slightly when re-engaging the clutch. Honestly, I suspect it's because I'm not used to such a light flywheel, and I'm probably allowing revs to drop too much on my lazier upshifts. Got to get faster at them.

When I was first learning to track cars and motorcycles, we referred to "feathering" as squeezing on or squeezing off the pedal. No abrupt transitions. That's what I'm trying to describe here.

 

I'm jealous. I guess if I had the wide open space you do, I might not care so much about the radio.

Just kidding. I would. I need to be blaring Red Barchetta while driving my yellow 430.

 

Bumping this old thread for a related question: anyone know the RPMs the engine should be at at different speeds?

I recently noticed I am hitting 4k at 80mph cruising on the freeway, but I am pretty sure I remember it being more around 3.5k. Any idea what could cause it to change like that?

 

As my first F-car (360) and the twice I've driven it, It felt unnatural cruising around at 4000rpm, just seems like the engine was over revving on a cruise, and also wondered if I look like those people who cruise downtown in first gear lol, but I guess these just naturally rev out more. So I guess 4000 is normal engine revs for cruising through town?

 

I find myself around 3000-3500 daily driving. Although I have only had a few hundred miles of driving in my 360 so far

 

I also keep it at 3500 around town but every chance I get I try to get it above 5k fun to see the lights light up