I have a factory tacho and use it all the time
in my off road Syncro..
I agree with you Scott, limit revs to about
4500 rpm, with the knowledge that the 2.1 will safely go
to 5000 rpm, and cruise flat roads at 130 Kph for hours.
Did it once in the rain in the back blocks of
Queensland coming home from the Cape.
But you can cruise the expressway legal limit
at around 4000 depending on tyre sizes.
I seldom exceed 4000, and around town often
change gears at a little over 1200.
Even when in traffic and needing acceleration,
I seldom exceed 3500, which would be close enough to the
very economical speed for fuel consumption.
For serious hill climbing, my love is my 3.6
Porsche powered 2WD Caravelle.
Had a real thrill on my way home from a job in
Victoria years ago.
I was significantly east of Melbourne, so
decided to come home via Bombala, Cooma and Canberra.
Turned onto the Monaro highway at Cann River
and ripped up the hill to Bombala.
Overtaking is a joy.
Did not need anything lower than 3rd gear
except perhaps on a sharp turn.
Seldom exceeded 3000, with 3500 to spare.
Sorry about the self indulgence paragraph, but
the conversation reminded me of the experience.
Peter
Yes Peter,
They are not high revving engines the Wbx's
and hence why you are getting out of puff in
between.
If you dont do
it often a short squirt to higher revs wont hurt.
Maybe get an after-market tacho.
I have one in my 2wd and it works well off
the factory tach signal.
The tach wire is the green one on your main
harness to the instrument cluster. Easy to tap into
and run to your tachometer.
Then you can safely keep the
engine under 4.5 thousand revs/ min.
I try and keep mine under 4k rpm.
Cheers,
Scott
Yeah Scott,
I do plan to do a subaru swap at
some stage but atm the wbx is great except on
this on piece of road. 3rd too high and 2nd to
low. I need a inbetween gear. So 60kph in 2nd
is hard in it? It was only marginally better
when it had the 14" wheels still couldn't hit
3rd gear on that hill and 2nd was just over
50kph then...
It is just one of those long windy
hills that the syncro as it is is not the best
on.. maybe I will just slow it up a bit more...
Peter
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Date: 12/11/18 10:51 (GMT+10:00)
Subject: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia]
Uphill Speed verses Gear query
Hi
Peter,
Sounds like you are giving it a hard time.
These are fairly torquey motors but with big
wheels, they are pushing a lot of weight and
they dont like to rev very high.
If you want higher revs - do a Subaru engine
swap.
Cheers,
Scott
Hello,
My Syncro is a old Telsra van 2.1 wbx has
15" wheels with BFG 75 series ATs . The
speedo reads correct with a gps check.No
rev counter
I drive up the Brown Mountain a few times
a year and each Time I feel like I am
flogging the syncro.
2nd gear I max speed at 60kph
3rd gear max 100kph
The temp does not go up much above normal
and drops back quickly.
I know these motors are torquey down low
but what are they like at revs? And am I
about right with speed verse gearing I am
selecting? 2nd max 60kph 3rd max 100kph?
Peter
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Best regards, Scott Pitcher SPB Consulting
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Best regards, Scott Pitcher SPB Consulting