I'm new to this whole sports car thing... I'm just wondering if it's normal when accelerating like jus to 40 mph for the needle to get to like 6000+ rpms?

I went 0-40 after a light and it nearly hit the red 7000 rpms

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Are 2.7ts meant to be driven hard? I heard this somewhere and am wondering if it's true

Thanks

 

Yes this is normal when the foot is on the floor the needle will hit redline and then now that I'm chipped I can get to 7000+ in tip mode.

Really any car isn't MENT to be driven hard. The harder you drive it the faster things go bad. Suspension, tires, turbos, tbb, dv's, they can all go bad easily if you drive to hard/fast. The 2.7t is very study though and I occasionally drive mine very hard and no major problems yet.

 

So would accelerating after every light be considered driving hard?

 

A subjective question really, innit? You have to accelerate from stop to actually get anywhere. How hard you accelerate is common sense really. You could argue the 2.7t is meant to be driven harder than, say, a 2.4, otherwise why did Audi strap 2 turbos to it? But the harder you drive a car, the quicker it will wear out.

ps is this one of those April fool posts?

 

either with a stick or an auto, you really shouldnt need to push past 3k rpms with normal acceleration for regular driving.

I rarely go over 2500 rpms for daily driving. (unless im getting on the highway )

trapped is correct, no car is MEANT to be drivin hard. Some may be better suited for it, but just realize that the harder you run the engine, the more you risk component failure.

 

I mean consider this the cars that are MENT to be driven hard, (F1, Nascar, Rally, Le Mans) after every race they are broken down and repaired in some way.

 

Like Slurm, I generally accelerate conservatively (< 2000 rpm) and occasionally at 3-4000 rpm when I need to merge or pass. But rarely do I red line - in 3rd gear and up, it does not take long to get from 3000 to 6500 rpm and I don't want to ruin the engine. When the turbos kick in around 4k, you can really feel the acceleration.

 

nah....I can feel the Ko3 kick in just before 3k RPM~~