Diesel

[dinkel]

I know, it's the Devils fuel . . .

What's the trick trying to avoid heavy spoolling up the turbo in 1st gear.

At 4K - which is max - switching to 2nd is nasty because the turbo kinda flies through and spools up which messes up a clean shift.

No problems in the other gears . . .

[fatboy b]

Why are you max'ing it in 1st?

[roadend1981]

What are you talking about? In most diesels your out of first gear before 3k at the most,changing to second and using the slug of torque from 1500rpm +.

[slipstream 1985]

i change at about 3 for making progress or 2.5k for cruising along

[dinkel]

So what you are saying is I better take it easy in 1st and then hammer through in 2, 3, 4 and 5th?

I did not time 0-100 yet. Full torque comes in at 2.2K, so I need to rev to 3+ te drop on a little wave of torque.

Only 85 brake / 200 Nm from the 1.3 MultiJet Fiat.

[Caulkhead]

The problem with diesels is less the turbo and more the inertia of the heavy flywheel needed to overcome the high compression ratio. That's the reason they feel a bit heavy and sluggish when you're trying to flip quickly between the lower gears. Diesels are far better suited to automatic gearboxes as they mask this unpleasantness very effectively.

[vladcjelli]

dinkel said:

Only 85 brake / 200 Nm from the 1.3 MultiJet Fiat.

So, why drive it like a top fuel dragster?

[dinkel]

Noted, and thanks.

[Citman]

Don't most diesels limit the boost provided by the turbo in 1st gear?

Either way, not really the way to make progress in them, ideally get out of 1st and into the upper gears as quickly as possible. In your particular case, though, driving that car that way isn't really something it was designed for!

[soda]

I never use first tbh, takes off sweet enough in 2nd. Never bother with third half the time either come to think of it

[dinkel]

Citman said:

In your particular case, though, driving that car that way isn't really something it was designed for!

It goes pretty well I must say. All wheel drift at roundabouts because it's a little high. My driving won't break the engine: never rev over 4K.

Getting from 1st to 2nd asap works a treat BTW.