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Old 01-06-2009, 07:14 AM   #1
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Why do you need a tach? Just listen to the engine revs before shifts, like you did with your previous 3-speed
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Old 01-06-2009, 11:51 AM   #2
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Why do you need a tach? Just listen to the engine revs before shifts, like you did with your previous 3-speed
because a yaris with a few mods will make power to redline....helps to know where that is vs bouncing off the fuel cut
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Old 01-06-2009, 12:11 PM   #3
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Why do you need a tach? Just listen to the engine revs before shifts, like you did with your previous 3-speed
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because a yaris with a few mods will make power to redline....helps to know where that is vs bouncing off the fuel cut
true, but if you listen to the engine/exhaust note you'll know when that is coming up. in first gear my trd muffler opens up nicely around 5500 rpm and i know to shift shortly thereafter or i bounce off the rev limiter......
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Old 01-06-2009, 04:02 PM   #4
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Right....it'll make about as much power as my John Deer lawn tractor. This car doesn't need a tach...it's a commuter.
man, youre such a downer...in EVERY thread.

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true, but if you listen to the engine/exhaust note you'll know when that is coming up. in first gear my trd muffler opens up nicely around 5500 rpm and i know to shift shortly thereafter or i bounce off the rev limiter......
ya, i find with an intake it has a nice rasp (akin to the one before lift in an xrs) just before the redline....

but stock stock you'd be hard pressed listening...
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man, youre such a downer...in EVERY thread.

Sorry....but I mean, let's be realistic. This car doesn't have any power.

My John Deere lawn tractor has 25% of the HP this car has stock.
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Old 01-06-2009, 05:17 PM   #6
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Sorry....but I mean, let's be realistic. This car doesn't have any power.

My John Deere lawn tractor has 25% of the HP this car has stock.
you = buzzkill
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Sorry....but I mean, let's be realistic. This car doesn't have any power.

My John Deere lawn tractor has 25% of the HP this car has stock.
at first i thought you were funny with those no power jabs and the little beef with chino but now i think your falling into douche territory.....
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Old 01-06-2009, 05:23 PM   #8
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at first i thought you were funny with those no power jabs and the little beef with chino but now i think your falling into douche territory.....
ok ok...lets not start another hate thread....
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Sorry....but I mean, let's be realistic. This car doesn't have any power.

My John Deere lawn tractor has 25% of the HP this car has stock.
Whether you like what he says or not you have to admit that unless you put in some serious mod money the car is a small economical gutless commuter car that will get smoked by just about everything else on the road,its main forte is mpg not mph.
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because a yaris with a few mods will make power to redline....helps to know where that is vs bouncing off the fuel cut
Right....it'll make about as much power as my John Deer lawn tractor. This car doesn't need a tach...it's a commuter.
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Old 01-06-2009, 08:22 AM   #11
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Why do you need a tach? Just listen to the engine revs before shifts, like you did with your previous 3-speed
+1

My last cars was a fast revving Contour SVT and a modded GTO and I never looked at the tach, and never bounced off the rev limiters.
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