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I want to start Autox. I have a slight grind in my first gear. I drive a wrx and was wandering how mush you use 1st gear in an event. I was thinking of going to the brooksville meet in may. Thanks
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Well,if you are like me, you will shift once through the entire thing and stay in second the rest of the way. I have very short gearing..I'm not sure how WRX's are geared.
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Most of the guys I've talked to did just fine in 2nd gear.
I wouldn't worry too much about keeping your turbo spooled. I don't think it will matter very much.
I wouldn't worry too much about keeping your turbo spooled. I don't think it will matter very much.
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Depends how tight the course is. If it's a course like Sunriders always have, you'll use mostly first gear, but if you go out to something like Brooksville, you'll use 2nd quite a bit also. WRXs are geared very tall, so you'll use a lot of 1st gear, and especially in tight turns, since you'll just lag the the hell out of it trying to stay in 2nd.
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Originally Posted by BeQuietAndDrive
I wouldn't worry too much about keeping your turbo spooled. I don't think it will matter very much.
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Originally Posted by Leslie
it matters a whole lot when you've slowed way the hell down for a turn, then want to get moving again, and meanwhile your turbo decided to take a nap since you didn't keep the revs up enough.
Plus, the time it takes for the average person to downshift (properly) negates the bonus of being in a lower gear.
To the original guy, I would say go ahead and run the car. Eventually you will get a feel for what gear you need to be in.
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Originally Posted by Leslie
Depends how tight the course is. If it's a course like Sunriders always have, you'll use mostly first gear, but if you go out to something like Brooksville, you'll use 2nd quite a bit also. WRXs are geared very tall, so you'll use a lot of 1st gear, and especially in tight turns, since you'll just lag the the hell out of it trying to stay in 2nd.
My 2 cents says that 90% of Subaru drivers could just drive faster around the rest of the course instead of going to 1st gear and net faster times all around.
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