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Old 26 October 2005, 11:47 PM
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Please excuse the newbie STi owner question, but what do you people normally set the rev light and buzzer to activate at; ie, to keep the turbo spinning at optimum revs when you change up a gear ?

(I have tried a search on this BTW, but if you enter "rev" with "light", you get a million non-pertinent threads)

Any advice much appreciated.
Old 26 October 2005, 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by dexter
Please excuse the newbie STi owner question, but what do you people normally set the rev light and buzzer to activate at; ie, to keep the turbo spinning at optimum revs when you change up a gear ?

(I have tried a search on this BTW, but if you enter "rev" with "light", you get a million non-pertinent threads)

Any advice much appreciated.
Hi Dexter

I have set mine to warn me when I am getting towards 7,000 rpm, but I suppose you can set it to do what you want - have you figured out how to set it?

Paul
Old 27 October 2005, 06:51 AM
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Mine set at 5500rpm.No real need in a standard car to rev any higher than that.By the time youve changed gear its normally up to arounk 6000rpm.
Old 27 October 2005, 09:11 AM
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Dexter,

I have MY05 STi set to go off at 6k, but then the car has only done just over 2k miles

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Old 27 October 2005, 09:28 AM
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I have MY04 STi set to go off about 6½k and find that it's not a real issue. You tend to drive the car to the situation, sometimes changing earlier or later depending on conditions and your driving mood.
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Thanks for the replies gents.

I`ve had a play today, and I`ve now set it at 6800k, as, although the redline is further up, by the time you`ve reacted to the beep, you`re up around 7 anyway, and it`s time to change up.
Old 28 October 2005, 11:10 PM
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My v7 sti is set at 6500, on the r/r graph it shows the power diminishes after that, cheers Alan.
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