When to use 6th gear in a car?
At 60 mph in 6th gear, you should be around 1700 rpm, so if you’re just cruising I would definitely say use 6th gear. However, I know most car companies advise you to vary your engine’s rpms (basically don’t set cruise control for 2+ hours) to break them in properly, so maybe that’s why the Skip Barber folks were advising you to not use 6th.
Is the SRT black TA in 6th gear?
6th gear is perfect for highway cruising and fuel economy. It can also drop rpms below the exhaust drone zone depending on vehicle speed. Were the instructors saying otherwise, or were they just referring to not using 6th on track? 2014 SRT Black TA, stock with driver mod. Last of the 159 built.
How much speed can a Ninja 250 go in 6th gear?
The Ninja 250 should be able to go 160 MPH in 6th gear before redlining, but there’s no way its gonna have the power to go any faster than 110ish. Depends on the bike, model of the bike, year of the bike, lots of different stuff.
What is the maximum speed at each gear?
So it all depends on the manufacturer schemes, more powerful bikes if you keep them for example in 1st ut until the red line, they can get a lot of speed, a gsx 1000 could reach 80mph only in 1st gear, but that means getting it all the way to the red line, and that’s dangerous driving on public roads…
At 60 mph in 6th gear, you should be around 1700 rpm, so if you’re just cruising I would definitely say use 6th gear. However, I know most car companies advise you to vary your engine’s rpms (basically don’t set cruise control for 2+ hours) to break them in properly, so maybe that’s why the Skip Barber folks were advising you to not use 6th.
What’s the average speed at 2400 rpm in 5th gear?
If you’re turning 2300-2400 RPM in 5th gear then you don’t have the stock 3.08 gears. 3.08 gears with a T-5 and the stock 225/60/R15 tires, will yield a speed of about 85ish MPH at 2400 RPM in 5th gear. 3.73’s would put you at about 70 MPH at 2400 RPM though.
6th gear is perfect for highway cruising and fuel economy. It can also drop rpms below the exhaust drone zone depending on vehicle speed. Were the instructors saying otherwise, or were they just referring to not using 6th on track? 2014 SRT Black TA, stock with driver mod. Last of the 159 built.
The Ninja 250 should be able to go 160 MPH in 6th gear before redlining, but there’s no way its gonna have the power to go any faster than 110ish. Depends on the bike, model of the bike, year of the bike, lots of different stuff.