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Old 08-20-2008, 10:17 AM   #38 (permalink)
PaleMelanesian
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I like to accelerate at about 50% throttle at lower speeds, working up to about 80% at higher speeds and gears. Something like this:
1st gear: just to get moving. Shift before 5mph.
2nd gear: 50% throttle
3rd: 60% throttle
4th: 70% throttle
5th: 80% throttle pulse, then glide, then pulse again

Watching the scangauge, these throttle points roughly correlate to 70-80% load in each gear. At low speed and rpm, there's less power available, so it takes less throttle to reach the same load %.

80% load is about 12 on the MAP gauge, so near WOT but not quite there. I find that my Honda will go to Open Loop at about 90% load.
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