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Originally Posted by Gasoline Fumes
What gear and what speed? I bump start in the highest gear I can. I think cranking speed is around 300 RPM, so you don't need the engine to spin very fast to start it.
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Always used 5th gear to start it. When I was using pulse and glide I was usually bump starting it at between 40 and 50 MPH so around 1600-2000 RPM. When coasting to a stop with the engine off, I'd put it in 5th to start it once I'm down to around 15-20 MPH although I'm sure it would have started a bit lower than that. As you said, the engine doesn't have to spin very fast to start.