There should be little dots around the edge of your speedometer. One dot for the redline in first gear, two dots for second and three for third. Something like 18, 38 and 53 MPH IIRC...
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Ellen in Oregon <elleninoregon@hotmail.com>wrote: > I'm finding this conversation very interesting as I don't have a tach in > Lola and shift by sound. Is there a range in MPH one should shift at, say > on level road? > > Ellen, Lola & Coee > > ‘Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you > realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.’ ~Lao Tzu > > > > > Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 19:02:38 -0400 > > From: dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET > > Subject: Re: tach in an 85 > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > At 04:37 PM 6/6/2011, Daniel Rotblatt wrote: > > >Thanks for the correlation between RPM and speed in 2nd. 50 MPH = > > >~4200 RPM. I could probably chart that and figure out what's going > > >on. It does make me a little more comfortable with the hill thing. > > >
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