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Old Oct 12, 2004 | 01:11 AM
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What are the highest recommended speeds for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gears on an A4 2.73 '02 Coupe?
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Old Oct 12, 2004 | 01:20 AM
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I have hit the revlimiter in first doing the autox but never noticed the speed.

Patches may know

Where abouts are you in the puget sound I am from Vancouver BC
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Old Oct 12, 2004 | 01:25 AM
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Where abouts are you in the puget sound I am from Vancouver BC
Hey Zilla,
Live near Tacoma. Vancouver and Victoria are some of my favorite cities...Any Corvette clubs up there?

I've been asking the same question about speed in 1st, 2nd, etc. in different words for a week now and strangely enough, nobody seems to know.
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Old Oct 12, 2004 | 01:26 AM
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I think 55 or in 3rd ... 17--- in 4th or OD.
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Old Oct 12, 2004 | 03:23 AM
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Hey Zilla,
Any Corvette clubs up there?
I am a memeber of the BC Corvette Club.
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I would say you shift just before you hit red line. If rev limiter kicks in, you are shifting too late.
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It's an Auto.

You don't need to shift.

It does a fine job by itself.
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It's an Auto.

You don't need to shift.

It does a fine job by itself.


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It's an Auto.

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At the track, mine shifts 1-2 at 55, 2-3 at 90ish. I think 3-4 hits somewhere near 130, but I've never looked, my hands were kinda full.
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