You must not do much enthusiast driving. When I do, I like to shift at peak HP rpm, not redline. Can your backside tell the difference between 6800 and 7000 rpm? If so, you have a highly calibrated tookus!
You are right also when you are working an engine pulling a trailer up a long incline (mountain) you need the information easy to read. If I was driving access Texas (900+miles) I would glance at the gauges periodically but if I was pulling Bumble Bee in Arizona I would closely monitor my turbo temp, turbo boost, oil temperature and tachometer to keep it in the safe range to not damage anything.You must not do much enthusiast driving. When I do, I like to shift at peak HP rpm, not redline. Can your backside tell the difference between 6800 and 7000 rpm? If so, you have a highly calibrated tookus!
I am concerned with the oil temperature in the oil pan. That is what "cleans,cools and lubricants" (I learned that in jet engine school USAF) the turbo bearing.
You probably started driving a vw bug (peoples car) with the lines marked on the speedometer was to tell you when to shift or you just wound it up till it wouldn't go anymore (old time limiter).
actually the first car i owned with a manual transmission was a mercury capri rs turbo. i actually had an original 2.3L turbo engine. as far as the delicate nature of a modern 2.3L turbo engine, the electronic control module keeps you from blowing it. a modern turbo is a quite robust engine, with computer controls to keep you from destroying it. as far as my experience with horizonally opposed engines produced in germany, mine have all been of the water cooled six cylinder variants. you do not need a tach to drive a modern manual transmission car. if your experience is as a overland truck driver, you should be aware of that, as far as fine tuning fuel consumption on the open road, the onboard computer will let you know. look on my profile right now i am driving a turbocharged manual transmission vehicle. the below pictures are current or recent owned cars i owned cars with manual transmissions. i have spent a fair amount of time bouncing off the rev limiter of each of them. your characterization of the current 2.3L engine being more delicate than the old VW engine is just plain foolish. those were not notoriously robust, they were just choked down to the point where they were incapable of reaching the point of destruction (under carbureted).
actually the first car i owned with a manual transmission was a mercury capri rs turbo. i actually had an original 2.3L turbo engine. as far as the delicate nature of a modern 2.3L turbo engine, the electronic control module keeps you from blowing it. a modern turbo is a quite robust engine, with computer controls to keep you from destroying it. as far as my experience with horizonally opposed engines produced in germany, mine have all been of the water cooled six cylinder variants. you do not need a tach to drive a modern manual transmission car. if your experience is as a overland truck driver, you should be aware of that, as far as fine tuning fuel consumption on the open road, the onboard computer will let you know. look on my profile right now i am driving a turbocharged manual transmission vehicle. the below pictures are current or recent owned cars i owned cars with manual transmissions. i have spent a fair amount of time bouncing off the rev limiter of each of them. your characterization of the current 2.3L engine being more delicate than the old VW engine is just plain foolish. those were not notoriously robust, they were just choked down to the point where they were incapable of reaching the point of destruction (under carbureted).
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Do you run nitrous to get out of the till both?
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