Anyone else experience this?
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Anyone else experience this?
After getting my short ram,
I've developed a new driving habit.
What I do is slam the gas 3/4 throttle and when it hits ~5k RPM (or until i hear a certain tune from the engine)
I let go of the gas, let it drop to ~2k RPM and floor it again
It sounds really awesome, like shifting, and sounds like a MT, because VTEC kicks in ~2750RPM
But anyways, while going to lunch today, i was merging into a lane, and wanted to cut off an 18 wheeler rather than waiting behind it, so i floored it, and did my little "habit", what I noticed was after reaching 6k RPM, releasing and gasing it, i felt a LOT more torque and just flew past the truck, more than if i just floored it.
Anyone know why?
Just curious
I've developed a new driving habit.
What I do is slam the gas 3/4 throttle and when it hits ~5k RPM (or until i hear a certain tune from the engine)
I let go of the gas, let it drop to ~2k RPM and floor it again
It sounds really awesome, like shifting, and sounds like a MT, because VTEC kicks in ~2750RPM
But anyways, while going to lunch today, i was merging into a lane, and wanted to cut off an 18 wheeler rather than waiting behind it, so i floored it, and did my little "habit", what I noticed was after reaching 6k RPM, releasing and gasing it, i felt a LOT more torque and just flew past the truck, more than if i just floored it.
Anyone know why?
Just curious
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extra gas in the cylinder? I dunno. Speculating. Our cars run rich at WOT (WOT, AFR is 12.9-13.1 vs normal driving at 14.7)
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enjoy the last days of your auto trans before it dies lol. and riceboy is correct, the car uses a different fuel map when the pedal is floored.
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well if you think like that, might as well sell it now before the trans breaks and get more money for it.
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dezod does a lot of Tc stuff. I think that was the platform they were working with the most after the 7thgen
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First gen Tc for sure. The second looks like they were trying too hard at being "edgy"
and I don't think I've seen any official pics of the proposed 3rd gen
and I don't think I've seen any official pics of the proposed 3rd gen
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I like the TC honestly.But here in South Cali,you see Scions EVERYWHERE.Young people driving TC's left and right.The commercials of the TC used to have a concept like stand out of all the other people who own other cars.But now that doesn't really work since the TC's are everywhere.
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i guess edgy is your way of saying "ricey" lol. the ebay heads and tails killed it. dont know what they were thinking with that one. it actually looks like they bought em off ebay and installed it at the factory.
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the 3rd gen looks like someone flattened it with a car compactor a little bit. just enough to smash the roof in. and installed kia tails. and a marine animal front bumper.
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damn, it has an ugly ***.. it looks alright from the doors and forward, but once you hit the line where the door meets the rear quarter panel, it gets fugly. If they rounded off the roofline, it'd look better, and get some plastic surgery to fix it's ugly ***. I think it's the tail lights and it's uncharacteristically flat back end.
and by edgy, yea.. I got nothin. lol.. That's the first word that came to mind.
and by edgy, yea.. I got nothin. lol.. That's the first word that came to mind.
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I like how this thread went from talking about extra torque by doing X method above to talking about the Scion Tc.
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and if a hot Asian chick drove that, I'd fuc.k the **** out of her. On the hood. Lol.