QUOTE(mepstein @ Dec 4 2018, 02:46 PM)
It’s actually better for your engine to rev 3-5k than below 2500. Lugging a type 4 engine is bad.
... or at least between 3000-4200 or 4500 - better gas mpg, less oil use, better operating tems, less strain on the engine.
However, you can do that with gear selection - rather than speed.
My long time mechanic Hans used to have me lecture one of our Gal buddies who had a 72 1.7 because she was always babying it & loading up the plugs & everything with carbon, then bringing it back to Hans complaining that it was running rough again every few weeks! LOL
Hans says that our 914s are supposed to be DRIVEN, not babied - & he's been working on them since 1969 at Porsche & his how shops!
Sooooo ....
Tom
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