4th and 40mph

I've only had my 2011 GT Limited for about a month, and I have noticed that while I am in 4th gear, if I accelerate and I am doing around 40mph it vibrates in the stick, not too much and it goes away once I get to 44mph, but it doesn't vibrate during any other time while in any other gear. Was wondering if any one else has experienced this?

Yeah, I get that too. Sometimes in other gears as well under acceleration. Probably nothing to worry about IMHO. I only have 9500 miles and mine has pretty much done that since new.

Downshift

^^^ That will definately help too, and it will get you more of the available torque of our 5th gen LGTs....

Originally Posted by Code

Downshift

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or upshift, the 5AT in 3.6R shifts to 5th gear at 40mph and will actually hold 5th until speed dips below 35 mph.

I posted a simillar question a while ago, and got some good responses.....

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthrea....html?t=188361

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At 40 MPH in 4th, a GT will be pretty much at 2k RPM's. Shifting into 5th will probably put you at 1500 or lower, with absolutely no power available to maintain your current speed, let alone accelerate (if you need to go at 40 MPH, you need to be in 2nd or 3rd). I wouldn't even try shifting into 5th at 40 MPH.

Originally Posted by seiyafan

or upshift, the 5AT in 3.6R shifts to 5th gear at 40mph and will actually hold 5th until speed dips below 35 mph.

Irrelevant to this convo

Accelerating @ 40 = 2nd
Cruising @ 40 = 3rd

Originally Posted by GTEASER

Yeah, I get that too. Sometimes in other gears as well under acceleration. Probably nothing to worry about IMHO. I only have 9500 miles and mine has pretty much done that since new.

Just wanted to clarify that I was agreeing with the OP on the vibration in the shift knob sometimes, not his choice of trying to accelerate from 40mph in 4th. As another posted, 2k is about the minimum rpm that you want to stay at if you interested in accelerating because the turbo doesnt come on til about 2500rpms.

Originally Posted by GTEASER

As another posted, 2k is about the minimum rpm that you want to stay at if you interested in accelerating because the turbo doesnt come on til about 2500rpms.

Unless you want to simulate a 2.5i

Originally Posted by drkn1te

I've only had my 2011 GT Limited for about a month, and I have noticed that while I am in 4th gear, if I accelerate and I am doing around 40mph it vibrates in the stick, not too much and it goes away once I get to 44mph, but it doesn't vibrate during any other time while in any other gear. Was wondering if any one else has experienced this?

Yup, still there after 70K+ miles. No need to accelerate, just a little gas on the throttle.

Originally Posted by CL21376

Accelerating @ 40 = 2nd
Cruising @ 40 = 3rd

This. My cutoff for shifting to 4th is generally 45.

Originally Posted by Ellesedil

At 40 MPH in 4th, a GT will be pretty much at 2k RPM's. Shifting into 5th will probably put you at 1500 or lower, with absolutely no power available to maintain your current speed, let alone accelerate (if you need to go at 40 MPH, you need to be in 2nd or 3rd).

That and you'll seriously piss off your turbo.

I don't accelerate below 2k in ANY gear other than 1st/2nd. I'm not a huge fan of overboost. No, I'm not talking about just plain "boost" that car companies are now trying to relabel as "overboost" because the average driver thinks it sounds cool.

So Surly, what is overboost really?