Who uses those paddle shifters?
#31
Pole Position
Originally Posted by Onpoint
Can one of you gents, give a blow by blow as to how to use effectively.
#32
Lexus Test Driver
Essentially you want to pull the paddle at 6400 rpm during upshifts, during downshifts 2-4K rpms are ideal for the smoothest shifts anything below that and the car wants to lurch. Don't worry about downshifting to early as the car won't let you. Also the harder you press the paddle the faster the shift, LFA does the same thing.
#34
Lexus Test Driver
Last edited by bclexus; 03-05-16 at 05:54 PM.
#35
Lexus Champion
Peak horsepower on the 2GR-FSE is 306 @ 6400 rpm, so I would have to believe the redline is 6400.
#37
Intermediate
Note: link below will download the product info sheet (pdf)
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#38
Lexus Test Driver
According to the product info sheet for the 2014 GS350 it's 6,600 rpm.
Note: link below will download the product info sheet (pdf)
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Note: link below will download the product info sheet (pdf)
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...nWj0FtX36r4vTQ
#39
Lexus Champion
I had not realized there were these minor engine differences in the 13 vs the 14 and 15:
2013
Peak Horsepower: 306 hp @ 6,200 rpm
Peak Torque: 274 lb.-ft. @ 3,600 rpm
Max Engine Speed: 6500 rpm
2014, 15
Peak Horsepower: 306 @ 6400 rpm
Peak Torque: 277 lb.-ft. @ 4,800 rpm
Max Engine Speed: 6600 rpm
2013
Peak Horsepower: 306 hp @ 6,200 rpm
Peak Torque: 274 lb.-ft. @ 3,600 rpm
Max Engine Speed: 6500 rpm
2014, 15
Peak Horsepower: 306 @ 6400 rpm
Peak Torque: 277 lb.-ft. @ 4,800 rpm
Max Engine Speed: 6600 rpm
#40
Lexus Test Driver
I had not realized there were these minor engine differences in the 13 vs the 14 and 15:
2013
Peak Horsepower: 306 hp @ 6,200 rpm
Peak Torque: 274 lb.-ft. @ 3,600 rpm
Max Engine Speed: 6500 rpm
2014, 15
Peak Horsepower: 306 @ 6400 rpm
Peak Torque: 277 lb.-ft. @ 4,800 rpm
Max Engine Speed: 6600 rpm
2013
Peak Horsepower: 306 hp @ 6,200 rpm
Peak Torque: 274 lb.-ft. @ 3,600 rpm
Max Engine Speed: 6500 rpm
2014, 15
Peak Horsepower: 306 @ 6400 rpm
Peak Torque: 277 lb.-ft. @ 4,800 rpm
Max Engine Speed: 6600 rpm
#41
Lexus Champion
It seems clear that there are differences. I recall reading about some small changes to the 2GR-FSE when the 3IS debuted for MY 2014. It now seems clear that they carried those changes over to the 14 GS as well. I'll have to see what I can find.
#42
I had not realized there were these minor engine differences in the 13 vs the 14 and 15:
2013
Peak Horsepower: 306 hp @ 6,200 rpm
Peak Torque: 274 lb.-ft. @ 3,600 rpm
Max Engine Speed: 6500 rpm
2014, 15
Peak Horsepower: 306 @ 6400 rpm
Peak Torque: 277 lb.-ft. @ 4,800 rpm
Max Engine Speed: 6600 rpm
2013
Peak Horsepower: 306 hp @ 6,200 rpm
Peak Torque: 274 lb.-ft. @ 3,600 rpm
Max Engine Speed: 6500 rpm
2014, 15
Peak Horsepower: 306 @ 6400 rpm
Peak Torque: 277 lb.-ft. @ 4,800 rpm
Max Engine Speed: 6600 rpm
#43
Lexus Champion
#44
Exactly the point. The more you use your starter the sooner it is eventually going to need to be replaced. Same with the transmission. Admittedly that may not happen in the life of our ownership, but it is going to put more wear on it.
I recently posted in a thread about the quality of Audi's versus Lexus that my sister recently spent $5,000 on a new transmission in a seven or eight (don't remember which) year old RX350. Someone responded that it could be her fault because of her driving, and I can assure you she does not shift it manually. But the point is that Lexus transmissions are not totally bulletproof.
I'm not suggesting you should stop doing it, just making a point regarding using the transmission to save the brakes. At some point in time it darn sure could cause it to give out sooner than if you did not use it to slow the car. Heat is the enemy of a transmission.
I recently posted in a thread about the quality of Audi's versus Lexus that my sister recently spent $5,000 on a new transmission in a seven or eight (don't remember which) year old RX350. Someone responded that it could be her fault because of her driving, and I can assure you she does not shift it manually. But the point is that Lexus transmissions are not totally bulletproof.
I'm not suggesting you should stop doing it, just making a point regarding using the transmission to save the brakes. At some point in time it darn sure could cause it to give out sooner than if you did not use it to slow the car. Heat is the enemy of a transmission.
#45
Actually very few cars redline at peak horsepower. Just because a car reaches peak power does not mean that is always the ideal time to shift. It depends upon what RPM it drops you back to at the shift and where that puts you in the power curve.