I'm finding this conversation very interesting as I don't have a tach in Lola and shift by sound.  Is there a range in MPH one should shift at, say on level road?  

Ellen, Lola & Coee

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> Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 19:02:38 -0400
> From: dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET
> Subject: Re: tach in an 85
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> At 04:37 PM 6/6/2011, Daniel Rotblatt wrote:
> >Thanks for the correlation between RPM and speed in 2nd.  50 MPH =
> >~4200 RPM.  I could probably chart that and figure out what's going
> >on.  It does make me a little more comfortable with the hill thing.