3000teeth

What RPM do you shift at under various driving conditions? Details appreciated.

Thx,
-T

heinrich

Shift when you lose torque or justr before you hit the rev limiter, mostly they occur simultaneously.

V2Rocket

Approximately at 45,000,000 RP/s

mark kibort

usually, as close as redline as possible, for max acceleration.
crusing, usually 3-4k

mk

Charley B

Usually about 500 rpm before redline, unless I'm about to be embarassed. In that case, see post #2 above.

85fortheDrive

I'm a slow poke. I rarely rev any gear past 2800 unless I'm merging on the freeway and decide to outrun the existing traffic.

SharkSkin

Travis, for our cars, 5700 is about the optimum shift point for max acceleration. Just putzing around surface streets I tend to shift by about 3K.

Advice that is applicable for getting max acceleration from a 32v car does not apply to OBs.

Slantnose!

well, it's an automatic...

AO

6800! Thank god for rev limiters!

sweanders

When I get the "thudddddddddd" noise..

heinrich

Anders shifts until he hits redline in 5th gear, then no more shifting, just keeping it there .... isn't that right Nicole?

drnick

if andrews car didnt have a rev limiter he would be in serious trouble. i think he should get a shift light mounted somewhere discreetly so he dosent scare passengers when it runs into the limiter like a wall!!

hacker-pschorr

It depends on the odds that a police officer is within ear shot of my car at redline. If the odds are in my favor, redline
Remind me to buy you a case of Techron to keep that carbon from building up in your engine

marton

Try to change before you hit the rev limiter; otherwise you lose some fractions of a second

In my country I could break every speed limit (not that I would) in second gear

Marton

sweanders

When Nicole rode with me last week she complained about how uncomfortable it was when I hit rev limiter in top gear since the whole car shook.