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What RPM is best to shift at?

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  • Start date Start date Jul 24, 2004

93redone

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i usualy shift around 3,500 or 4k ...
 

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2.3s should shift at 4800rpm, without a turbo, when racing.
Otherwise I would always shift mine at 3000rpm.
 

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I did some calculations of rear wheel force on each gear and plotted them in excel a while back from my dyno curve. I found on my car it's best to shift at redline in all gears, except about 100rpm before on the 4-5th shift.
 
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First gear in my LX (auto n/a) is shifted at a hair over 5k and the rest about like Cro mentioned about 4800. I don't know why but my car pulls really good at 5000-5500rpms in first gear :scratch
 
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