Just trying to figure out where the shift point should be, I'm thinking about turning it on around 8400rpm, to shift around 8600rpm...thoughts?

Thanks Austin


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I'd stick with the stock redline.

 

id shift at right around 8400. if it was my car.

 

8-8500

 

11 K.

 

The best shift point would be just before the cutoff point. You can see on the graph that even at 8600 rpm, you still have more power then at around 6500 rpm (where you will be after the shift)

 

Actually, you should be more interested in torque at that point.
You want to get the most out of your hp, but when you shift you want
to land in a high torque area.

 

By analizing your graph, and given you're good at shifting, I'd say to shift around 8,200.

 

Correct.
And since the torque curve is fairly flat between 5750 RPM and 7500 RPM, you might as well optimize the HP curve.

 

that would put you pretty nicely in the better part of your torgue curve
if you can call it that...looks pretty flat to me


[Modified by BlueR, 3:37 PM 9/5/2002]

 

8500/8600rpm

 

you can't really shift on the dot, 8-8.5 like sgt said

 

8500