Hope I don't get flamed for asking this but here goes:

I recently switched from an Evo III to DC2 Type R, reason was because I wanted to get an Evo IX but insurance never worked out, now nowhere wants to insure me on an Evo again lol.

So I'm kinda new to this FWD thing. What is the best way to race shift? Where should I shift from?

 

I like to take it up near rev-limiter, shifting just before it hits it...

 

WTF is a race shift?

 

I guess you'd probably refer to it as no lift shift?

 

Dude, you need to be double clutching instead of granny shifting!

 

I read in a forum about "no lift shift":

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"From the tansmission's perspective, the gears you're moving to and from should have closely matched rates of rotation. This isn't going to be the case with no throttle lift at all on an upshift. The reason people develop grinding is that they repeatedly force the synchros, and the rings eventually wear down."

 

You're lucky you didn't blow the welds on the intake...

 

K I'll stop then, rofl.

 

That only happens if you are running 2 big bottles of NOS. Then you can have danger to manifold! ...which in turn makes your diamond plate floor pans fall out.

 

"Hey, what's the retail on one of those?"....'More than you can afford pal, Ferrari' *revs engine*...(head turn), "Smoke em'."

 

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lol...what's Johnny Tran doing in the picture?...Where is his gang, or "wolfpack" as jesse refers to it?...I guess they're on their way back to the garage ready to give Ken the truck driver a mouthful of oil in an attempt to find out where the motors are.

 

ROFLMAO

 

Dude, as much as the haters don't like the movie, there are a lot of haters who can quote the movie verbatim. ROLF

 

Dude, I LOVE that movie BECAUSE of those quotes... and only because of them.

 

The Fast and the Furious is an awesome movie and I watch it everytime I see it on TV. The orange Supra is still my favorite car.

OP: You need to explain in detail what you mean by "race shift". If you know how to handle driving a car, a manual transmission, then it all goes by feel. Nobody in here is going to tell you to shift at 6KRPM in 1st and 8KRPM in second, and so on; Doesn't work like that. Every car is different and how you're driving at the time simply dictates how you're going to be shifting.

Just get in the car and drive it. The rev limit on a stock USDM ITR is 8400RPM. If you rev it up that high in first, you're probably trying to race or establish a high overall speed if you plan on bring it up that high in 2nd. If you're driving to the grocery store, school, or work, just drive the damn car.

 

I actually like the movie--it's kinda old now but back when it came out, I enjoyed it...sure, it has some "ricey" cars...but the storyline was kinda cool...those cars would have been nice without the body kits and graphics...

 

The rev-limiter is only 8400?...I thought it was 9200...I don't like to run the **** out of my car very often so, I haven't really taken notice...My old GSR rev-limiter was like 8200 if I recall...I could be mistaken--it has been a while...

 

I'm not sure about the JDM DC2 ITR, but I am sure that the USDM ITR's stock rev limit is 8400RPM. Unsure of the GS-R as well.

 

According to this site, the USDM ITR's redline is 8400RPM...it says "fuel cut off" is 8500RPM...so I guess that would be about right. It also says that the GSR redline is 8100RPM, which would make the rev-limiter 8200RPM. That's a shame though...I was hoping the USDM rev limit was 9000RPM or even 9200RPM.

 

The stock valvetrain would not support that for very long.

I guess we're done here? Locking it up before this gets too out of control.