Nissan 370Z Forum - How high to rev before shifting in each gear?

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jlo370z

12-02-2013 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by andre12031948 (Post 2591668)

"where you see the power begin to drop off"

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shhhhhhh thats our secret:wtf2:

andre12031948

12-02-2013 05:18 PM

sorry..... FIXED

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Originally Posted by jlo370z (Post 2591671)

shhhhhhh thats our secret:wtf2:

At least at my end. :)

Justice97

12-02-2013 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaedub (Post 2587252)

370Z is a rough car to shift with. It takes a long time to get used to. But I believe shifting between 2.2k~2.5k is ideal for daily driving because the gear locks in a lot more smoother and it's easier to control without much rocking back and forth. Shifting past 3k causes a lot of jerking/rocking motion with gears going in significantly rougher and forceful.

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Originally Posted by TreeSemdyZee (Post 2591204)

? Not my experience at all.

This just points out the differences in how we drive a stick.

If you think the Z is boggin at 2.5K, then you downshift when you need the power.

I like running at lower rpms. They see me Rollin' They Hatin'.

MacLean

12-02-2013 07:31 PM

All of you are a bunch of rookies…. The only gear I am in is reverse and that is how I drive.

I’m BS with you. To break the car in I shifted no higher than 3k RMP’s, but didn’t pass 70 MPH. Once you get an exhaust you will easily shift between 3-4k RMP’s in all gears & sometimes higher. When you downshift with an exhaust it is sexy to hear and see the RPM’s jump to 3-4k RPM’s.

Naum16

12-12-2013 01:11 PM

During the break in stage you wanna be both careful and aggressive. I dont remmeber where i heard this, but to maximise your engines power you wanna get on it offten. Yet dont drive it like you stole it either. Watch your fuilds, change your oil on time. Dont redline it. Its a sports car man

kenchan

12-12-2013 01:14 PM

the op's a woman jk

alcheng

12-12-2013 06:05 PM

rev til you see white smoke coming out from the hood...

that's the most accurate signal from the engine itself telling you it's time to shift...

Firebase99

12-12-2013 08:52 PM

Follow break in, who cares after? Redline it, bring it back to Nissan if it breaks. I truthfully see 7.5 every chance I have. Its just so much godd^mn fun. Every chance meaning 1st and 2nd, rarely, very rarely 3rd. Though 5th has seen 5.5K at Sebring a few times.

Firebase99

12-12-2013 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Troyz (Post 2591622)

My shifting points are...

1st to 2nd - 43 mph
2nd to 3rd - 74 mph
3rd to 4th - 104 mph
4th to 5th - 124 mph
5th to 6th - 159 mph

But i couldn't wrap my head around the point of having to shift in 25-30mph increments (4-->5-->6). That just seems to make 6th gear pretty worthless imho. I'm not trying to argue, just explaining my thought process.

:driving:

I pretty much ignore 4 and 5, 3rd to sixth for me. Hell, i hink i do away with 3rd too often as I think about it. Fawking traffic.

Fountainhead

12-13-2013 07:11 PM

Just remember eurojjj19, until you're out of the break in period, don't beat on it too much.

L33T Z34

12-27-2013 08:57 PM

With my 4.36 final drive, daily driving on surface streets w/stoplights I usually shift around ~4,500RPM.

RoadsterST

12-27-2013 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by eurojjj19 (Post 2585336)

I dont plan on driving it like i stole it all the time. But everyone likes to open it up once in a while. So can you, or anyone else, give me a rough estimate of max MPH for each gear (ie. what NOT to go over, if such numbers exist). I dont plan on coming close to those ranges, i just want to know for informations sake.

The reason all of these questions sound so noobish is because my first manual was a 94 Civic and it did NOT have a tachometer, so i had to base everything off of mph and engine sound. So im now trying to wrap my head around RPM being the main gauge of when to shift. So, sorry for the simplistic questions, but i am learning.

Everything is still based off feel and sound. Drive the car more and you will find the sweet spots for both city and frisky driving. Shifting down above the rpm range for a specified gear is really the only way to damage anything. Even though the car has a blinky shift light, the computer still shuts the car down at 8k so over rev is not as much of a concern.

Just drive it. There are NO magic numbers or recomended ranges. Its all ears and feel.

luigi90210

12-27-2013 09:55 PM

When I was stock, 3000-4000rpm
After my mods(intake, test pipes, jwt flywheel and clutch) 2000-2500rpm

ZeeBabar

12-28-2013 06:36 PM

There are guys who want to redline once a day and others who do it frequently. It's fine unless they con themselves into thinking its good for the car. The car is perfectly satisfied with gentle shifts, get it into 6th at about 60 and stay in 6th all the way to 130+ and it would not mind.

Guys who redline often and get to believe the car likes it are like guys who want to do it every which way they can with a woman and think the woman likes it. They get blown engines and short relationships, car or woman does not matter.

H2O_Doc

12-28-2013 06:41 PM

Kind of an odd turn for this thread.

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