How high to rev before shifting in each gear?

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.

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.

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.

L33T Z34 · 01-02-2014, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by ZeeBabar

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.

You sound like you need to get yourself a vette or sum other Gov't Motors powered car. These Nissan engines don't make any torque 'till high up on the RPM band and redlining it to the stock rev limiter ain't gonna hurt it.
Car = Machine.

Your analogy with women = FAIL.

Chuck33079 · 01-02-2014, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by L33T Z34

redlining it to the stock rev limiter ain't gonna hurt it.

Exactly. That's why the rev limiter is there- to prevent damage. Do you think Nissan would sell and warranty a car that was able to be damaged by frequent trips to the redline?

If hitting the rev limiter caused people to blow motors, where are all of the "Guys I popped my motor" threads?

I wasn't about to touch the car=woman analogy because there's a whole lot of stupid there I don't even want to deal with.

markthomas69 · 01-03-2014, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Exactly. That's why the rev limiter is there- to prevent damage. Do you think Nissan would sell and warranty a car that was able to be damaged by frequent trips to the redline?

If hitting the rev limiter caused people to blow motors, where are all of the "Guys I popped my motor" threads?

I wasn't about to touch the car=woman analogy because there's a whole lot of stupid there I don't even want to deal with.

Slartibartfas · 05-27-2016, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Exactly. That's why the rev limiter is there- to prevent damage. Do you think Nissan would sell and warranty a car that was able to be damaged by frequent trips to the redline?

BWahhahhahhhahhhahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Until the advent of computerized engine controls, the only rev limiter was your foot and the physical limits of rods and valve springs. I owned six vehicles before my first EFI car. Only my '72 Cutlass had rev limiter of sorts, it would float the valves at about 5500 rpm. Aftermarket coil packs sometimes had rev limiters built in.

As for the dyno comment, that was half-assed. To be completely-assed, you shift at the point where the rising torque in the next gear equals the falling torque in the current gear to achieve maximum acceleration.

Otherwise, shift whatever the hell rpm you want that's allowed by the ECU. I grandpa my G for the most part because I'm not Big Bank Hank and can't afford to fill up every other day.

waaaasabi · 01-04-2014, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ZeeBabar

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.

Agreed, 6th gear from 55MPH+ all the way to 150. And also agreed that everyone here who 'enjoys' redlining their cars and thinks their sports car can handle it must also partake in domestic abuse/rape/sexual assault.

Firebase99 · 01-06-2014, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by waaaasabi

Agreed, 6th gear from 55MPH+ all the way to 150. And also agreed that everyone here who 'enjoys' redlining their cars and thinks their sports car can handle it must also partake in domestic abuse/rape/sexual assault.

Why? I think Chuck summed it up..."Exactly. That's why the rev limiter is there- to prevent damage. Do you think Nissan would sell and warranty a car that was able to be damaged by frequent trips to the redline?
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7speed · 01-06-2014, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Firebase99

Why? I think Chuck summed it up..."Exactly. That's why the rev limiter is there- to prevent damage. Do you think Nissan would sell and warranty a car that was able to be damaged by frequent trips to the redline?
"

Errr, I'm sure the people that have had fuel starve said the same thing.

Just remember "can" doesn't always mean you "should".

12-12-2013, 01:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Naum16 Base Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: IN Posts: 152 Drives: 09 370z Rep Power: 14	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 Maddog likes this.

12-12-2013, 01:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141522	the op's a woman jk jlo370z likes this.

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alcheng A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Toronto Posts: 28,894 Drives: 2011 ZR PW w/Clutch Rep Power: 418355	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... jlo370z and equalme like this.

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luigi90210 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 1,103 Drives: Classified Rep Power: 17	When I was stock, 3000-4000rpm After my mods(intake, test pipes, jwt flywheel and clutch) 2000-2500rpm __________________ SOLD 370z New Car:classified DD:2011 Mini Cooper S stock

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ZeeBabar Banned Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Missouri Posts: 423 Drives: 2006 350z Rep Power: 0	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.