How high to rev before shifting in each gear?

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.

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