Shifting points?
 

Hey guys, I just bought a new 370z sport touring. I am not sure where my shift points should be, is 3k overkill?

Depends on what you are doing. 3K for putt putting around is fine. 7K is good for flogging it. Listen to the motor and you'll figure out your driving style and when you should shift. Now go out and enjoy it!

Oy..

Cruising around I shift at 3-4k. Having fun with semi-spirited I shift at 5-6k. Pushing it I shift at as close to the redline as I can get. If I am driving for economy I shift at 2k. It's all good.

During break-in I set the indicator at 4k and made sure to shift before then, but after that the engine will take whatever you throw at it.:driving:

Ummm...

Is this a serious question?

I'm with you on this one..

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I shift, therefore I am.

Welcome new member... I am a shifter as well...

Thank you, Rene Descartes :tiphat:

redline all day every day

Is there a built VQ37 that can do 9k?

I find 3500 to 4K to be my normal driving and 7k to be spirited. Very rarely do I push more than that. With Uprev set to 7800, it can bounce off of 8K easily, not so sure about safely.

I shift at 3K all the time when driving normally.

1st gear- 3500-4k
2nd-3500-4k
3rd, 4th, 5th- 3kish

This is only for daily driving. But usually I just feel the car and shift don't really look at the RPMS


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The Conti-series GS Nissan Motorsport race engines run to ~8800rpm, the GT4 series engines built in the UK run 9000+. IES in the UK will build you a screamer that runs to 10,000 but engine-life is "short".

The key is a dry-sump oil system (or NISMO oil-pump for the VQ if remaining wet-sump), otherwise the OEM oil-pump gears sh1t themselves at sustained running over 7500rpm which turns the engine to toast.

Since I like the sound of my engine 4 - 5K is about normal. I also get 12-13 MPG.

Yeah, I do that too. Actually I'll even wind it out to 6-7k if I'm merging or whatever... Needless to say, I'm always amazed at how much my fuel range increases when I go on long, boring highway trips.:rolleyes:

Guess OP is in his break in period and wants to follow the rules. 4K is fine OP. After that have at it :driving:

Oh I wind it out too. How could we not.

I too am surprised what MPG a steady pace in 6th gear produces.

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Putting around, I'll shift at 3K. If I'm getting into it a little, around 5K makes the butt dyno happy... Otherwise, for maximum acceleration, redline.

i suggest you find a empty parking lot and go mess around and learn your own shift points and get a feel for the car.

The VQ37VHR needs 2 b revved to @ least 5k to get any torque...1st...5k, 2nd...5.5k...3rd...5.9k...5th...I'm @ state MPH limit....cruze set...:rock:

3500 is the sweet spot for me to hear my F.I. exhaust Burble...

So thats where I shift lol.

Does the owners manual say when to shift? (I know some do)

I think the light on the dash is programmed for 7K from the factory, that's good enough for me.

This is what the 2014 manual has to say. Nothing about RPM, just MPH. This is efficient driving, quicker acceleration, and maximum speed per gear respectively. For my driving, I am somewhere in between quick and max, I couldn't imagine shifting at the "effecient" points.

http://i.imgur.com/ndFcBuV.jpg http://i.imgur.com/iZRZSJM.jpg http://i.imgur.com/IggLFie.jpg

^ I shift pretty much exactly at those "efficiency" points :tup:

I'd also like to help complete that last chart as well... 4th - 120 5 - 140

My car had no mods at the time and I stopped at the top of fifth...

I like to shift at 2k and let it putt a little

I have to shift under 3k OTHERWISE any dork next to me thinks i'm racing. At 3k the headers begin to get loud.....

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I wss amazed driving to texas (1400 miles) i have 7at and left it in D for all the highway driving and averaging 65mph got right at 31.5 mpg. Shell gas only...

35 mph in 1st, 60 mph in 2nd, and 90 mph in 3rd sounds about right :driving:

But in all seriousness, on my daily commute, I often find myself driving 1st and 2nd gear to 5K RPMs and then skipping to 6th gear and cruising around 50 mph.

Is skipping gears from 2nd to 6th advisable? I thought that was bad due to something with the syncros.....

Absolutely it is bad if you're not patient with it. My 6th gear grinds coming from 5th sometimes, so I am especially careful with it coming from 2nd gear. As long as I wait for the RPMs to settle coming out of 2nd before trying to put it into 6th, everything is fine :tup:

Another option, one that I usually use, is to just do quick shifts up to six, rather than making that jump.

But that's not as much fun as redlining 1st and 2nd :driving: :icon17:

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That's what I mean. Redline first and second, then do quick shifts up to sixth, that way no gears are skipped.