honestly im more concerned with where ill be after the shift then before... like ifi have to shift above where i make good power to get it to put me hard in my tq curve i do.

honestly i shift every gear a little differant, as stupid as that sounds... and when i was stock i shifted 3rd even earlierthen everything else

i think stock i launched at 3kish...

1st gear 5900-6000
2nd 5700-5800
3rd 5400-5500
4th 6000


and if i recall, only 1 or 2 other people on here ran what i did stock...

for what its worth now, i shift closer to 6k, but thats with 4.10s and nitrous

 

thanks guys all this info has really helped, sadly it snowed today and i wont be driving for a while. i'll have to wait for a better day to practice.

 

Honestly though...who is looking at the tach when you are racing...especially on the street. I shift off of sound. I know I usually shift right around redline if not a little bit higher just based off of sound and my friend telling me i hit the "red line" and that he was surprised my car didnt blow up. but usually no more than 6k. And if im racing i powershift second and usually third. but thats usually where it ends. But give shifting off of sound a try. Works for me.

 

it takes less then a second to move your eyes down then back up, sounds like you need a shift light in replace of that friend haha.

 

raptor shift light

 

in his defense, it was in an undeveloped neighborhood, with a good stretch of roadway and no cars to be seen.

hopefully its warm enough, and no snow for another rematch this friday =P

 

I want a shift light!!! That would be so badass. but i do from time to time look down at the tach just as im smacking the clutch with my foot to the floorboard. btw, salt really makes the tires spin. lol what color do you recomment???

 

I have red in mine..for obvious reasons.. but its bright as all hell. durring the middle of the day i can still see it LOUD and clear

This is how i have it set up

 

i was thinking red or yellow are the classic colors. Yellow is usually what was used on the 5 inch tachs with shift lights right???

 

yea they are usually yellow