What are your shifting points during DD?
#21
Depends on the mood I'm in. If I'm chill just driving around anywhere between 2000-2500rpm. When I feel like hearing my exhaust I take it to 4k. But like many, its hard for me to remember the last time that I hadn't gone WOT at least once while driving.
#23
I shift at 2k in each gear but 4-5, in that case I rev to 2200 since 5th gear is such a stretch away. I found the best fuel mileage to be dropping the next highest gear at 1500. Shifting at 1500 is way to low and you're just lugging the engine in the next gear. If you listen really closly I bet you can hear your engines bearings screaming of oil stavation. FWIW I have factory gears, but if I had aftermarket gears I probably wouldn't change my shift points. I tried shifting at 2500 and my fuel mileage was worse.
#26
umm i just stay in 1st gear at 6000 rpms where ever i go i dont know how to shift yet hahaha lol butusually when just cruising i shift at 2500, fast driving (not WOT just accelerating fast) i go to 4000. But for the most part from 1st to 2nd i go up to 3k, 2 to 3rd 2.5k, and 3rd to 4th 2k rpms etc..
Last edited by TheNameless; 03-25-2011 at 02:18 PM.
#27
I just took my car out this afternoon to try and drive like you p*ssies, I mean, you guys. Holy crap, does everyone where you guys live drive 19-30mph? Maybe its just the tri-state NY/NJ/CT driving style but my *** would be rear-ended if I accelerated until 1800rpms and then shifted. Is the car even in its powerband yet? Geez....
#29
I just took my car out this afternoon to try and drive like you p*ssies, I mean, you guys. Holy crap, does everyone where you guys live drive 19-30mph? Maybe its just the tri-state NY/NJ/CT driving style but my *** would be rear-ended if I accelerated until 1800rpms and then shifted. Is the car even in its powerband yet? Geez....
#30