have any you red line u r ralliart yet i red line is it ok to tip the red line?

 

The redline is there to prevent damage, anyone who has raced thier RA has probably hit red. Once you get used to the car, you will know exactly when to shift anyway.

 

I've redlined my RA once or twice. As long as you're not always using the rev-limiter to remind you to shift, you shouldn't hurt your car.

 

Ya, you can redline without causing damage, just dont hold the revs in the red, and try to shift before 7000rpm.

 

yea ive gone past redline twice... i havent hit the rev limiter... hitting the rev limiter is worse than redlining though... jsut becuase your engine is under a lot of stress and the rev limiter immeadiatley kicks the engine back down...

 

No, I haven't redlined yet but I've come right up yo it. Seems like it wouldn't be a prudent thing to make a habit of.

 

no need to if your racing because we get peak hp at 5750, so i would shift around 6 or less if i were you guys. anything over that and you loose power.

 

that's so false, sure the horsepower tails off a bit at 6000+ but it's still more than if you shifted at say 5750, then the next gear you would be under mivec at like 2700-3000rpm and you would lose way more than if you redlined the last gear and then shifted into mivec at like 3500-3700. trust me on this.

 

poco's right...

 

True. You want to stay in mivec

 

Poco IS right. I used to have a RSX and the same theory applied there b/c of the I-vtec. Now, if we were in a Turbo or a larger displacement N/A car like a corvette or something then Rusty's theory may hold true.

 

I always aim to shift when the needle hits 7k -- that's my mark. I start the shift by then, though, so it probably never actually goes through. Unlike with the Evo, though, I can definitely feel that optimum acceleration comes if you stay as high in the revs as possible. I've hit the fuel cut once on each car... really makes ya wanna slap yourself when it hits. It's great that the safety device is there. I wonder why Mitsu didn't just use a straight rev limiter tied into the electronic throttle control, though.

 

I hit the rev limiter once, passing a car and thought i was in 3rd and was in 2nd...duhhh...but anyway, if you start to shift at 5500, you should EASILY be able to be in the next gear and not have it drop below 4000...

 

Ok, update. I did shifting tests for about 10 minutes on the local interstate and as a result, I've bumped my 3rd gear passing downshift threshold from 65 to 70 It takes a fast shift from 3rd to 4th, but you can still pull it off with better overall accel. than just going to 4th. I was very surprised. Anyone not really confident in their shifting skills, though, should still probably stick to the 65mph threshold for 3rd gear selection on passing.

Now I have a burning desire to upgrade my shifter bushings and clutch line. This car is more sloppy in stock form than I had realized.

 

Easily? you wont be travelling at a fast enough velocity to be in the 4000rpm range if you shift at 5500rpm, we're talking about upshifting right?