ok so ive had my car for about a month and ive been wondering if im shifting when im supposed to...i shift at about 3k every time, should i be doing it differently...for normal driving...but say when im getting on the highway or just feel like letting it loose..what range should i be going up 2..i dont want to like hurt the car and i just was wondering like whats the fasted i should go in a certian gear...the manual in the car give u some....but wow..those are horrible...just wondering?

oh and if i you need to know..its a oz rally and has a sri....

 

Anything under the redline is fine.

 

lol +1...

and incase you were wondering Axioq, I'm always all over the tachometer in all weather conditions at any time of the year... with a turbo kit.. and the engine has yet to fail me and I'm at about 42000 miles. =) *knock on wood*

 

6100rpm is my usual shift point in all the gears and been doing it for 85 000miles

 

I was actually thinkin it was the opposite

 

i shift at 6 with an auto

Training your car is fun

 

I do to... mabey a lil higher then 6 in 1'st, 2nd gear.

 

i really hope you guys are kidding when you say you shift at or around 6k. the only gear i rev that close to that high is 1st when i'm pulling out in traffic...even then i call it quites at 5,500rpms.

....damn!!!! 6k your poor car(s)

 

I try not to do it but every so often it is fun... haha

"Whats that burnt smell?"

 

Not kidding at all. I broke in the motor at 3k rpm for a few hundred miles, and I shift at 6k rpm ever since. Obviously I don't shift that high in heavy traffic, but 6k is my usual shift point unless I want to cruise on the highway, I'll shift out of 4th around 5.5k. Mitsu made the cut-off at 6200, meaning it's "safe" to rev up to that. I don'T see why I would shift lower As long as you maintain your car properly you shouldn't run into any issue. The engine still sounds and feel normal.

 

the powerband on a stock engine pretty much dies at 5.5K, that's where I shift, unless I'm climbing a hill and need that little extra to not drop from the powerband into the next gear

 

that is a very valid statement

i just feel better my ride if i don't rev it out ALL the time....don't get me wrong; 3rd gear is amazing to take to the rev limiter i geuss it's all a matter of personal preference.

mark

 

good lord i always thought shifting around 3 or 3.5 was the safe shift for normal driving. i guess i've been missing out

 

haha yes we all love the sound of our engines
for good gas milage i shift before 2.5k
lowest it will go is 2k or else you get errrrrrrrrrrrrrr :P
i love going to 6k until i can watch my gas gauge atcually move down

 

I don't even look at what I shift at I listen to the engine. but to safe gas just shift before 4 basically shifting early hehe