Nissan 370Z Forum - View Single Post - How high to rev before shifting in each gear?

eurojjj19 · 11-27-2013, 09:07 AM

So you can essentially shift at any point up to the redline and there will be no damage done to the car? Still learning about manual transmissions and trying to wrap my head around everything. I normally shift out of first gear between 3-3500 RPM and at that point it starts to sound like the engine is starting to whine a little. But people are saying you can go even higher than that in first gear (5k+ RPM), so that is ok to do and wont damage anything?

Should i worry about what MPH im at when shifting through each gear or is it all about RPM? I assume there a max MPH for each gear that i should stay below?

11-27-2013, 09:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
eurojjj19 Base Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Illinois Posts: 13 Drives: 2014 Nissan 370z M6 Rep Power: 12	So you can essentially shift at any point up to the redline and there will be no damage done to the car? Still learning about manual transmissions and trying to wrap my head around everything. I normally shift out of first gear between 3-3500 RPM and at that point it starts to sound like the engine is starting to whine a little. But people are saying you can go even higher than that in first gear (5k+ RPM), so that is ok to do and wont damage anything? Should i worry about what MPH im at when shifting through each gear or is it all about RPM? I assume there a max MPH for each gear that i should stay below? Last edited by eurojjj19; 11-27-2013 at 09:09 AM.