Thread: How high to rev before shifting in each gear?
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Old 11-27-2013, 09:15 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by eurojjj19 View Post
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?
I think you should first learn what RPM means & what it does to the pistons/rings & all moving engine parts. Then get some cool sounding mufflers & enjoy yourself for the rest of your engine's life, which should be apx. 25k miles.
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