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Shift....NOW
Was wondering what's the ideal RPM range to shift at. I swapped to a 5spd awhile back, and hot wired the neutral safety switch to I could run the manual ECU. I recently took it to about 6800 and boy it seemed sooo much quicker [in my n/a neon lolz]
Is this normal? As in the higher rev's? I thought there was a rev limit, but maybe I was mistaken.
So with that;
Take off?
Thru the gears?
Help a newb out, thanks.
Is this normal? As in the higher rev's? I thought there was a rev limit, but maybe I was mistaken.
So with that;
Take off?
Thru the gears?
Help a newb out, thanks.
There is always a rev limit.
Stock cam? HP takes a nose dive right around 6000. Shift right after that.
Stock cam? HP takes a nose dive right around 6000. Shift right after that.
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MTX rpm cut is supposed to be 6750 for an unmodified pcm. ATX is 6000, IIRC. The R/T is 6780 or some undetectable difference using the factory tach. My R/T pcm appears to be at the 6750 mark, for what it's worth.
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Mine tops out at 6750, I can vouch for it on a number of occasions!
Like Jeff said, shift around 6K where power falls off if you're looking to go fast. For every day shifting, I like 3K, sometimes as high as 4K if I need a little umph. The power band is somewhat small on these cars; starts around 3500 and pulls until 6000 ish. For economy driving, shift around 2500. Anything lower and you'll likely bog with any attempt at acceleration.
Like Jeff said, shift around 6K where power falls off if you're looking to go fast. For every day shifting, I like 3K, sometimes as high as 4K if I need a little umph. The power band is somewhat small on these cars; starts around 3500 and pulls until 6000 ish. For economy driving, shift around 2500. Anything lower and you'll likely bog with any attempt at acceleration.
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Me toFAC3L3SS wrote:I hit 7600 the other day :shrugs:
Yeah my 2gn the tach would get wierd and sometimes like show 6800 but its 6750 i believe ive tapped off it as well as just hit it plenty of times i shifted around 6400 -6600 try there since you have some decent bolt ons
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JeffB#2 wrote:There is always a rev limit.
Stock cam? HP takes a nose dive right around 6000. Shift right after that.
It seems to drop at 6000, but gains back at 6400. Stock internals, full bolt on's minus a UDP.
When I shift at 6000 into second it seems to bog? [lose power] then we I hit 5k it picks back up.
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dont drop the clutch and it wont bog.neonslg09 wrote:JeffB#2 wrote:There is always a rev limit.
Stock cam? HP takes a nose dive right around 6000. Shift right after that.
It seems to drop at 6000, but gains back at 6400. Stock internals, full bolt on's minus a UDP.
When I shift at 6000 into second it seems to bog? [lose power] then we I hit 5k it picks back up.
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You can shift out of 1st as high as you can, but 2nd or 3rd shift around 6300. The ECU will rev to 6750, but sometimes the momentum will carry it past that.
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good to know...i'll try this out this friday and let you know how it worked out. I've been wondering this same thing.
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Yep, I can hold it till it shuts down, shift into 2nd, let the clutch back out, and chirp the tires. Inertia is a beautiful thing.
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2000 Neon MTX swap with '02 R/T PCMOlha Koba, a psychologist in Kyiv, said that “anger and hate in this situation is a normal reaction and important to validate.” But it is important to channel it into something useful, she said, such as making incendiary bombs out of empty bottles.
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I always had an issue with my car though. WOT shifting into 2nd, I'm shifting faster than the car is coming off the rev limiter, so it bogs for a split second, and then comes back onto power.occasional demons wrote:Yep, I can hold it till it shuts down, shift into 2nd, let the clutch back out, and chirp the tires. Inertia is a beautiful thing.
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bring it past redline then shift i kid i kid
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