Find out what revolution(RPM) your car makes the most power, and shift a bit after that.
depends on how you drive it….if you want to stay in first gear you can but you will hit cutoff one time. For normal driving I shift from 1st to 2nd at 2500rpms and 3000 for the other gears
Well, are you trying to go fast or just drive normally?
Normal cars get to max hp around 4500 rpm so shifting close to 6000 is the best when trying to get the max, in performance cars is higher depending on the engine, some engines have the redline at 6000, others at 8000 and rotary can get easily to 10000. Now if you want to make the car more economical, never shift over 3000, is kind of lost power and gas.
Like the stig’s cousin mentioned, if you are street raging with someone then shift around the rpm that the engine churns out max power (should be in the specifications). Else for a petrol engine, shift around 3-3.5k rpm which should be pretty smooth.
Are you racing, or are you commuting?
Valve float.
Are you serious? This is like common sense 101. If you’re racing, shift at redline. If you want to get the best fuel efficiency shift as short as you can without lugging the engine. During normal street driving I usually shift at 2000-2500 RPM. But that’s for my big V8. A smaller displacement engine can’t shift that short without lugging.
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Find out what revolution(RPM) your car makes the most power, and shift a bit after that.
depends on how you drive it….if you want to stay in first gear you can but you will hit cutoff one time. For normal driving I shift from 1st to 2nd at 2500rpms and 3000 for the other gears
Well, are you trying to go fast or just drive normally?
Normal cars get to max hp around 4500 rpm so shifting close to 6000 is the best when trying to get the max, in performance cars is higher depending on the engine, some engines have the redline at 6000, others at 8000 and rotary can get easily to 10000. Now if you want to make the car more economical, never shift over 3000, is kind of lost power and gas.
Like the stig’s cousin mentioned, if you are street raging with someone then shift around the rpm that the engine churns out max power (should be in the specifications). Else for a petrol engine, shift around 3-3.5k rpm which should be pretty smooth.
Are you racing, or are you commuting?
Valve float.
Are you serious? This is like common sense 101. If you’re racing, shift at redline. If you want to get the best fuel efficiency shift as short as you can without lugging the engine. During normal street driving I usually shift at 2000-2500 RPM. But that’s for my big V8. A smaller displacement engine can’t shift that short without lugging.