richard_syko
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What do you use to find the best shift point?
Please dont say the limiter 
Would it be just as the power band falls from a dyno read out as then you would have had the maximum power?
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Steve
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between 4000 - 4500rpm
i mostly drive in this manner
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richard_syko
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quote: Originally posted by Corsa_Sam
between 4000 - 4500rpm
i mostly drive in this manner
In you car maybe
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mazdaspeed
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between 2 to 3k normally.
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Tom
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Depends how and what your driving really 
[Edited on 08-08-2005 by Tom]
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Stu
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Peak power is the time to shift!
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mazdaspeed
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So about 7,500 rpm for me, but that's the limiter lol.
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quote: Originally posted by richard_syko
What do you use to find the best shift point?
Please dont say the limiter 
Would it be just as the power band falls from a dyno read out as then you would have had the maximum power?
look at your power curve
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richard_syko
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But if you shift at peek power you are not using it because the clutch would obviously take power away and it would be wasted.
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--Dave--
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watch the Fast and the Furious... tells you how to change gear faster to avoid losing power....

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Dan B
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Depends how I'm driving......if I'm taking it easy, anything between 3.5k to 5k; if I'm hooning it, between 5k to 6k.
Last RR session showed peak-power at 6008 rpm...
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stuartmitchell
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My torque curve peaks at 5500 rpm however when it comes to racing I just take it the limiter 
everyday driving 3k
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CorsAsh
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quote: Originally posted by --Dave--
watch the Fast and the Furious... tells you how to change gear faster to avoid losing power....

7 times a second? Think those 34spd boxes in F&F are great 
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VegasPhil
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3k. Is terribly slow Perhaps I should try the limiter
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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--Dave--
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thought they were 39 speed?
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CorsAsh
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quote: Originally posted by --Dave--
thought they were 39 speed?
Were they? Hmm. Maybe they were 34 in 2F2F... trying to make it more realistic than the first
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--Dave--
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yes was definitely 39 speed in the first one, Gran Turismo in the car as well
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CorsAsh
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"Doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile, just look how shiny my head is!!!" - Vin Diesel
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--Dave--
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"Winning is winning, look at how my head reflects your green neons"
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Steve
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"Winning is winning, now watch me fist myself"
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CorsAsh
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"You're lucky that 100 shot o'Nos didn't blow the welds on my ever so shiny head..."
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--Dave--
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"winning is winning" is the only quote i know
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CorsAsh
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Stu
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My car revs to 8,000rpm but peak power is at 7,200rpm. even if im ragging it I tend to aim for a 7k change!
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--Dave--
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PMSL @ that picture
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