Thread: Got the tach to about 4900 - 5100
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Old Dec 21, 2011 | 12:30 PM
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Default Re: Got the tach to about 4900-5100
Originally Posted by Joliet John
That's why you shift right before you hit the rev limiter. It's not just a matter of what's happening when you're in the current gear, but where the R's end up after your shift. You don't want to shift so much before red line that you drop out of the power band when you hit the next gear, right?
Hows this for coincedence... running through the Miata forum..

You can safely redline the tach, if you mean going up to the redline. However I wouldn't be doing it with each and every upshift in the case of a Miata or any other car. But why do you have to in the first place? Once you get past peak power and torque, all rpm does is serve as an exceptionally weak testosterone substitute.
 
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