What RPM Is Your Shift Light Indicator Set To?

[kch]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

probably serious. on track i like to shift around 7k as that's peak power anyways. i don't need the extra 500rpm, and that's unnecessary stress on the motor. accordingly, i have my shift light set around 6800 just in case.

[g e]

OK, so much for the red light. How many times y'all hit fuel cut off in moments of over exuberance?

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by kch

probably serious. on track i like to shift around 7k as that's peak power anyways. i don't need the extra 500rpm, and that's unnecessary stress on the motor. accordingly, i have my shift light set around 6800 just in case.

Okay, that makes sense if he's only driving the car on a track. In traffic he'd never get out of second gear.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

til the flashing red light isn't the settable shift indicator

I don't think my shift indicator is set to any rpm, plz add to poll OP

Me neither that is why I say it is set to off. I don't need no stinking light to tell me where I am at. As I have said before when I teach the grandson to drive the car I will be covering the tach so he learns by sound and feel not by reading a gauge. Not like everybody drives the same way and needs to shift at exact revs all the time anyway.

[Heat Sinker]

It is set at A mere 3200. A nice gentle brake in period

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[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Heat Sinker

It is set at A mere 3200. A nice gentle brake in period

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If you read the whole break in procedure it says very specifically not to do the same things all the time. Supposed to vary the speed you drive, stay off of cruise and mix things up. Not sure if that applies to shifting as well though but I still shifted at varying revs at break in.

[SUB-FT86]

The motor has a 7450 redline but you can't access that so I put it at 7400.

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by g e

OK, so much for the red light. How many times y'all hit fuel cut off in moments of over exuberance?

Dozens over the past 3 years and 46k miles, bet some cars have hit hundreds.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Dozens over the past 3 years and 46k miles, bet some cars have hit hundreds.

If you listen to some people on here then every single time they shift! At least that is what they will tell you.

[GSpeed]

First lights at 5500, red lights at 7500.

Sequential FTW.

[Heat Sinker]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

If you read the whole break in procedure it says very specifically not to do the same things all the time. Supposed to vary the speed you drive, stay off of cruise and mix things up. Not sure if that applies to shifting as well though but I still shifted at varying revs at break in.

I was a little uncertain myself. I cant see the necessity of high 6k+ rpm needed to brake things in. What i do instead is how quickly I get to 60 in the rev range. variable driving style. I'm a grandpa in break in periods.

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[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

If you listen to some people on here then every single time they shift! At least that is what they will tell you.

Given that there's probably a few dozen 86's autocrossing every single weekend, bouncing off the rev-limiter down the straight is better than shifting to third or worse lifting off the throttle, we'd know if there were serious issues with hitting the fuel cut multiple times.

[humfrz]

I may be confused ........ but, as I thought I understood the question ...... I have the shift light set at 6,500, because it takes me a while to react and I don't like hitting the fuel cut off.

Yes, upon rare occasions, I have hit the fuel cut off ...... because I was having an exceptionally slow day .......


humfrz

[Packofcrows]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

I meant I shift by 7k. Not at.

1st at 3.5, 2nd at 2.5, 3rd at 6.5k, 4th around 4k and 5 and 6 below 4k