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Old 09-07-2007, 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by audomatik
Do exactly what Kylie said... shifting earlier will only put you farther out of boost, farther out of your power band and put you farther back from the competition. You can try it out on the highway Brett, check your speeds at shifts when you shift early and keep an eye on the cluster in general and you'll notice a big difference in speed.

Great first time at the track. If you can get your 60' times down you'll run much faster ETs.
Shifting earlier won't put me out of boost, I am fully spooled by like 2300 RPM's, even if I shift at 4500 I'm always going to be above 2300. The reason I was thinking I should shift earlier is because I have more torque down low. But if I shift at redline, I have a better gear ratio longer...I wasn't sure which was more important. I did get a much better trap speed shifting at redline, so I'll stick with that.
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