G-WIZ KID

I meant how high can you that is safe for the car when down****ing?

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iTrader: (3)

again, u can rev it up as high as u want in whichever gear u want as long as u dont pass redline...even if u do get to redline it'll just start bouncing off the revlimit....i wouldn't keep pinning the needle at redline tho

G-WIZ KID

I knew that. I'm just worried if doing it too much the engine would explode or sumtin. ahahahaha

RedlineSi

Sigh......

DiamondGCoupe

iTrader: (4)

You have to be under 4,000RPMs for the car to actually downshift into the lower gear so anything below that.

G-WIZ KID

OK. Dats what I meant. Becaus in situation like freeway driving, I want to be able to downshift but I'm afraid after downshifting the RPM jumps too high like 6-7.

RedG37SNC

Speed, Gear and RPM are linked, I just look at RPM. First look at where you RPM is. If you at 6K you don't want to downshift, wait till it's at 3 or 4K, then downshift. 4K's will probably be an agressive downshift and may put you up at redline, 2-3K will probably put you above 6K which would be a comfortable downshift.
I haven't made a study of this yet since I'm still breaking in, but I'd start with downshifting at 3K and see where it puts you at.

Some supercars don't have a redline on their tachs... they say the redline is courage..lol.

G-WIZ KID

Yep. Thats exactly what I mean. Is it ok that the needle bounces from 3 to say 6. Doing this daily would ruin the tranny I would assume. Just don't want to F@*k up a $40k car.

Orbie

I doubt it would, they designed the car to be well within safe operating limits with it's current capabilities. You may increase wear and tear on the car, however I doubt you would ruin the tranny. The car has a redline of 7500 rpm, even then you probably have some safety built in there. You putting it to 6K is nothing, this car is a high strung car, to get to the real power you have to string it out to high rpms. If you were to say track this car or race it, the car would basically live up in that range. Think about other cars similar to this, I'm going to use Honda as an example. Their sports cars are known for being high revving. Yet they also have a reputation for being very reliable. Look at the S2000, any Type R, GSR, Si etc. Now in the long run your car may not last for as long as someone who drives like a granny but were talking a long time from now. The biggest thing you'd notice right away is your fuel economy would go down the drain if you kept driving in the high rpm band. Of course I'm also talking about a stock car, you start modifying things and it's all up in the air.