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Old 05-26-2004, 12:20 PM   #3
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Re: When to shift?

WHAT? 1200? ARE you kidding? The turbo wont even spool that low.
To answer your original question, my turbos don't spool till 2500, but that is really determined by the size of your turbo(s) and the air moving through them. If you get intake and exhaust, downpipe and other mods, the turbo will spool faster. Regardless, there are equations to figure out ideal shift points, on my car, some of them even worked out to be past redline(but you don't want to do that) so when in doubt, just take it to redline in every gear if you are trying to race. If you are trying to get good gas mileage, shift at 1500 or whatever your lowest point is.
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