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What's a normal rpm for a heavy throttle second to third shift?
Mine shifts at 6500 when in D5.
Thanks for any answers.
Mine shifts at 6500 when in D5.
Thanks for any answers.
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2004 Tbird. I don't know that answer, but i do know that the best power curve is around 4,000 rpm. Whenever i'm racing anyone, i switch to manual shifting and i shift to next gear at 4,000 rpm, this seems to deliver the best performance and fastest speed. When car was new, i raced much more often, beat vettes, porches, challengers, etc from 0-60 mph. They all, of course had to go to 80+ to prove something, but i beat them up to that point and backed off, i don't need a ticket.What's a normal rpm for a heavy throttle second to third shift?
Mine shifts at 6500 when in D5.
Thanks for any answers.
I beat almost every car I ran against for the first 2 years, maybe my reaction time is better, but when these cars were new, seemed everyone wanted to race.Well I went for a spirited ride this morning and I can tell you that the maximum 2002 shift RPM in automatic with wide open throttle was very close to 6,300 RPM in all gears. And its true that many (most?) cars' torque curve doesn't peak at the maximum shift RPM... If you look at the '02 TBird spec sheet, max torque is at 4,300 RPM. The '02 dash tach doesn't have an actual red line indicated; I assume this is because the electronics are going to shift before the car is damaged regardless of whether its automatic or you are doing the "slap" shifting; D1...D5, etc...
Curb weight is nearly 3,800 lbs (not light cars); a 0-60 time of 6.5 seconds (according to Edmunds 2004 specs); a C6 Corvette base motor is 400 hp and it weighs 3,200 lbs 0-60 in 4.8 seconds - by the time the TBird hits 50 mph in nearly 5 seconds; the vette has hit close to 65 mph.
So if you're beating a Corvette in a retro bird you're running nitro... I'm just sayin'...
What's a normal rpm for a heavy throttle second to third shift?
Mine shifts at 6500 when in D5.
Thanks for any answers.