what RPMs are people shifting at and is it bad to shift alot at 5grand or not really iam newer to stick so some help would be great thanks alot

 

Its not bad to shift at 5 grand assuming you keep your car maintained.
I drive pretty agressively, but I don't shift at 5K "all the time".

Normal daily driving you wanna shift between 3-4K.

 

Just depends on how you are driving. If i'm not feeling in a frisky mood, i'll shift around 3-4k, if i'm out to go fast then 5-7k.

 

Yea...in my 1.8t..im btwn 3-4k when im wither just crusin or coming off a cold start...otherwise...aggressive driving in btwn 5-6K...havnt seen red yet tho..and prefer my engine in one piece

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yea well when i drive i just floor it and keep it redlined until i see smoke then i shift...by then the engine is nice and warmed up so i can turn on the heat..lol im just bein an ***....yea what these guys have said is right

 

Its been done...Cough cough cough[sm=hia.gif]

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just not to the RL tho...

 

On a related note....how about downshifting. For example....if I drop gears and my rpms kick up to 5k, is that ok? At what point does it become unhealthy for the car? Thanks.

 

Yea..thats ok s long as yuor not doing it like every second...its bad when you dont go in for service and blow your belts...then you run into a small issue

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That is what the redline is for... you try and stay out of it. 5k is out of the redline, but approaching it... so you want to be careful up there. It's harder to accelerate the motor past 5k though, than to hold it at 5k. accelerating and decelerating is hardest on your motor. you could prolly cruise at 5k for a little bit, at god knows how fast that'd be (pretty fast to cruise at).