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for a quarter mile track you should get into 4th gear. If your not getting into 4th, then your definately doing something wrong. Usually with these motors, hp peaks out right at about 6800 rpm, I find that this is the best place to shift. This way you shift right at max hp, and are right around peak torque when you enter the new gear. good luck.
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How to decide when to shift 101:
- You want maximum torque at the wheels at all times.
- Shift when torque at the wheels in the next gear is higher than torque at the wheels for current gear at your current speed, or shift at redline, whichever comes first.
CarTest has a "Drive Power In Gears" graph that is useful for understanding how you should choose shift points, and for estimating what they should be on the FD. I attached a "drive power in gears" graph (for a Viper). The y-axis shows the drive power (torque @ the wheels) and the x-axis corresponds to vehicle speed. There is a separate line for each gear. Shift where the lines cross, or redline, whichever comes first. On the FD, the lines usually cross before redline, so shifting before redline should be faster. As always, these are estimates -- you might have the numbers a little (or a lot) wrong, or other things unaccounted for in the model might creep in and make it inaccurate. But if you like cars and don't know this already, here's a great opportunity to learn something valuable.
-Max
- You want maximum torque at the wheels at all times.
- Shift when torque at the wheels in the next gear is higher than torque at the wheels for current gear at your current speed, or shift at redline, whichever comes first.
CarTest has a "Drive Power In Gears" graph that is useful for understanding how you should choose shift points, and for estimating what they should be on the FD. I attached a "drive power in gears" graph (for a Viper). The y-axis shows the drive power (torque @ the wheels) and the x-axis corresponds to vehicle speed. There is a separate line for each gear. Shift where the lines cross, or redline, whichever comes first. On the FD, the lines usually cross before redline, so shifting before redline should be faster. As always, these are estimates -- you might have the numbers a little (or a lot) wrong, or other things unaccounted for in the model might creep in and make it inaccurate. But if you like cars and don't know this already, here's a great opportunity to learn something valuable.
-Max
Last edited by maxcooper; 09-14-04 at 03:53 AM.
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max, is there any way you can make the picture bigger, it's too small...or if it's too big to post, email it to me: mpfcc@aol.com
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I just stole it from the CarTest site, and I can't make it bigger. You can still download CarTest 4.5 for free, I think, which has the FD in it, and is also the version that was used to make that graph. Here's the URL: http://www.cartestsoftware.com/cartest4.5/index.html
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Originally Posted by mpfcc
max, is there any way you can make the picture bigger
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/high-revs-myth-fact-347195/
Generated in Excel using actual values from a stock FD dyno sheet...
Generated by CarTest 2000 with an approximated torque curve based only on the peak value...
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Originally Posted by jimlab
Isn't it ironic that during your posting spree last night, you actually posted in a thread which covered this exact topic and had larger pictures. Apparently you didn't have enough time to read the thread.
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=347195
Generated in Excel using actual values from a stock FD dyno sheet...
Generated by CarTest 2000 with an approximated torque curve based only on the peak value...
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=347195
Generated in Excel using actual values from a stock FD dyno sheet...
Generated by CarTest 2000 with an approximated torque curve based only on the peak value...
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...6&page=2&pp=15
#11
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Originally Posted by mpfcc
Yes, but as I recall Mr. Analyze Mpfcc's Every ******* Move...the one Max posted is for a Viper right? I was curious about the VIPER graph he posted
The one you are referring to on the other post is for an FD, right?...different car ********, so get off my nuts and don't worry about my posts.
Then try www.graspingatstraws.com. They've got a chart showing how transparent the excuse is that you were looking for a chart showing VIPER shift points on an RX-7 forum, in the FD section, in a thread about FD shift points.
You're not exceptionally bright, are you.
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When the heat of the rolling world can be turned away
An enchanted moment, and it sees me through
It's enough for this restless warrior just to be with you
And can you feel the love tonight
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far
And can you feel the love tonight
How it's laid to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best
There's a time for everyone if they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn
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Ha you obviously have no clue jimlab, you just have to be right or else. Is it hard for you to fathom an FD owner wondering how the shift point diagram of a viper compares to an FD? BTW where did I ever say I was SPECIFICALLY looking for Viper info in an FD board??? Imagine this with your shallow thinking... You're looking at posts and you just got done looking at an FD shift point graph, you goto another post and wow low and behold somebody posts a Viper graph, you weren't looking for anything besides FD, but just out of curiousity you want to see how our beloved FD compares to a Viper...but hold on it's just too small to see clearly, so you ask the person how posted it if he can enlarge it...
And don't tell me that if you click on that thumbnail you can't see that it says VIPER.
If you look at my post times I posted on this thread @ 12:48 am (09/14/04)
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...5&page=3&pp=15
I asked max if he could blow up that pic @ 2:55 am on this post (09/14/04)
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...81#post3499181
So you are telling me that in that 2 hour period it's not possible for me to see that graph, move to the next and see a viper graph and want to see how the two compare. Nowhere did I SPECIFICALLY ask for the shift graphs on either. I suggest you get off your high perch, you may have technical knowledge valuble to this board, but you don't know **** when it comes to me. What's the point of flaming me, just because one night I decided to be very active on the board? Or is it because you aren't getting any at home and you're frustrated?
And don't tell me that if you click on that thumbnail you can't see that it says VIPER.
If you look at my post times I posted on this thread @ 12:48 am (09/14/04)
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...5&page=3&pp=15
I asked max if he could blow up that pic @ 2:55 am on this post (09/14/04)
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...81#post3499181
So you are telling me that in that 2 hour period it's not possible for me to see that graph, move to the next and see a viper graph and want to see how the two compare. Nowhere did I SPECIFICALLY ask for the shift graphs on either. I suggest you get off your high perch, you may have technical knowledge valuble to this board, but you don't know **** when it comes to me. What's the point of flaming me, just because one night I decided to be very active on the board? Or is it because you aren't getting any at home and you're frustrated?
Last edited by mpfcc; 09-17-04 at 04:40 AM.
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Originally Posted by mpfcc
BTW where did I ever say I was SPECIFICALLY looking for Viper info in an FD board???
you don't know **** when it comes to me.
Here's your VIPER (1997 Viper GTS) shift chart...
Last edited by jimlab; 09-17-04 at 10:46 AM.
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