You should launch at 4000+ rpms, and I would shift at about 5500. Be carefull though, if your motor has a lot of miles don't wait to long to shift... But you don't want to short shift it, otherwise your gonna lose car lengths after each shift...

 

yea you should be able to launch at around 5000rpm. When you launch you have to burn up the clutch a bit though and not just dump it, otherwise the car will just bog right down. and for shifting i think the red line was 6500 so i would say 6000 for a shift.

 

Thanks guys, so I just check outside and its raining, so my awd should serve a purpose right?

 

well i personally think it has alot to do with what year mustang,as well as what year gsx,the running condition of both of them along with driving skills.more than likely you will take him,but in racing ANYTHING IS CAPABLE OF HAPPENING.also what do you mean its raining the awd will serve its purpose?i hope that you dont think that awd is your saving grace to go out and drive like it was dry out,cause thats not how it works.yes the characteristics of awd will make it a better performer in the rain vs. FWD AND RWD,but just dont think you can do what you want to without any drawbacks.

 

the Redline is 7000 and the rev limit is like 7400/7500 so you can ride over redline if desiring to do so

 

yea i couldn't remember exactly what the redline was. I guess its all on how you feel comfortable driving and shifting, for example tim (the evo MR kid) like to shift it and hit the rev limiter every time, or is that just that he's a bad driver. IDK

 

I try not to redline thank you LOL... I prefer to shift around 5750-6K but that's also my Sentra a FWD 1.8L engine... (BUT I have a timiong CHAIN BITCHES LOL)

 

the EVO rev limits at 7500 and redline at 7k... after tuneing it the RPMs move so much faster I look at teh peak RPMs on the SAFC and I am shifting it at 7100-7300 every time lol... its great though no power loss in that area. but then again it isnt uncommon for EVO guys to reflash and ride out to 7800RPMs I wont do that one but alot of them do. so it much be strong head to take that without trouble

 

Ive seen people redline there car all the time and nothing happens... But Ive also seen people blow there motors after doing it a few times... Like I mentioned before.. I wouldnt redline it since its an older motor and prolly has higher milage... Winning 1 race isnt worth buying a new motor...

 

I doubt it will break on redline. TheEngineer had a TSi AWD that had 135k on it and redlineing that thing was not a problem and that is on a 7bolt