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Old 05-05-2012, 10:33 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I'm a big fan of shifting early, or should I say shifting fast and early, for instance, at a stop sign I would shift from 1st to 2nd to 3rd before I have left the intersection, every time, all the time. I shift at 1500rpm unless I need to boot it then its 2000rpm.
That's how I accelerate with my Mustang most of the time. I beat most other drivers through the intersection. On a steep uphill on-ramp, I'll shift at 2500RPM so I can merge at the PSL.
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