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Old 06-03-2013, 04:49 PM   #4 (permalink)
Beau
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
One "rule-of-thumb" is about 70% of the max-torque rpm, so roughly 2,000 rpm:

1,960 = 0.7 × 2,800 ~ 2,000 rpm
I have an Infinity 635 6MT and its max torque occurs at 4800 RPM; that would make the suggested shift point approx 3400 - does that sound high to you (it does to me)? I usually shift much lower than that - using Infinity's suggested speed/gear.

Thoughts?
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