Mike Cash
New Member
If you don't short shift you are missing out on the best power production from this engine. This engine is designed to produce torque, not horsepower. The best wave of torque to surf is well below redline. Wringing it's neck for more power will only disappoint.
Try it - you'll like it.
I normally shift around 3,000. My comment had to do with the designed behavior of the rev limiter, not my shifting habits. The first time I hit the rev limiter was passing on a two-lane road and that sudden power cutoff damned near made me sh!t my pants. Far more alarming than if it had just gone to 6,500 and stayed there refusing to go higher.