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Originally Posted by MikeN02
When exactly is the correct RPM range to shift?
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Well this question ties into how you feel the break-in procedures should be. Ideally you shouldn't push it over 8k for the first 1000 miles, unless for only a brief moment. The main point of break-in periods are to keep from glazing and or damaging the metal or rings, both can and are caused by staying in a fixed, small range of revs for any extended period of time. So thats where shifting at different revs helps, for example: shift into second at 3k rpm, then hold out to third until around 5k rpm, and keep changing around it for each gear. So there isn't really an exact rpm to up-shift as long as its a wide range of revs and doesn't over use the same rpm for each gear. Did that make sense?