Red Line

[patrickt]

Here is what the program suggested for me, after giving it my FE's torque curve, the Tremec specs, the rear specs, tire specs, car weight, etc. You can safely ignore the 4-5 shift as I don't hit that too often. You can also ignore the top gear MPH calculation (drag coefficient is not considered). What I do in real life is just try and shift at 6000 and I have my adjustable rev limiter (mounted in the back of the glove box) set at 6400. If I bounce off the rev limiter in a fit of unbridled exhuberance (which does happen) then I quietly scold myself, but I can usually feel what 6000 is without having to look down at the tach. Here's the chart that it spit out for me and a nifty shot of my adjustable rev limiter.