Where should my redline be?
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Drifting
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From: Potomac Falls VA
Where should my redline be?
Not that I have ever really pushed my car but with the 5speed in and a new diff sometime in the near future, I can definitely see it happening more often......
Where should I consider the redline to be? 5500?
My engine is a 383 from Jasper
http://www.jasperengines.com/pdf/Cla...-383-385-h.pdf
and I have the TKO-500. I am looking to move to something like a 3.7 rear soon.
Thanks
Shane
Where should I consider the redline to be? 5500?
My engine is a 383 from Jasper
http://www.jasperengines.com/pdf/Cla...-383-385-h.pdf
and I have the TKO-500. I am looking to move to something like a 3.7 rear soon.
Thanks
Shane
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Did they give you any dyno tables for the engine? If so you should be able to look at that to determin the correct shift points. If they did not give you any I would contact them for the tables.
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Drifting
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From: Potomac Falls VA
I have those and that is something I will take a look at as well...But I was more concerned about not blowing up my engine by shooting a piston through the hood.
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The red line can easily be determined on the type of cam your running. A Hydraulic cam would red line similar as a stock cam at 5500, a solid lifter cam would be safe to at least 7000 depending on the valve springs.
