HI

did anyone play with rev indicator value? It goes pretty low by default (5000). When I drive aggressivly in sport/manual mode 5700-5800 does the job better in high gears, but on the other hand 1st or 2nd you may miss it. What are your thoughts about it?

 

I typically kept it at 5800 RPM. I found that to be a decent RPM to indicate it's almost time to shift. Note, I had the 300 AWD, so 6600 RPM redline.

 

That makes the difference indeed. I have 200t/300 RWD. Maximum is 6100. So I have 300 revs to change the gear. You have 800 revs to do it, still less than default. It should be the value to compare.

I started with 5500 so 600, but it was too short at 4th or 5th gear where I operate the most often on the road.

 

After practising I’m really good with nailing shifts in manual about 100rpm PAST the redline without bouncing off the rev limiter.

So personally I set mine to 4800rpm where the car makes max torque so that I can get the red light on when I’m giving it hard gas. It’s like my power band indicator instead of a shift light....Basically I use it to know I’m actually making some power/mashing it because the 350 feels pretty gutless below 4500-5000 rpm, it pulls hard up top but down low not really.
Also if doing some spirited driving my rev light coming on at 4800+ let’s me know I’m in the power band, if it goes off because I’ve dropped below 4800 I know I’m not in the optimal part of the band, since stock 3.5 V6 makes max torque at 4800rpm and you wouldn’t want to drop below that when driving hard.

I find it doesn’t make sense to use it as a “shift now” light because the rpm’s climb at different speeds depending on gears so where you shift in one gear is not the same place you’ll shift at other gears. IMO.

 

Interesting suggestion, I have to try. It can tell me also when I should shift down.