Forgive me if this has been posted, but I searched for it to no avail. i was just wondering what everyone shifts at? I try adn keep it a bit under 3 grand unless i'm really stepping on it. What is the "proper" if any, shift point for the 2.3 CL's? 1st to second and so on...

Thanks in advance!

 

8000K

 

dannnngggg...that thing gots a hemi?

 

15k > *

 

is that anything above 1.5K?

 

keep it under 3K to save gas and normal driving conditions

if your beating the shit out of it try and keep under the rev-limiter.

 

i dont think i've ever kept it under 3gs since i bought it...well maybe in traffic

 

Yea I don't plan on beating my car at all, I need it to last me. Their isn't really an ideal shift plan for the cl is their? I know that in the manual it says like 15 for 1-2, 28 for 2-3 and so on, but i was just wondering what everyone else here usually shifts at or how they go about shifting. My car is completely stock BTW. I'm at the point where I can usually hear when it wants a shift.

 

I usually shift at 4k- seems to be quicker between gears and doesnt seem to put any stress on my tranny

 

Yea on my way home from work today I shifted a bit higher than I usually do and found this to be pretty true.

Also, my car seems to be a bit "shuttery" when getting out fo first sometimes, anyone know what this could be? Maybe my flywheel needs to be shaved down a bit?

 

^ Mine does that even with a new clutch and fly.. I have just come to accept it.

 

shit really? Sometimes its absolutely fine if I let out the clutch fairly slow, but if I let it out quick its shutters like crazy, my whole dash would shake, I guess im glad I found this out before I went out and had my clutch and fly looked at.

 

It all depends how I take it into first.

 

Give it more gas when you take off in 1st, mine does the same thing unless I slip it at 1500 or so

 

its a not a problem at all. your just not giving it enough gas. thats all.

 

X2, always seems like im giving it too much gas, but it will shudder if I don't bring it around 1500.

 

Rev to 1000x RPM before you engage the clutch, never below that. As you engage the clutch you want to hit the gas pedal at the same rate of speed opposite to that of you releasing the clutch. Make sense?

Practice this enough and you wont have to rev to engage first from a stop. You'll know exactly how much gas to give and how fast/slow to let off of the clutch. At times when i'm not lazy I can fly through the gears from a stop w/o feeling the engagement. My passengers can appreciate that.

 

really?? whoa... for some reason... im able to take off under 1500 without the car shuttering. ill try it again tomorrow morning when i go to work to make sure im not talking outta my ass!

 

i can take off without giving it any gas, i think you guys need to learn how to work a clutch!

 

Thats easy.....

 

I still need to work some bugs out after my clutch change though...

 

Yea I can do that if I let the clutch out real slow.

 

^and youre on a flat or downhill surface

what kinda bugs? i just changed mine too, and i think we have the same setup

 

lol! so can i.... but can u do that at a stop light with out getting honked at???.... didnt think so. lol!

 

i drive like grandma sometimes. i shift at:
1st 10mph ,2500 rpm
2nd 25, 2500
3rd 35
4th 45
5th 55

i dunno the rest.

 

when you drive cocoa's beast then you do it the opposite way.

 

NEGRO! how many gears do u think ur 5 speed has???

 

lol i mean the RPMs