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What RPM do you shift at 1st through 5th gear on the 2.5 during normal driving?
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3.5k-4.5k
Last edited by GIT-R-DONE; 10/30/05 11:47 PM.
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It makes peak HP at redline...
it makes peak gas mileage at or below ~3200. you can decide from there.
(VERY simplified... don't anyone jump in with "well.. technically..." on that mileage statement.)
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6950. No ifs, ands,or buts.
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~2000 to 3500 depending on what traffic I'm in.
Unless I'm feelin a little frisky, then I'll do the ol higher rpm shifts.
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Normally it's:
1st- 3200rpm
2nd- 3200rpm
3rd- 2700rpm
4th- 2200rpm
Then I'm in 5th.
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I go from first to 3rd and then to 5th I drive slow I know 
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Originally posted by Goonz SVT:
I go from first to 3rd and then to 5th
I drive slow I know
I do that when I drive cars with torque. The Contour is not one of them. 
Occasionally I'll go from 3rd to 5th but that's usually downhill.
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Originally posted by Ray:
It makes peak HP at redline...
it makes peak gas mileage at or below ~3200. you can decide from there.
(VERY simplified... don't anyone jump in with "well.. technically..." on that mileage statement.)
Ray
if you have a standard duratec it makes power to about 5.5 krpm, after that it is just noise
I normally hit about 3 to 4 krpm when cruizing otherwise I hit about 6 since this is where my power drops off
on the zetec about the same type of thing but there isn't that much power 
- 95 Mystique LS - Zetec/5spd
- 99 Contour SeVT Sport - Duratec/5spd
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