red arrow shifting ?

[Elohim1]

I read in the manual the red arrow shows up on the dash at 6k rpm. This is before the red line.

Is this ******* the motor to push this far occasionally. Say a couple times every time you drive it. Or is the motor designed to withstand this type of driving quite safely?

Just looking for thoughts or experiences concerning the gen IV.

 

[Steve M]

I don't do it every time I drive it (not many places around here to do it safely), but I'd have no qualms about it...if the engine wasn't designed to handle it, they wouldn't have included it as a feature.

 

[mjorgensen Woodhouse]

It is just there for a visual heads up that red line is close, by the time you see it you should start your shift in order to get it done before you hit it (delay in reaction).

 

[345s-bspinnin]

This video is good example of when that redline turns on:

http://youtu.be/8yxPObH_jH4

Direct Link: http://youtu.be/8yxPObH_jH4

 

[Elohim1]

This video is good example of when that redline turns on:


Direct Link: http://youtu.be/8yxPObH_jH4

That's a good one ! Thanks.

 

[Shandon]

Redline Shift all the time and most every time and no problems.

 

[Allan]

I used to do it a lot, but realized I can accelerate harder by short shifting at about 5 grand on the tach.
-keeps the motor more in the power band, and the car pulls harder.
I do still run the motor up to the blinking red light if I am on a shorter straight, .......rather than upshift, and then have to downshift right away again before turn-in.
I never keep the throttle pinned bouncing off the rev limiter like in the first N'ring ACR video though.
(you could tell that isn't his car)

 

[ZZ SRT]

the red light is there to tell you to start your shift so it is before redline meaning within the designed operating range.

Also, doesn't the Mopar ECU raise the redline a couple hundred RPM? This to me says the stock gen iv redline is pretty conservative.

 

[Steve M]

the red light is there to tell you to start your shift so it is before redline meaning within the designed operating range.

Also, doesn't the Mopar ECU raise the redline a couple hundred RPM? This to me says the stock gen iv redline is pretty conservative.

It raises it 100 RPMs from 6,400 to 6,500 RPMs.

 

[King_]

This video is good example of when that redline turns on

Show off... Kick ass man!