Mopar Muscle Magazine 360

There is no reason to shift point a SB mopar or any engine to insane RPM's if it stops making power 1000+ rpm lower the shift point. The one reason to spin it higher is if you are running a gear that requires it to spin out the back of the 1/4 mile in high gear.

Some cars/engines like being shifted slighlty above the peak HP observed on a dyno. In the 200-400 rpm range. I've never seen a set up that liked 500 or more rpm.

I used to drive a lot of cars many years ago at test and tunes and street racing. I'd ask most of the owners/drivers where they shifted. Almost every time I would shift the car at a lower RPM and the car would pick up et. DOH!!!! One car I got told it was shifted at 5900. Knowing the set up, shifted at 5400, car picked up .15 ET at the stripe. Go figure. It was a BB mopar :) More RPM without benefit is just unnecessary wear and tear on the mill.


I heard exactly what your saying but looking at the 380hp create motors dyno numbers it looks like higher rpm shifts would work, mot doubting just trying to figure out.

From 5000 rpm 296 hp to 5400 rpm peak 409 hp to 6000 rpm 295 hp. To me thats pretty flat the 14 hp difference you wouldn't think matter much.

If I shift at 5400 rpm that would put me at 3200 rpm in 2nd about 250 hp if I took it to 6000 rpm that would be 3500 rpm 277 hp.
The loss of 14 hp on top you would think it would be worth to gain at least 27 hp on bottom. Im sure you could go 6200 or so before lossing tons compared to what you gain down low. I dont know about shifting at 7000 rpm though.