Shifting at Higher RPMs = Worse or better gas miliage??

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Shifting at Higher RPMs = Worse or better gas miliage?? #719793 04/30/06 02:19 AM

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Hickory, NC

Macdaddy4738 Offline

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I began driving my 5 speed TJ shifting at 3k.

I recently upped my shifting to 3500 to see if I could punch out a little more accelleration (and it actually DOES seem to work..)

Now my question is, is it better on my gas miliage to shift earlier or later?

I can see it going both ways, earlier and the engine isnt as high into RPMs but I have to push the pedal down farther to get going again

Later and I wont have to push it to the floor, but my RPM is a little high...

Can anyone anwser??

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Shifting at Higher RPMs = Worse or better gas miliage??	Macdaddy4738	04/30/06 02:19 AM
Re: Shifting at Higher RPMs = Worse or better gas miliage??	JeePete	04/30/06 02:46 AM
Re: Shifting at Higher RPMs = Worse or better gas miliage??	BigJim	04/30/06 04:00 AM
Re: Shifting at Higher RPMs = Worse or better gas miliage??	Macdaddy4738	04/30/06 05:08 AM
Re: Shifting at Higher RPMs = Worse or better gas miliage??	JeePete	04/30/06 05:27 AM
Re: Shifting at Higher RPMs = Worse or better gas miliage??	BigJim	04/30/06 06:19 AM
Re: Shifting at Higher RPMs = Worse or better gas miliage??	Anonymous	05/04/06 12:24 AM

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