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Originally Posted by toesuf94
If you watch the second part of the video from behind the car - watch the shift light...lights do not get any brighter than that for that long...and he was still winding it out long after after the light came on.
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That's because for a PROPERLY setup shift light, the light does not come on where you want to shift at. You factor in reaction time.
Say for instance, you want to shift at 6000 rpms
Most people will set their shift lights at 5600-5700, because in 1st and 2nd gear, rpms climb very fast, and by the time you react, it is already 6000 rpms.
The side effect to this is that on the top of 3rd gear and 4th gear, the shift light will be on for a longer period of time.... but since the rpms are climbing a lot slower, you can watch the tach closer. The pull was obviously in 4th gear, so the light should be on for a good bit.