So I was passing a car and it was a typical suv driver thinking they were the pace car so I downed to 4th. Good but not good enough, so then I hit 3rd. Passing them and finding out rather quickly that these cars redline at 6,500 rpm. And my worn clutch will be needing attention at some point.
From what I understand, it’s a very conservative power cutoff. I’ve seen videos of tuned Fiestas revving well into the red before shifting.
With the stock powerband, it doesn’t make sense to let the engine rev much higher. The stock peak power is at 5700 rpm, and peak torque is between 1600-5000 rpm. Above 5700 rpm, the engine actually loses power quickly because the turbo can’t supply enough air. In videos of heavily modified cars with upgraded turbos, peak power is available at higher revs, so drivers shift later. You could remove the software limiter and rev higher than 6500 rpm with the stock engine, but it wouldn’t make sense because you won’t gain any additional power.
If I recall, the only reason to push it to 7k is so that you can hit 60 in 2nd instead of having to shift to 3rd to finish out the last 10mph.
That would be savage
The stress on the engine quadruples going from 6500 to 7500 rpm, iirc