No need to start a senseless argument. Just let it be.

 

i shift my escort at red line when im racing. it like hits vtec after 4k. but dailey driving i shift at 3k

 

last time I checked vtec was a honda thing.

 

^^ X2

 

yes "VTEC" is a honda this but most auto makes have something simular. but like after 4k my escort pulls harder then 3.5k abd im not stupid ik ford doesnt have vtec

 

aT 4k wHeN i cLOsE mE eYeS aN wIsH rEaL hArD mEh EsCoRt Is VTEC!!!!

 

I hate when every1 tak liek dis! !!!OMG!11!! lol!

 

I think there is a 1337 speak generator around here somewhere. makes it alot easier. it took me like 5 minutes to write out that sentence.

 

I shift my 4.0 SOHC w/ 4.10's around 1700-2200 rpms for normal driving, doesn't lug at all or show any signs of too much load. Been driving manuals since I was 6. Get between 18.7-22 mpg combo.


But when I race I shift around 4200 rpms.

 

yeah my 03 sohc gets peak hp outta 5500 rpm, the tach only goes up to 6 with no redline... wierd so i looked at the manual and it told me when to shift and i noticed its all at 2000 rpm, so best fuel economy shift at 2000 rpm and if you wanna race some one shift at 5500 rpm but dont go over

 

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Well aside from racing.....i dont know why you would in our rangers. Unless you have a 302 in her. 2800-3000rpm is plenty power for what you have.

 

when in needs to be shifted

 

yeah i dont noramlly race ppl in my baby, but when some cocky sob pulls up in a ricer, i gotta light up my tires and pull away from that ****. so normally i shift second at 5000 to 5500 and the next gear goes up to 5500 like nothing and im already doing 90 in third GOTTA LOVE MY RANGER

 

Cant wait til i get my exhaust setup im redesigning my exhaust to be like the ford lightning f150 just straight piping off the intermediate pipe, no dam muffler to muffle my noise anymore

 

Hi I don't want to sound dumb, but my ranger has already made me feel it. 🙃 I wanted a tach so ordered a cluster off a 98 ramger. Turns out even tho it's plug and play my 95 doesn't turn on wt new cluster. So no tach. I've always had a 6cl wt tach so would just take it to 3k and shift. I'm wondering what is optimal for the 4cl speed wise since I don't know my rpm. (Getting a tach bit isn't delivered yet) I can be going on the highway 60 and lose power wt a slight incline. So any help is appreciated I don't want to blow it up. It's my only transportation.