Just got the Superchips 3815 today and am curious what's the best WOT rpm to shift at from 1-2 and 2-3?

I don't want to over do it.

 

Max them out. I tried all different settings and maxed out worked best for me.

 

i dunno why you would wanna max em out. my ram right now w/o the superchips gets way too high in the revs when i floor it. i have to let me foot off sometimes for it to shift at a lower rpm, which is where it should be shifting to pick up the power.

 

I have no experience with superchips but isn't it best to shift a few hundred rpms below redline? Anyway Snide, I like your avatar pic

 

I max them out because I get the best performance out of my truck with them set at max. I have tried different shift options on the Superchip and maxed out is by far the best.

 

naw its not best to shift right below redline. when driving a manual do you redline it and then shift? i know i dont on my nova or bike. i usually shift at like 3-3500, or will let it go a little higher if racing. once you get up towards redline theres less torque and power. thats why my truck shifts at 5 something (when flooring it) and it would be nice if it would shift a little sooner

 

6000rpm is a popular setting. My 08 shifts @5600 stock.

 

If you don't have any heads/cam work done on the truck, I wouldn't do anything with the shift points.

From the factory, your shifts points are set up to match the heads/cam that you got. If you increase these and run WOT often, you take a huge gamble on blowing your engine up.

The shift points on the tuner are adjustable for those that spend the money and get a heads/cam package upgrade that will allow higher rpm shifts and running.

 

According to Superchips, the features of the 3815 are actually optimized for trucks that are stock or have a few common bolt-ons like exhaust and cai. That means that shift point adjustability is also intended for these lightly modded or stock trucks. If shift point adjustment was only intended for trucks with modified internals I believe they would allow higher shift points than the 3815 currently allows. Also, Superchips makes very sure to not allow adjustment of parameters outside of the safe operating range for a stock vehicle.

 

My BD programmer says the same thing, but I have seen first hand what higher RPMs will do to a stock engine. It wasn't a Hemi, but I am not taking any chances.