Should You Shift Gears Based on RPM or Speed?
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Shift gears based on RPM. Here are the relevant explanations: 1. Torque: The reason a car needs to shift gears is due to new demands on the torque provided by the engine, and the torque the engine can provide is directly related to RPM. 2. Things to note: For a specific car model, the engine RPM corresponds to a particular speed in different gears. If you know this specific relationship, you can also shift gears based on speed. For example, if you need to shift gears at 2000 RPM, and the corresponding speeds for 2000 RPM in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gears are 15 km/h, 25 km/h, and 40 km/h respectively, then you can shift gears at the corresponding speeds.