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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Defiant" data-source="post: 1428682" data-attributes="member: 21935">I'm still getting accustomed to the low revving nature of the modular after coming from years of high revving 4 cyl popcorn makers, so bare with me. When cruising in 4th or 5th gear, what rpm is safe that won't stress the engine? The talon for example was lugging below 2500 rpm and especially below 2000. The turbo didn't spool fully until 3k and the cylinder head didn't build full oil pressure until 2k. So that car had to be driven at 2500+ to keep the engine happy. I figure the modular is perfectly fine at 2k? Having low end torque is great but it's making me lazy. Sometimes I don't bother to downshift and will instead just give it some gas at like 1200 rpm to speed up. And the car seems perfectly capable of doing that. I would never floor it in 5th at 1200 rpm going up hill of course, just wanna make sure that driving at low rpm isn't hurting it. I like to shift before 2500 too, I have the stock gears which are super long.</blockquote>