I've always shifted at around 3k like a bitch...

Its a Suboreyu, right? Your headgaskets will explode and pistons will become oval.

prolly
I learned to push a car to it's limit while owning 60hp twingo. After switching to 95hp mivec, sales reps are only people that can pass me on a freeway.

So who here is knowledgable?
I'd love to drive my car within the power band, I just don't know where that is.
Is there a set method drivers use to find out?

Typically it's about 2.5K - 5k.
Obviously it depends though.
'Power Band' is also a little subjective. Just go by feel, until you can feel the torque coming on. If you pay attention to your tachometer you'll notice your power will start dying off once you reach a certain amount of revs as well (typically around 6 or 7K)

pro tip
you should regularly redline your car to stop crap building up ontop of the pistons... and also cos its fun.

also op this is why Veeky Forums worships slow cars over fast cars, with slow cars you can rev them out and drive them like racecars even under the speed limit, fuck supercars and built chevy engines.

look for dyno graphs of you car online
did that with my focus and now i know where to rev to for steep hills, peak torque is only at 2500 even though the redline is 6000, diesels are weird

>it depends
So a car with a higher redline will have the power band in a higher bracket, so to speak?
Example:
Car #1 - redline 6500, power band 3,000-4,500
Car #2 - redline 8500, power band 5,000 - 7,000

Just saw this, thanks.

I want to tell you it's fine, but having owned several early 2000's Foresters they're really not meant to be beat on in that manner

I assume yours is non-turbo, the N/A EJ25 really doesn't love to rev - it's a 2.5l flat four and prefers lower revs, peak tq is below 3000 IIRC

If you've already done the obligatory head gaskets/reseal (not a meme with the EJ25), it won't be as much of a problem for the motor as the drivetrain

The AWD system is very fragile and hard high RPM shifts/ repeated hard cornering on tarmac (i.e. going hard on the touge every day) will fuck the transaxle in a matter of months if the car has anywhere above 100k miles on it - ask me how I know

>Mfw I know what this engine can do with an automatic but the car has been in limp mode since the Obd1—> Obd2 + manual conversion

3k rpm Rev limit feels bad in a manual