I answered my own question. At a dead stop if the shift up RPM is lower than the start RPM and the clutch is in the EMU will use the shift up RPM.
Also beware the shift up rev limiter won't drag RPM's down when activated...it'll only limit RPM if it's activated
below or before you're on the high side of where it's set. Kinda hard to explain but if you have your "shift up" set at 4800 and you push in the clutch at WOT and 5500 then you're going straight for 7200+...it won't drag it down to 4800. It will turn on the timing adjustment if you have that active (whoopee!!!!).
This is v1.14 BTW. Not sure if it was fixed in a later release.