hey guys, i was wondering how high youve ever revved your engine, weather it was accidental or intentional, did it do any damage? and this is for stock internals. thanks -a;ex

 

it is a rotary revve it up man. you can't help you self but redline the car.

 

I went to 8k when I missed a shift once but otherwise, I shift by 7500...or did.

 

im talking about past redline revs, i have an FCD so i dont have a fuel cut. i think i must of hit about 8-10K.

 

I've hit about 9k (missed that darn 3rd gear shift)

 

mine was past redline. my redline is at 7k.

 

I've hit 9k few times, no problem.. I think shouldn't take it past 10k on stock internals. But thats just my opinion..

 

An add-on FCD shouldn't stop the rev limiter from working

Of course if you miss a shift you can redline it no matter what sort of rev limiter you have set, since it's a mechanical over-rev from the mass of the car dragging the engine up to speed.

 

well the fuel cut defense eliminates the fuel cut from the pressure sensor seeing too much boost, which in turn also eliminates the Rev limiter which is also another form of fuel cut. At least my HKS unit does this,

 

we have a rev limter? how come ive never hit it? ive missed 3 before and took it to 9k in my 91.

 

I didn't quite get into second gear once when I was on it hard and well... I heard the quick buzz and the needle swung crazy fast to 9.

 

Gone 10,000 on stock internals but that was in a 12a bridgeport

 

you cna go past the redline limit. I have shifted the cars past redline limit. I haven't seen no damage. Unless you miss gear at that high rpm. Say bye bye to your clutch and tranny

 

ive been to 9k plenty of times ... na and turbod

 

88rxna 8000

 

So does that mean you can go past the rev limiter even with it in gear? If so, that would explain why I've never hit the rev limiter before. And to answer the question, i routinely take my car past the redline. It has a large streetport, among other things, so it makes good power until about 7500 (redline is 7000). I did miss the damn 1-2 **** last time I was at the strip and took it past 8000. I got nice big fireball that scared the guy in the next lane.

 

I have a stock 88 gxl automatic! is it normal to have little power off the line! in the rain i cant even slip the tires when i punch it! but when i get up to speed i have plenty, its like i might as well feather it

 

Your whole problem is that you bought an automatic. Yes, they are very slow.

 

as a matter of fact after I put my bonez high flow cat on I took it for a drive.

When I hit 2nd the tach bottomed out for some reason. Then it was time for 3rd but I was running out of room on my dead end street.

I stopped the car but tach again was burried so I had to shut off the car. scared the crap out of me.

Cranked it back up and again the tach screamed maxed out. shut it off again.

Looked at my gas pedal and it was stuck under my floormat....


damn thing nearly killed me, the motor or both.

watch out for the floormats!

Mike

 

What is a safe limit?

 

Safe limit is stock redline...There is no gain to driving past redline as the power quickly drops off. Only advantage is that you might get the engine closer to the powerband on the upshift.

Also, this topic has been covered hundreds of times before, always with the same result...

 

I know with piston cars taking it clsoe to the redline and over alot can cause things to rattle loose (it's happened to my Accord before) and is generally not recommended, but with a rotory, is it that big of a deal to shift high? Last time I took one out for a test drive, I was taking it to the limit the whole time, and it was so smooth and buttery I'm beginning to think that the engine has no problems with it.

 

I should clarify my statement about missing a shift... let's say your're accelerating hard and at the end of 2nd gear you go for 3rd but catch first instead, or If you're 3rd going for 4th and get 2nd instead. Since you're at redline, if you shift to a lower gear by accident, as soon as you let the clutch out, the inertia of the car will drag the revs up to whatever the engine speed would be in that gear at that speed. This is a good way to blow up your motor.

 

I try not to take it past 7.7K rpms......my fear is the clutch coming apart and me losing my legs.

 

no kidding...my boss used to race stock cars, and he's seen some clutches blow apart, once taking off the drivers foot. scary ****, thinking about investing in a transmission blanket after that.

--Paul