The Redline buzzer in my FC seems to go off at the strangest times. Like while i'm just sitting in one place or accelerating up to 4K. I'm just curious how to fix this & not have to completly disable it. I does come in handy at times, but at 2,3, & 4K it really isn't needed.

 

If it is coming on earlier it is probably low oil or air in the coolant system. Fix those first.

 

shouldnt ever come on unless you are in the red on your tach... 7k for s4 or 8k for s5 ... might want to make sure you dont have a faulty wire in there somewhere... look in the fsm and trace the wire to make sure its working right or hooked up correctly

 

or do what icemark says lol... i did not know those can trigger that alarm

 

i have a 91 and mine comes on at like 6900 almost exactly at 7000 should it really come on at 8000

 

Sure you don't have an auto tranny or Turbo gauge set???

There is an adjustment on the back of the tach, but this would be unrelated to the original question as the adjustment is only about +/- 1000 RPM.

 

i have the auto tranny

 

the your redline is 7000 not 8000... auto trannies and turbo redline at 7000 RPM

 

3 words...Search and Destroy.

 

I have an 88 NA and my tach redline starts at 7 ends at 8?

 

Only S5s have the 8k redline. On S4s it is 7k.

 

Yes.. Starting at 7k means your redline is 7k, it goes up to 8 but that does not mean your redline is 8.

 

Mine at times came on way too early. Other times it didn't come on at all. '91 NA manual. It doesn't matter thought because I take a look real quick if I'm getting on it. Sometimes my passengers wonder if it's a car beeping at me.

 

OKAY how many times do we need to do this???

Of the FC models, only the non Turbo, manual tranny 89-91 models had a 8k redline.

So if you have a 86-88, or a auto tranny, or a turbo, your redline is 7000.

 

Thanks for the help. It was my oil, it was damn near empty...Now I have to get a new steering rod. Drifting is fun, till it turns into an accident. Got a few leads on that too though. My buzzer sounds off @ 7K w/ the auto tranny.