safe max rpm?
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safe max rpm?
i was wondering what would be a safe maximum rpm to run. i have a pettit streetported motor, pfc, non seq and all the bolt ons. the reason i ask is that the one time i have drag raced the car this year, i was hitting the 8100 rpm redline right before the end of the 1/4 mile at about 110 mph, which forced me to coast through or shift to 4th which didn't help. i was running only 9 lbs of boost at the time, so maybe it won't be an issue when it's tuned at 14 lbs.
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Not sure what's safe but last week at the track I accidentally shifted from 3rd to second at 8,000 rpm with no damage. I haven't figured out what that would have pushed the rpm to but I'd rather not know. If you have a stock ECU you'll hit fuel cut which is not a good thing.
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Dave from KDR told me that they run rotary engines 9-10k rpms all the time, he says they love to be reved, and not to baby the car because of carbon build up.
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If you really let the clutch all the way out, it would have sent the engine RPM up to around 11,500 RPM.
My guess is that you "felt" something might be wrong and didn't fully release it, so your actual RPM may have been more like 9500 or something if you pushed the clutch back in right away before it grabbed.
Brian
My guess is that you "felt" something might be wrong and didn't fully release it, so your actual RPM may have been more like 9500 or something if you pushed the clutch back in right away before it grabbed.
Brian
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seriously it depends on your mods the most IMO. for example a mostly stock car the power starts to seriously drop after 7k rpms, so there almost isnt a point unless your trying to stay within a certain RPM range.
once you get more mods, the motor can breathe much better at those RPMS, and the power doesnt trail off.
once you get more mods, the motor can breathe much better at those RPMS, and the power doesnt trail off.
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Originally posted by Rx-7$4$me
seriously it depends on your mods the most IMO. for example a mostly stock car the power starts to seriously drop after 7k rpms, so there almost isnt a point unless your trying to stay within a certain RPM range.
once you get more mods, the motor can breathe much better at those RPMS, and the power doesnt trail off.
seriously it depends on your mods the most IMO. for example a mostly stock car the power starts to seriously drop after 7k rpms, so there almost isnt a point unless your trying to stay within a certain RPM range.
once you get more mods, the motor can breathe much better at those RPMS, and the power doesnt trail off.
You'll be having to go to 4th anyway when you go to 14psi so just shift at 8k
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Dave from KDR told me that they run rotary engines 9-10k rpms all the time, he says they love to be reved, and not to baby the car because of carbon build up.
Dave from KDR told me that they run rotary engines 9-10k rpms all the time, he says they love to be reved, and not to baby the car because of carbon build up.
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Racing Beat claims 8500rpm is the magic number. anything more and then you need rotor side clearanceing. rotor and eccentric shaft balancing and race bearings. One thing with high reving the rotary is the gear on the rotors can back out and lock up on the side housing. You can get it perminately installed with a machining process that uses a lock ring. but I wont get into that. Get the Racing Beat catolog and read through the tech tips.
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