Bumped rev limiter
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Bumped rev limiter
Well , was doing a little bit of " spirited " driving yesterday shifted from 3 rd to 4th , the Car was hauling a## like an absolute beast .
Before i know it , i bounced off the rev limiter in 4th .
Question ,would bouncing off the limiter cause any future or short term issues ?
The Car just cut power until it was back below red line .
I drove " normal " afterwards for about 45 mins with no ill effect .
For the record , i use Meth injection and 1 can of Torco to the gas tank so there was no detonation , just bounced off the Rev limiter .
Before i know it , i bounced off the rev limiter in 4th .
Question ,would bouncing off the limiter cause any future or short term issues ?
The Car just cut power until it was back below red line .
I drove " normal " afterwards for about 45 mins with no ill effect .
For the record , i use Meth injection and 1 can of Torco to the gas tank so there was no detonation , just bounced off the Rev limiter .
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Well , was doing a little bit of " spirited " driving yesterday shifted from 3 rd to 4th , the Car was hauling a## like an absolute beast .
Before i know it , i bounced off the rev limiter in 4th .
Question ,would bouncing off the limiter cause any future or short term issues ?
The Car just cut power until it was back below red line .
I drove " normal " afterwards for about 45 mins with no ill effect .
For the record , i use Meth injection and 1 can of Torco to the gas tank so there was no detonation , just bounced off the Rev limiter .
Before i know it , i bounced off the rev limiter in 4th .
Question ,would bouncing off the limiter cause any future or short term issues ?
The Car just cut power until it was back below red line .
I drove " normal " afterwards for about 45 mins with no ill effect .
For the record , i use Meth injection and 1 can of Torco to the gas tank so there was no detonation , just bounced off the Rev limiter .
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I was doing 0-60 awhile ago (M7), and it cuts fuel at redline, didn't bounce off the limiter the car just kinda dies and rev goes all the way down. Was surprised to see this thread, maybe only 1st gear it does that? what am I missing here. (glad to see this thread I thought all gears will cut off fuel at redline, much much more fun to bounce off limiter!)
So no problem bouncing off limiter huh, make sure car is warmed up, good and plenty of oil in the engine......is there like a time limit like 3,4 seconds is ok or ?
So no problem bouncing off limiter huh, make sure car is warmed up, good and plenty of oil in the engine......is there like a time limit like 3,4 seconds is ok or ?
Last edited by okaythen; Nov 15, 2017 at 05:31 PM.
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Good point , I think I was more surprised in the short amount of time that I hit the limiter in 4th , I never dreamed that I would need to shift gear ( hitting the speed I did ) in that short of a distance . I was concentrating on the road ahead rather than the gauges .
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Another member here was at or near the top of 3rd and meant to powershift 4th and instead mistakenly power shifted second. That is not good.
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At the redline does it bounce off it first, then if you are still at the redline then car will cut off power? I have never experienced rev limiter bouncing, it just cut off power right away, but it was mostly 1st gear I guess 1st gear was too fast, gotta try 3rd gear rev limiter bouncing.
So as long as car is warmed up both of those cases won't harm the engine right
So as long as car is warmed up both of those cases won't harm the engine right
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At the redline does it bounce off it first, then if you are still at the redline then car will cut off power? I have never experienced rev limiter bouncing, it just cut off power right away, but it was mostly 1st gear I guess 1st gear was too fast, gotta try 3rd gear rev limiter bouncing.
So as long as car is warmed up both of those cases won't harm the engine right
So as long as car is warmed up both of those cases won't harm the engine right
