10,000 rpm scare
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10,000 rpm scare
Ok I found an open lot to do some donuts in and as i'm doing the start of it i have it in first gear and didnt realize i had gotten it up to 10,000 rpm by the second rotation. Was only in the 10k range for about 3-4 seconds before i just let off the gas and realized where the needle was. The car still feels the same but i'm stll nervous for long term damage. Only 1350 miles on the car, havent done an oil change yet, was gonna wait till 1500 to get the first oil change out the way. You think the car is gonna be ok?
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No. Mainly because your car only has 1500 miles on it and you're already doing donuts in the parking lot. The car can take redlining just fine but I suspect you'll find a way to break it.
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bah 20000 miles ago i by mistake shifted for a split second into 3rd from 6th (i was intending a shift to fifth) at 130 miles an hour and the car spiked to at least 12000rpm (i pulled out obviously) and nothing went wrong.
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your car will stop supplying fuel to the engine automatically when you reach 10K rpm so don't worry about that.
I believe Mazda recommends your first oil change around 5,000 miles? Look in the owners manual.
I believe Mazda recommends your first oil change around 5,000 miles? Look in the owners manual.
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yea the car feels fine. Was just wondering. its hard to not drive this car hard and do donuts and drifting it around corners or whatever. I don't care about tires, I'll just buy new ones.
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Fuel cut at 9k rpm. Not at 10k. If your tac reads that it's just off a little. You can't over rev the motor unless you downshift to a lower gear by accident. Even still you don't have an valves to float or pistons to smack your valves into. Still shouldn't do it for other reasons but not nearly as deadly as it would be in a rod piston motor.
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