Drive it like you stole it?
02-26-2007 | 12:09 AM
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Drive it like you stole it?
Now, I'm probably the most idiotic person on this forum, i have often seen people say that "Driving it hard" is actually good for the car, I mean the downside of course is the gas mileage, but is it healthy for the engine? in a normal piston engine, redlining it would NOT be healthy for the car.. so what about wankel engines?
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02-26-2007 | 12:15 AM
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02-26-2007 | 12:20 AM
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02-26-2007 | 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by TheBoneFletcher
Now, I'm probably the most idiotic person on this forum, i have often seen people say that "Driving it hard" is actually good for the car, I mean the downside of course is the gas mileage, but is it healthy for the engine? in a normal piston engine, redlining it would NOT be healthy for the car.. so what about wankel engines?
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Redline is usually between where the engine produces max power and where the stress would harm the engine. Different manufacturers have different standards of durability at redline and different levels of NVH (noise vibration and harshness) they are willing to subject their customers to.
In the case of the rotary the NVH is relatively low at redline and that's where the power is. No piston engine will ever be so smooth or so happy at high revs.
For the Renesis in particular the high RPM runs ensure that the third pair of intake runners get used which helps reduce carbon build-up on the intake ports hence enhancing reliability.
02-26-2007 | 12:26 AM
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And yet you posted this anyway.
Redline is usually between where the engine produces max power and where the stress would harm the engine. Different manufacturers have different standards of durability at redline and different levels of NVH (noise vibration and harshness) they are willing to subject their customers to.
In the case of the rotary the NVH is relatively low at redline and that's where the power is. No piston engine will ever be so smooth or so happy at high revs.
For the Renesis in particular the high RPM runs ensure that the third pair of intake runners get used which helps reduce carbon build-up on the intake ports hence enhancing reliability.
Redline is usually between where the engine produces max power and where the stress would harm the engine. Different manufacturers have different standards of durability at redline and different levels of NVH (noise vibration and harshness) they are willing to subject their customers to.
In the case of the rotary the NVH is relatively low at redline and that's where the power is. No piston engine will ever be so smooth or so happy at high revs.
For the Renesis in particular the high RPM runs ensure that the third pair of intake runners get used which helps reduce carbon build-up on the intake ports hence enhancing reliability.
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02-26-2007 | 02:53 AM
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There's nothing wrong with redlining even a piston engine. I've done it over hundreds of thousands of miles on piston engines that I red-lined on a daily basis. The redline is there to tell you that you're getting into that territory of potentially hurting the engine, then, several hundred RPM into the redline, there's a fuel-cut (on modern cars) that prevents you from getting anywhere near potentially damaging RPMs. If redlining an engine caused damage, manufacturers would move the redline down further to keep you away from that territory. But suffice to say that, if the manufacturer lets you do it, it's not gonna cause any significant harm to the motor.
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