I went over redline, am i in trouble?
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I went over redline, am i in trouble?
I was driving today and i punched it (floored it) in 1st gear and accidentally went to 9500 rpm's...i dropped it into neutral right away because i got scared for going that far, is that going to harm my engine or tranny or car in anyway? Thanks in advance for the replies...
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I have no idea but im pretty sure i didnt hit the rev limiter, i have a pretty loud exhaust and would hear the rev limiter yet, i would think...So going to approximately 9500 isnt harmful at all? I mean im not going to do it again, lol...It was accidental.
P.S. Where does the rev limiter hit?
P.S.S. Also since i still have my cat and resonator but have 3 inch pipe to a 2.5 inch Y pipe to exhaust tips (no mufflers), can i still shoot out fireballs? In between gears when im flooring it, i hear little baby backfires i think....
P.S. Where does the rev limiter hit?
P.S.S. Also since i still have my cat and resonator but have 3 inch pipe to a 2.5 inch Y pipe to exhaust tips (no mufflers), can i still shoot out fireballs? In between gears when im flooring it, i hear little baby backfires i think....
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I have no idea but im pretty sure i didnt hit the rev limiter, i have a pretty loud exhaust and would hear the rev limiter yet, i would think...So going to approximately 9500 isnt harmful at all? I mean im not going to do it again, lol...It was accidental.
P.S. Where does the rev limiter hit?
P.S. Where does the rev limiter hit?
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I'm not 100% sure about the limiter, for some reason 9300 seemed familiar to me too but I'm not exactly sure. You should be fine
For future reference, your car will blink a check engine light if anything goes wrong
For future reference, your car will blink a check engine light if anything goes wrong
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Don't know what exhaust setup you have To easily shoot fire you really need a straight pipe (no Catalytic converter) and have the Air Fuel Ration rich. Happens with consistent high RPMs (ie shift during heavy high rpm load, rev up high after high rpm driving, etc)
A quick blink can mean something such as a simple misfire. Solid light usually means its in the breathing of the engine and thus shouldn't be detrimental to your engine (depends, might kill your Cat). Constant blinking? Well, I've never been there before, my guess would be something very important going very wrong.
Stock some cars will shoot flames every once in a blue moon. Intake/Exhaust got me a bit more (may just have seemed like it). Straight pipe almost shoots too much, I'm scared to accelerate fast into traffic on the highway for fear of law enforcement.
A quick blink can mean something such as a simple misfire. Solid light usually means its in the breathing of the engine and thus shouldn't be detrimental to your engine (depends, might kill your Cat). Constant blinking? Well, I've never been there before, my guess would be something very important going very wrong.
Stock some cars will shoot flames every once in a blue moon. Intake/Exhaust got me a bit more (may just have seemed like it). Straight pipe almost shoots too much, I'm scared to accelerate fast into traffic on the highway for fear of law enforcement.
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Beeps at 8500, i've gone to 9200, it could be at 9300, or 9500. Some people have done a flash to bump up the limit to 10k.
This old thread lists 9500. I've bounced off it once or twice in a drift, but never looking down, hear the beep? get ready to shift up....
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tech-garage-22/does-rx-8-have-rev-limiter-17319/
This old thread lists 9500. I've bounced off it once or twice in a drift, but never looking down, hear the beep? get ready to shift up....
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tech-garage-22/does-rx-8-have-rev-limiter-17319/
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I was driving today and i punched it (floored it) in 1st gear and accidentally went to 9500 rpm's...i dropped it into neutral right away because i got scared for going that far, is that going to harm my engine or tranny or car in anyway? Thanks in advance for the replies...
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basically what there saying is your car is fine. there is a rev limited which you will for sure hear with or without an exaust on your car. Even if you did hit that your car is still fine, just dont drive around bouncing on it.
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Ur fine. I went for a data logging session (with data tool hooked into obdII) the other day and purposefully went to around 9200-9300k rpm and when i analyzed the data i found that i actually only went up to like 8800k rpm's. The Tach is not entirely accurate....along lines of what Brettus cited above
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From what I remember reading, and I could be wrong, but our engines can handle up to like 13k but the transmission can't. If anything you're hurting your transmission reving that high.
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rev limiter is between 9300 to 9500 hit it yesterday when passing a car......bounces back and forth between both lol.........ur motor is fine......as long as u don't do it constantly
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I was driving today and i punched it (floored it) in 1st gear and accidentally went to 9500 rpm's...i dropped it into neutral right away because i got scared for going that far, is that going to harm my engine or tranny or car in anyway? Thanks in advance for the replies...