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Old 04-28-2004 | 11:05 AM
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Anyone then gone on to hit the rev limiter? I did it once when going around a roundabout and got distracted so didn't change up from 1st. BTW it kicks in at 9,400 or 42mph in 1st gear. Ooops. Prior to this I did wonder is there was a rev limiter, as it keeps climbing into the red :-)
Old 04-28-2004 | 12:26 PM
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Yeah, bouncing the rev limiter's a lot of fun. Try to match the rev falloff with your upshift.
Old 04-28-2004 | 08:57 PM
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i have flet the rev limter kick in .. but no sounds, other than my ***** hitting the floor with Glee
Old 04-29-2004 | 12:53 AM
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Mine is kinda loud. Even with Radio on, it still catches my ear.
Old 04-29-2004 | 02:10 AM
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i have heard that chime too many times...
Old 04-29-2004 | 04:26 PM
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mine is hella loud....when i hit it the first time, i nearly jumped out of my seat
Old 04-29-2004 | 08:24 PM
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I heard it !! I heard it !!!!


right at 8500 !! but the rev limiter kicks in much later

cool
Old 04-29-2004 | 08:36 PM
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what rpm is the limiter set at ?
Old 04-29-2004 | 09:06 PM
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Mine sounds like a truck backing up.
It's always beeping.
Beep..... Beeep...... Beeeeep.





BEEEEEEEEEP

Okay. I'll have to stop letting my wife drive now.
Old 04-30-2004 | 02:10 PM
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I think my buzzer is bad, or mabye they left the tape over the hole that the sound comes through.

Piezo buzzers/beepers come with a little piece of tape over them so that when they get washed (to remove flux and debrie after they are soldered into the PCB) they don't get killed. I've also found many many bad beepers durring my jobs testing electronics.
Old 04-30-2004 | 02:20 PM
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it truly must have a break in time.. cause it never did it for me untll after 600 miles. now its there like clock work.

however it is very very quiet. and it is a nice mellow tone chime. not a beep or a buzzer. Kinda funny cause you would think that it would scream loud and clear " Shift Now *** Whipe" but it is very very quiet.


Good luck yours to will come
Old 04-30-2004 | 05:23 PM
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does the DSC light blink if you hit the rev limiter by any chance??

I thought I hit the limiter one day since the revs were way up there and the car took a dump suddenly, but I could swear I saw the DSC light come on...
Old 04-30-2004 | 07:33 PM
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it took a dump when the rev limiter turned on.. I have never seen the DSC light turn on for that reason...
Old 05-01-2004 | 04:15 PM
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Originally posted by thew
what rpm is the limiter set at ?
look three posts above.
Old 05-02-2004 | 09:32 AM
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don't know but it prob. is. Most cars will have a rev warning beep now adays.
Old 09-28-2004 | 01:31 AM
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Originally Posted by aznkukuboi
is the beep on the auto? I forgot to listen to it when I was in my cousin's car.
Do you want a shift light with that ?

That is the funnest thing I saw is an automatic Lancer with a giant shift light.

BTW I doubt there is much use of the shift chime in an auto, I am sorry

Did anyone made it louder, yet?
Old 09-28-2004 | 10:57 AM
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Zoooooooooom *beep* chirp....zoooooooooooooooooooom *beep* chirp....zoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.. ...
Old 09-28-2004 | 11:01 AM
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The DSC will blink if you upshift hard and spin the back wheels - I can easily do this on a 1-2 shift ...

Mine is barely there but my hearing is also badly fried.
Old 09-28-2004 | 02:15 PM
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Just read this thread for the first time. The shift tone does sound like a dying mouse.. or at least some squealing rodent. I'm thinking chipmunk. Does anyone else feel guilty making this rodent squeal?
Old 09-28-2004 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by aznkukuboi
is the beep on the auto? I forgot to listen to it when I was in my cousin's car.
Beep is in the Auto and MT.

Wayne
Old 09-28-2004 | 04:23 PM
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<<Does anyone else feel guilty making this rodent squeal?>>

Only when I'm a couple of tick marks from empty and know my next stop isn't the gas station, CZR.

Happy motoring.
~ Geoff
Old 09-28-2004 | 05:27 PM
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It subtley blends with the sound of the engine at that RPM. The engine is so smooth I have hit the limiter often and been like wtf
Old 09-28-2004 | 06:24 PM
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Louder would be nice....

I tried to make it louder, went a'diggin thru the instrument cluster and found it, but it is too complicated for me.

It has power with the ignition, and it grounds out thru the ECU to beep, my 'big M.F. Sonalert' solution is no good, maybe one of our electrical 'genius' types could work something up?

Film at eleven......

S
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