A week or so ago I was coming home from work in my RX-8 (2009 GT manual). I dropped the car down to third gear to pass some traffic before the interchange (nothing more annoying than being in a fun car stuck behind lemmings on expressway ramps). In the middle of the pass I noticed my tachometer was showing about half-way between 9000 and 10000 RPM. Shocked and a bit panicked, I immediately shifted up to fourth gear.

I'm pretty sure I've banged into the rev limiter before on this car, so I'm pretty sure it's working most of the time. But this was the second instance where I thought I saw the gauge report well over 9000 RPM. The first time I was less certain that I really saw it, but this time, I'm 100% sure it was around 9500 RPM.

Now, did the car really somehow get to 9500 RPM, or did the gauge just act a bit funky on it's quick rise to high engine speeds?

 

you are gonna DIE!!!!!!!!!!!




























JKJKJKJKJK, youre fine! this isnt a piston engine, our little rotaries are rev happy engines, i shift passed redline all the time!

 

You are able to shift at 9500. You will get the warning noise, but the rev limiter has not kicked in yet.

 

the guage is a bit off but it is possible to get upwards of 9k.
the limiter is around 9500 so that's probably where you were

 

Your fine. It will go that high.

 

That is where I get the best flames!!!

 

i go that high everyday of the week

 

normal

 

what do you have done to your car?
IDK if its just me but everytime i drive an RX8 and do a third gear pull QUICK is the last word that seems to come to mind

 

9500 on the guage is actually 9000rpm at the engine - you are fine .

With flash tuning you can raise the limit even further and see your needle go off the tach

 

Just dont go over 10k or Vtec will kick in and you could time travel out of control.

 

if i had a nickel for everytime i reached 9500 i'd have enough to buy a new engine, which i would need to replace my blown over revved engine...

 

No worries. You will experience fuel cut out after hearing beep.

 

That only works if he has the flux compacitor mod installed

 

^ it also has to be the 1985 model as well

 

Also according to special relativity you are 3 seconds younger now then before.

 

I can see my skin already looking smoother!!

 

Yeah 9500 is considered normal...anyone that drives...and I mean drives their car hits the 9500 or so rpm. I think mine dies off at about 9750 at the gauge...or at least when I was stock it did. But I think factory is like 9250

 

Thanks, all. I thought I had read the the cutoff was at 9000 or 9100 RPM.

By the way, I don't have anything done to the car yet, other than light Axis Circuit wheels. It's almost brand new. Sure didn't seem all that slow to me getting to 9500 RPM (indicated) in third gear!

 

I have read that with proper valve timing, our motors can easily rev up to 12k RPM

 

Nah, you have to modify the pistons..

 

Well yeah, that too. Of course when you are revving that high you are going to need reinforced connecting rods too.

 

Yeah, the tach is just off. If you plug an AccessPort or ScanGauge in you'll see that the limiter will keep it within 10-20 RPM of 9000 stock.

 

really the redline is there for the transmission, not the motor

 

I thought that was most likely. I've read in multiple, reliable places that the limiter is at 9000 RPM.