Over-Revved, Am I gonna be ok ?????

Nismoracer · 02-15-2011, 08:42 PM

I thought our cars had rev limiters on them...

chops · 02-15-2011, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nismoracer

I thought our cars had rev limiters on them...

all modern cars have rev limiters, however a rev limiter wont save you from a mis-shift. the limiter will only stop the engine from revving too high during acceleration...but if you downshift from say 5-2 at 60-70mph...you will likely land over the redline due to how gearing works..

onzedge · 04-12-2014, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chops

all modern cars have rev limiters, however a rev limiter wont save you from a mis-shift. the limiter will only stop the engine from revving too high during acceleration...but if you downshift from say 5-2 at 60-70mph...you will likely land over the redline due to how gearing works..

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Nismoracer Enthusiast Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Earth Posts: 420 Drives: 10 Nismo Rep Power: 16	I thought our cars had rev limiters on them...