So......How often do you hit the Rev limiter??
 

I am amazed at how fast this thing revs when you blow the tires off. I test drive for a living and this thing is hard to beat to the limiter:) I have found that by the time you hit 6k rpm and shift it is already bumping!
I've got 2k miles on it now and it's getting stronger and getting better mileage. Other than the noise I'm digging it!:tup:

i take it to redline about once a day

What do you test drive for a living?

I redline it maybe 2-3 times a week.

I've only hit it about 6 times in two years.

you poor man! i hit it at LEAST 4-5 times a week.

as far as redline, i'd do it maybe once a week. :p

:confused:

I don't know how many times it actually hits the rev limiter. I've missed second twice so maybe then and possibly one or two more. Now redline on the other hand, it sees that at least once a day

is hitting the rev limiter a bad thing? Isn't it there for a reason...

It is not a bad thing; a rev limiter is set at a conservative enough level so that running the engine to that point will not have any negative effects. You can safely go higher to an extent, many here have tunes allowing 8,000+rpm and have no issues.


I hit mine a couple times a week depending on how much I drive, gotta work her out!

i redline my Z on occassion, but dont hit the limiter.

The engine i know have no problem with high revs,but what about the Air Con compressor.?Can it take the revs.?

are we still talkign about cars? :roflpuke2:

avoiding redline
 

"How often do I hit the rev limiter?"

never

the light is set at 6000

not necessary in day to day driving :driving:

Once so far, slightly over 3500 miles.

If I break the tires loose in 1st gear, the revs can get away from you and I've found myself bouncing off the limiter before I can clutch in and grab the shifter.
Maybe I should have got the 7AT.

Never and I don't plan to. I plan on keeping for car until it's broken and according to the manual running to red line would decrease its life.

Frequently, 2-5 times a week. the pitfall of a quiet exhaust, having the top down, and loving 2nd and 3rd on those on-ramps. As was stated our redline is very conservative, but with a supercharger coming I think I will hit it far less frequently due to the increased power levels.

I am glad that the 370 has such a soft rev-limiter, unlike the 350Z which upon hitting the rev-limiter apparently deployed a large boat anchor.

After 10,000 miles of hard living, my motor is only burning two tenths of a quart over 4000 miles, so hitting the rev-limiter does not seem to have a detrimental effect on the motor

As far as bouncing off the limiter were the car auto revs down, maybe 3-4 times cause of miss shifts. But as far as redlining, about every shift! And yes my car is a daliy driver. But with the proper maintenance it will not kill the motor. There is a differece in dogging the car and demanding alot out of my sports car.

Usually only at the track. Or the occassional friendly freeway jaunt with a likeminded individual. :D

During research and development testing, they run the engine and accessories at red line for 100s of hours which is why I don't belief redlining the engine on a regular basis is anything that will stress the engine or accessories.

Peak power comes at 7000RPM, not 7500....

The AC compressor has a magnetic clutch that automatically disengages the compressor during WOT.

^^^^ he speaks the truth

I think I have hit the limiter 2 times... by accident

I would not bank on hitting it less after the supercharger as it gets to that redline much faster. I only hit mine a handful of times prior to getting the supercharger installed but I hit it quite often now and my redline was increased to 8K with the final tune after the SC installation.

It just gets to the redline so d@mn quick in 1st and 2nd and it is still pulling like mad so you don't really get any indication that you are close to the limit until you hit it. If you are paying close attention to the road in the tight twistys it is really easy to lose track of where you are in the rev range.

Once I knew I was getting a new engine from Nissan, I became intimately familiar with the rev limiter and revving the living feces out the engine. But I knew I was getting a new engine. Since then I've hit it a few times, just as I was just putting in the clutch anyway. My light is set at 7,000 rpm's.

My light is set at 8k. I usually do it on my way to work to get my blood pumping. It's better than coffee lol!

i hit redline on occation to remind me im turbocharged =)

Sounds like me:)

What was your oil consimption that prompted the new short block? What is it now with the new engine? Thanks.

Every once in a while my 7at downshift is delayed, which turned out to be bad yesterday as i was doing 40mph, and downshifted fom 3rd to 1st, because i thought i didnt hit the paddle all the way, however it was just being delayed....sounded like my engine was gonna splode! dam.

... Don't worry about it. The 7AT won't let you downshift past the rev limiter.

I get those occasional delays when downshifting too, VERY annoying. Luckily upshifts are never delayed, THAT would suck.


I've bounced off the rev limiter a few times. Well, you don't really bounce off of it. I don't really see it as something to be concerned about, the rev limiter seems to be set pretty conservatively. When I was on the track, I was pretty much shifting at the limit for every shift. Even on the street I shift at red line a few times a week.

I've never actually hit it. Where's our rev limiter set at?

@ 7,500 (where Redline starts). It might be 7,600 actually, but it's pretty close.

Live a little!

I've taken it to redline, just never hit the limiter. I guess it must be slightly past it.

That makes me feel a whole lot better. Thanks.

Yeah, maybe I'll test it out tonight, it's probably 7,600 then.

I like how with the 370Z it doesn't bounce off the limiter when you hit it, it just holds the rev's there. Makes me sound like less of an idiot if I shift late. (and this is with paddles, :rofl2:).

Thats interesting, the nismo's peak is 7,400. must be that slight tune...

It also won't "queue" up a downshift if the downshift would be past the rev limiter, it simply ignores it. Of course you still might get the delay which will queue up multiple downshifts if none of them will cause a shift to hit the rev limiter.

I'd love to know what that "problem" is, and if a tune can fix it. I know my tune from Uprev didn't change that at all.