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Old 02-01-2010, 09:45 AM   #18
Adam
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Originally Posted by 944boy
Porsches love to be at redline. I missed a downshift (2nd instead of 4th) at Cal Speedway and slightly over-revved it. By slightly I mean I hit stage 5 (<9500 rpm). 15k miles later and the motor is still happy.
I've done the same thing with my Boxster a couple times. Was at redline in 3rd and grabbed 2nd instead of 4th. Not sure exactly how high the revs reached since tach stops at 8,000 and I wasn't looking but I'm willing to venture around 8,500. She still runs great.
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