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View Poll Results: How often do you hit the rev limiter
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Never, its a Porsche why would I hurt it like that
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09-17-2014, 12:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Listowel, Ontario, Canada
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Where's the "My wife made me buy a tiptronic so I can't hit the limit because the car takes over!!" voting button??
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09-17-2014, 01:31 PM
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still plays with cars...
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Baden, ON, Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Giller
Where's the "My wife made me buy a tiptronic so I can't hit the limit because the car takes over!!" voting button??
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Manual mode, fella. You'll touch the top of the tach then.
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09-17-2014, 01:41 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Posts: 800
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Never! Doesn't do the engine a bit of good. I often take it to 5-6,000 RPMs though. If I really stole it, I wouldn't want to draw that much attention anyway  !
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09-17-2014, 02:03 PM
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Track rat
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Southern ID
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Sometimes, but I tend to say bad words because I think it is lousy technique. My target shift point is 6k unless I am on a long straight road in upper gears. Then I want every RPM. Banging the rev limit probably doesn't do much harm but it is certainly not "fast" either because we are effectively stalling the motor momentarily.
Harm usually comes during a downshift in the heat of battle and zinging the throttle too far to match revs. If stretched rod bolts don't get you, cavitation of the oil pickup and subsequent oil starvation will. I suspect most BSR race car motors are damaged or killed during over-rev downshifts... especially after a long left hand banked sweeper when most of the oil is in the right front head instead of the pan.
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Last edited by Topless; 09-17-2014 at 02:09 PM.
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09-17-2014, 02:21 PM
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Certified Boxster Addict
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Los Angeles
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Topless
I suspect most BSR race car motors are damaged or killed during over-rev downshifts... especially after a long left hand banked sweeper when most of the oil is in the right front head instead of the pan.
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09-17-2014, 02:25 PM
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Track rat
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Southern ID
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 Anybody that has ever done any racing knows of what we speak. It's a red mist thing and our respective repair shops thank us for it.
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2009 Cayman 2.9L PDK (with a few tweaks)
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09-17-2014, 02:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Land of naught
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Never. The engine doesn't want to go past 6000 and the power falls off abruptly thereafter anyways. I say all of this based on 'how it feels'. I've heard you should shift at a point where the following shift finds the torque peak- makes sense but I trust my ear. Now racing is different...
Oh and BTW don't forget these engines have oil starvation issues...
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09-17-2014, 02:33 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Land of naught
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If you really want to over rev an engine and get away with it buy a Honda!:chicken:
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09-17-2014, 03:36 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe B
Never! Doesn't do the engine a bit of good. I often take it to 5-6,000 RPMs though. If I really stole it, I wouldn't want to draw that much attention anyway !
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That is where I shift, 5k - 6k.
When just driving (fast of course), what rev do you keep it at? I usually shift until I have the RPMs around 3k.
John
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