Boxster Redlined - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

PlayersExpress · 01-31-2010, 08:48 AM

Its a porsche not a damn garage queen..... the cars were designed in mind for auto xing with high rpm... running it in redline for a few seconds did nothing to harm the car.

pixlanish · 01-31-2010, 09:06 AM

alright nice because i drove about 5 more mins after that and the car felt alot different.

cvhs18472 · 01-31-2010, 10:09 AM

Maybe it has to do with the old expression about "blowing the carbon out". JK, Ed

landrovered · 01-31-2010, 10:25 AM

Placebo effect caused by guilt and adrenaline.

sd_boxster · 01-31-2010, 10:42 AM

Over-revving during a downshift is a great way to wreck your engine. It sounds like you didn't over-rev, since you say you only hit about 6500 RPM.

"I have it in trip" - does this mean it's an automatic that you were manually shifting? If so, the computer is not going to let you over-rev.

Either way, it doesn't sound like you have anything to worry about. When you say "the car felt a lot different" - what does that mean? Better? Worse?

Now, about the street racing thing...

mikefocke · 01-31-2010, 12:18 PM

for shift points that it uses as it senses what kind of driving you do. Your downshift told it to go the the most aggressive program as opposed to the gas saver program. And as you drove normally if came out of that program and back to normal.

Don't rev it high until it is all warm.

tonycarreon · 01-31-2010, 12:35 PM

spank it. it liked it and it wants more. believe me.

dallison · 01-31-2010, 02:08 PM

you're fine

nola911 · 01-31-2010, 02:19 PM

My old boxster hit the redline every time I took it for a ride. It never needed anything more than oil changes. Trust me, your not the first person to make a porsche hit 6k rpm

944boy · 01-31-2010, 03:39 PM

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.

timothy · 01-31-2010, 08:23 PM

The first time my Boxster hit rev limiter at the track, I think my exact words were, "Crap, what is that?!". The DE instructor just laughed and told me to shift. That must have been 25k miles ago. The car is still running great and no doubt so is yours.

tnoice · 02-01-2010, 05:29 AM

never said who won during these shenanigans.
s5 or boxster??

Adam · 02-01-2010, 09:45 AM

Quote:

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.

Daniel R · 02-02-2010, 12:02 AM

It is near impossible to do engine damage by revving too high in a tip. The computer will not shift down if it will push the engine past the rev limiter.

As other posters have said, missing 4th for 2nd or worse still, missing 3rd for 1st can cause big problems. The rev limiter cannot help you at all, as it is the wheels that push the revs up rather than the throttle which the computer controls, and you may bend a few valves.

In terms of pushing too hard, the rev limiter will cut in before any damage can be done. At times when I have been racing another car I occasionally flat shift 1st to second, ie. leave the accelerator flat to the floor to prevent the revs from dropping between gears. The motor just bounces off the limiter, sounds scary but no harm done to the motor (the clutch is a different story mind you, it overheats very quickly, hence why I gave up this practice).

Enjoy your boxster and drive it the way it was intended to be driven!