Hitting 5.5k often.....

[edevlin]

"I never break 2900rpms. "

"99 Boxster, S-Car-Go Headers, Milles Miglia Exhaust"

God bless you if that is true, but its a joke, right. I mean if you have trick exhaust and all, your Boxster wants to run.....


Ed

[porschegeorg]

There was a 9k RPM limit on my RX8. I don't know about piston engines, but rotary engines really do need to be taken to the limit every once in a while. Not the most torque, but the smoothest power I've ever driven.

I still like my Box better.

[larryshomework]

I hope there's no problem with it - I've been pushing it towards red-line on every drive.

I frequently drive (in twisties) with the car around the 4K mark so I've got power when I need it.

If this is bad, I don't want to be good

I ALWAYS redline 1st 2nd and 3rd aBout every Day

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Brucelee

However, don't convince yourselfs that it is "good" for the engine. Your engine is not a muscle, it doesn't get stronger from use.

It is a constantly dying piece of machinery that dies a slow death, one RPM at a time.
Enjoy!

I totally agree with you Richard, I don't think anybody in this thread said it is "good" for the engine to be reved high or driven hard. However, it's a sports car and unfortunately some people never enjoy the car the way it was intended. An extreme example; I talked to this one guy the other day that has a 2001 C5 low mileage vette and he told me he has never driven it over 35 mph and he is afraid of driving it on the highway for fear of rock chips. He won't take it to car shows either because he afraid it might get scratched It's a C5 for crying aloud...they made 250,000 of them! Who are you babying it for? The guy was 65 years old and I'm thinking this guy seriously needs to get a life....he probably doesn't have a lot of good driving years left. Why waste them?

[dmcutter]

"I ALWAYS redline 1st 2nd and 3rd aBout every Day"

Good lord. I passed someone the other morning on a back road and saw about 85 by the time I got past them. I know I was in 3rd but honestly didn't look at the tach. I do know I didn't bounce it off the rev limiter. What's top speed at redline in 3rd?
My ZX10R will do 100 in 1st at redline...I don't get to bounce it off the limiter too frequently

Originally Posted by dmcutter

"I ALWAYS redline 1st 2nd and 3rd aBout every Day"

Good lord. I passed someone the other morning on a back road and saw about 85 by the time I got past them. I know I was in 3rd but honestly didn't look at the tach. I do know I didn't bounce it off the rev limiter. What's top speed at redline in 3rd?
My ZX10R will do 100 in 1st at redline...I don't get to bounce it off the limiter too frequently

In 3rd i get up to about 90mph

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by Adam

I totally agree with you Richard, I don't think anybody in this thread said it is "good" for the engine to be reved high or driven hard. However, it's a sports car and unfortunately some people never enjoy the car the way it was intended. An extreme example; I talked to this one guy the other day that has a 2001 C5 low mileage vette and he told me he has never driven it over 35 mph and he is afraid of driving it on the highway for fear of rock chips. He won't take it to car shows either because he afraid it might get scratched It's a C5 for crying aloud...they made 250,000 of them! Who are you babying it for? The guy was 65 years old and I'm thinking this guy seriously needs to get a life....he probably doesn't have a lot of good driving years left. Why waste them?

Absolutely! I am NOT suggesting that we drive our sports cars like little old ladies. I am simply saying that in the spirit of honesty, we don't go down that road of "hey, I have to drive it hard because it is good for the car!"

As a machine, it is clear to me that when I hammer my Boxster, I am NOT doing it any good.

Good stuff!

[markk]

Maintain it correctly with proper oil, clean filters, and perfect plugs, belts, etc. Put good quality petrol in it. Warm it up nicely (at least 10-15 minutes) untill you floor it. Let it cool down a bit too by driving the last 5 minutes or so before shutting it down nicely as wel (especially for turbo charged cars this is _VERY_ important)

For the rest, rev the hell out of it. It's made for it...

I do it with my BoxsterS, with my Mitsubishi EVO 8 MR RS and my wife's Peugeot 206gti all the time. Same for my former cars (Subaru Impreza and BMW e30 M3). No pain at all. Engines keep running as strong as ever.

And I will certainly do it with the "new to me" MY01 BMW e46 M3 I just ordered and gets delivered in 2 weeks. Woehahaha, a 8200rpm redline :-)


Mark.