Hitting 5.5k often.....

[edevlin]

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""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? "

I dont get up there that often and when I do I am usually busy watching the road when I am redlining in the higher gears. I normally like to shift at 6.5K, before redline for a couple of reasons. First, dyno says that 6.5K is peak hp for my engine, but more importantly because I understand that these are mechanical devices that wear out, and I want this car to last.

That being said, I redline (7k) at about 94 mph in thrid, about 126 mph in fourth, no idea about fifth. BTW, I could take it higher than redline because my chip has raised the redline up to 7.3K and softened the rev-limiter. But as I said, I rarely even go to the 7K redline (but spend a fair amount of time at 6.5K). I think in the 17K that I have driven my car, I have only hit the rev limiter once when I downshifted early going into a curve.

Ed

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[Brucelee]

If 6K is good, 8K must be better.

Let us know how that turns out!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by edevlin

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I think in the 17K that I have driven my car, I have only hit the rev limiter once when I downshifted early going into a curve.
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The rev limiter is only in affect when accelerating. If you down shifted into a lower gear going into a curve then that's called a mechanical over-rev if it went past redline. Usually the back tires lock up momentarily and you get jerked forward pretty hard soon followed by some expletives...ask me how I know It can potentially kill your engine.

[dmcutter]

My '04 Kawi ZX10 has a slipper clutch, I think maybe it was the first production bike to have one and now about all the liter bikes have them. Whycome spensy sports cars don't have 'em? Granted, one should be able to match engine speed to wheel speed on a downshift, but stuff does happen...

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by Adam

The rev limiter is only in affect when accelerating. If you down shifted into a lower gear going into a curve then that's called a mechanical over-rev if it went past redline. Usually the back tires lock up momentarily and you get jerked forward pretty hard soon followed by some expletives...ask me how I know It can potentially kill your engine.

Indeed. When you mis a down shift, there is precious little the car can do to save you.