How often do you hit the rev limiter?

[PorscheBound]

Originally Posted by The Radium King

well, the redline on my car is 7200 rpm and the rev limiter is at 7200 rpm, and arguing semantics on the internet never ends well so i'll leave it there. regarding the word 'ignorance' which seems to be getting thrown around a bit here, 'ignorance' is defined as 'lacking knowledge or information'. you state that he is ignorant to assume that hitting the limiter has no affect on the car. let's ask Porsche - do type 1 overrevs (hitting the rev limiter) affect warranty? no. that is information which you seem to have been lacking.

So you are saying warranty equals no harm to a car? Just because it's still covered under warranty doesn't mean it's okay. You take a boxster and bounce the limiter on every shift vs driving it the way it was intended to drive and will see which one has a longer life.

[Pdwight]

This is a vague question, but I was thinking and wondering how much conservative tolerance do you think is engineered into our engines ?. Do you suppose the theoretical red line is actually say 500 RPM past what is programmed in our ECU and painted on our tachometers ??

Certainly an engine redlined multiple times a day will have a shorter mechanical life than one that is rarely if ever run to redline....but at what RPM does the engine (in good working order)significantly start to self destruct ?