i'm really confused with the lancer's rev limiter. i've hit it in 1st gear and it stopped the acceleration at around 6100rpm. now i've recently hit the r.l. in 3rd and it didn't kick in until 6300rpm. does it kick in at different pints i different gears or does it just wear in and let the engine rev higher over time?

 

Okay... look at a dyno. There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON YOU NEED TO BE THAT DEEP in Redline in any gear.... Sorry, know that's not the question, but, I mean... come on. Revlimiters are there for a reason. We are SOHC, not high revvers. That rev limiter keeps your car from exploding.

 

aw... let him blow his engine if he wants to. itll teach him

 

After reading what he wrote, I knew that I was OT. Just, saw Rev limiter, and rage mode kicked into overdrive.

 

It could possibly let the higher gears rev higher than the low gears since there's less of a chance in say, 3rd of revs skyrocket than in first where response is greater. However, a rev limiter is still a rev limiter and it's set at a number for a reason regardless.

 

thanks pjal. i understand that there's no need to go that high in to red line. that wasn't my questiom either. i've done it accidentally a couple of times racing and made an observation. i was looking for relative feedback. sorry if no one cares i was just wondering.

 

well i have noticed that the car does have differant rev limit points in all gears except for 1st and 2nd and when i race i dont hit the rev limiter but shift right befor it thats how i found this car performs best dont be afraid to downshift to win a race in this car it can take one hell of a rev so i have learned use ur rev limiter just to show off for a sec or too

 

After blowing my motor twice i've realized the value of the REV limiter. Now i've noticed the little difference in rev limiter pionts also. My theory... The tach in a car is not a pinpoint accurate measure of RPM. In fact if you look at a tech book on the gauge it has a + or - of 75 RPM. Digital readout is from ecm itself is only accurate source. Just my .02 but sounds good to me. Now the speed limiter sucks. I hit it at around 128-130. Still had about 700 RPM to go. I know i'm crazy but i hate restrictions that don't really do anything or serve a purpose. If they set them at 80 or 90 i could say they were doing it to ensure safety on the road and less speeding/racing. Setting at 130... why have it at all?

 

boeturbo, i agree. they put the speed limiter on there and it really doesn't do anything. i guess they just put it there to feel in control. who knows.

 

they might have put the speed limiter at 130 to stop people from going too fast for their tires to take and blowing a tire

 

130mph is alot faster than stock tires are made to handle. if you were gonna blow a tire from speed you could just as easily do it at 100mph. like boeturbo said. it stopped it about 700rpm from 5th red lining. why have it at all, the car couldn't go that much faster without it.

 

will the stock tires really blow at that low of speed? i've got the stock goodyears right now and i'm not sure what they are rated at, but its not like i ever cruise at 100+, but i might hit it every once and a while.

 

actually if you look at the dyno... i know this is getting a lil off... the prime point to shift would be right bout 5600 rpms... b/c this is right were the power drops off... so you might aswell **** and start getting back to that max power as soon as possible then sitting there and let it drop off until the redline

 

The last thing people need is the ability to take a car beyond the limits it can safely handle in it's stock trim. It's ****1ng stupid. 130 on anyplace but a drag strip is downright terrible. Your reaction time to something at that speed is fractions of fractions of a second and with roads in most cases being the way they are, a poorly positioned rock can ruin your week, month, year or however it takes to recover. It's all about practical speed (anywhere from 30-90) and being able to get there faster.

 

Exactly. But, my point was that if you look at a dyno sheet, there is absolutely NO benefit for shifting that far above redline. None. I know, "it'll start the next gear in the prime part of the powerband" but, I doubt it makes that much of a difference.