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removed rev limiters, red line ok?

Old Oct 18, 2005 | 01:48 AM
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K i kno some chips remove the speed limiter, and some the rev limiter is moved to like 7,100 or something. My question is even though it is moved....is it still safe to acclerate into the redline? If you drive your car hard and are always putting it into the red isnt that gonna wear down your engine really fast?
 
Old Oct 18, 2005 | 02:05 AM
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eeeh dont worry about it....
 
Old Oct 18, 2005 | 02:42 AM
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i was hitting 8k rpm everyday for about 6 months with no issues, its fine. I recently did a compression test and everything is still great and I have 90k mi. Dont worry about it. Your car wont make much power up there though
 
Old Oct 18, 2005 | 02:50 AM
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k03's run out of steam so early
 
Old Oct 18, 2005 | 03:01 AM
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Default RE: removed rev limiters, red line ok?

well i was just asking...i dont push the red line in my 2.8 about to hit 110k soon.
 
Old Oct 18, 2005 | 10:40 AM
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I shift early on my car always have. I'm shifting on hard driving rright before the red, but most of the time I drive easy. As Tom said they don't make much power up there.
 
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