Corvette: rev limiter

i don't believe you are hurting anything but i still wouldn't do it much.
the rev limiter either cuts your spark or your fuel when you hit it. maybe
even both. not sure exactly. sounds like your havin way to much fun with
your Z06 though. my 95 6speed LT1 is a lot of fun even though it's only a
13.7 secong car in the 1/4 mile. still workin of that though. should be able
to hit the 12's after christmas.

jack (95 6-speed) 0_o
"wrap your ass in fiberglass"

I doubt very much that you're doing any damage. That's why the limit is
there and set where it is. Having said that the circumstances surrounding
the situation play an important part. Sitting with the car in neutral
bouncing the tach off the redline is a very dangerous practice. No load
spinning at high engine speed is very risky. Engines under load are at less
risk. I don't believe either situation causes undue wear, rather it's an
increase in probability of catastrophic failure, broken connecting rod, rod
bolt, spun bearing, valve float, lifter pump-up etc. Interestly, when we
used to see timing chain/sprocket failure it wasn't the engine speed on the
way up or at peak, they always failed when you took your foot off the pedal.
But remember, Play nice out there.
Steve
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Play nice - Absolutely. Remember, it's not just you out there.

The first time I hit the rev limiter, was when I was taking my mother out
for a spin.

She wanted to see how this car went.

So, I, Ummm, showed her. GRIN.

Anyway - during one run in 1st,2nd. I pulled hard up through 1st, and
missed my shift into
2nd. And blipped the throttle while it was out of 2nd by accident. You
know how missed shifts
go, your foot is pulling off the throttle almost before you're pushing down.
But it definately hit
the Rev limiter for a fraction of a second.

When I did hit the shifts correct - she was ok through 1st - but when I
dropped it into 2nd, and it
hit like a ton of rocks, her "rev limiter" kicked in with "That's enough!!
That's ok!!!". Definately left
her breathing heavy, and kinda amazed looking. GRIN. I think she enjoyed it
though.

The second time, was coming out of "my sweeper".

In my 92, I could shift 1st, to 2nd and then leave it in third as I pulled
to about 75 or so. Quite fun.

However, in the Z06, leaving it in 3rd apparently is not what the beast
wants to do. Did everything ok
in 1st and 2nd and to 3rd. But in my habit to leave it in 3rd, I nailed the
rev limiter, for what seemed like 1-2 seconds. (probably only 1/2 second).

There was a definate lag between what I was "used" to, and maxing out 3rd.
Let's just put it this way, I was kinda
shocked that I hit the top of 3rd, and my brain took a moment to get over
"Oh my gosh! I just nailed the top of 3rd!!"

Probably should not have been playing that hard, but it was a clear road
with no one around.



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i used to hit the limiter a lot when autoxing, where the shift up and then
down would have cost more time than to ride it out just under the limit for
a short while.

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No issues with engine problems I assume?


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i had my 89 for about 3 years with about 12-15 autox weekends/year without
any engine problems. put on 35k miles, and sold it with 65k on the clock to
another autox-er. as far as i know, it's still going strong, but i haven't
done autox for a couple of years.

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