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Good or bad?
stealthwolf:
So I'm driving down this single track carriageway at a lovely steady 40mph using cruise control (courtesy of vrStu :happy2:), mainly because no one else seems to realise that a white circle with a black line going through it diagonally means NSL and hence continue at 40 instead of 60.
Anyway, after swinging round a roundabout and heading for the DC, I was on a slip road pulling 30mph in fourth. There's a fair bit of traffic on the slip road so I go slow. I join the DC and decide I should be in the outside lane, so I drop from fourth down to second and the revs shoot from 2000 to 6000+, overtake and quickly slip through the gears until I'm at 70mph in 6th. God I love that surge of acceleration.
The question: Is shooting the revs up like that likely to mess things up in regards to the engine/turbo?
Top Cat:
Nope you will do it more harm flooring it in a higher gear i believe this will stress the clutch.
Engines are designed to rev :driver:
Any way 30 in second gear must be miles away from the rev limit that would not even be 4000rpm :chicken:
stealthwolf:
--- Quote from: Top Cat on February 25, 2009, 07:17:23 pm ---Any way 30 in second gear must be miles away from the rev limit that would not even be 4000rpm
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30 was on the slipway. I was on the DC when this happened and was travelling fairly fast - dunno what it was but I was in 4th at 2000 revs on the DC and then changed down to 2nd.
Top Cat:
--- Quote from: stealthwolf on February 25, 2009, 07:21:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: Top Cat on February 25, 2009, 07:17:23 pm ---Any way 30 in second gear must be miles away from the rev limit that would not even be 4000rpm
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30 was on the slipway. I was on the DC when this happened and was travelling fairly fast - dunno what it was but I was in 4th at 2000 revs on the DC and then changed down to 2nd.
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TWill be fine dude you also have a rev limiter, which some one will correct me if i am wrong but it would have just bounced off that until the revs where low enough. :smiley:
TomB:
Rev limiters are there for a reason so you'll be fine. That said, dropping it into a low gear at high speed will do a fair amount of damage, so never be sloppy when changing down! I know this brings up the fault code "Rev limits exceeded: Warranty void :)" and we don't want that!
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