Kaji98Z

I hit it about 3 times. How do I tell if I have bent push rods? I didn't hear any ticking or anything so do you think I got lucky?

Visceral

iTrader: (1)

The stock limiter is pretty conservative. Dont sweat it too much unless you are on the juice. If you are.... DANGER.

If the pushrods were bent, You Would Know Something Was Wrong

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chris

ExtremeZ28

lol you'll know <img src="images/icons/grin.gif" border="0"> i broke one clean in half also had a couple of pretty bends in it too....you'll hear a LOUD ticking you'll know its not normal and then the car might start running like **** throwing misfire codes and such like mine did but mine was broke so i think that might have been a LITTLE worse than just bent <img src="images/icons/smile.gif" border="0"> ohhwell its fixed now and im happy hehe <img src="images/icons/smile.gif" border="0">

Kaji98Z

Thanks guys. I thought that if I banged the limiter the p-rods would surly bend. The strange thing is that when it hit the limiter the stock tach was reading about 6,300-6,500. Does the stock tach suck that bad? Is the stock limeter 6,100 or 6,200?

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James1

with my stock programming w/ my cam...I bang the limiter all the time....first gear usually hits it right away...

Jax White TA

Just hitting the rev limiter by way of the engine revving will not neccessarily bend pushrods (never heard this happending). Mechanically revving the motor past 6200 rpm by way of the drivetrain will float the valves and bend them or the pushords (downshifting too low a gear).

Pro Stock John

iTrader: (34)

If your car is ticking or idling poorly you may have bent some.

Also depends on how hard you hit it.

When I had my 98SS M6, I hit it on spray a few times, no problem. But my buddy did a 3-2 backshift at WOT and bent all of them.

garfin

[quote]Originally posted by Jax White TA:
<strong>Just hitting the rev limiter by way of the engine revving will not neccessarily bend pushrods (never heard this happending). </strong><hr></blockquote>

Well, I guess there's a first time for everything! I didn't even hit the limiter, and bent a couple of pushrods! The valve springs turned out to be wa-y-y under spec and the resulting valve float caused it. Live and learn!

Best regardSS,

Elie
98 SS#C079

98TAauto

iTrader: (2)

the stock tachs are 200rpms high on all our cars just about...

ive banged my limiter a few times and no probs yet... i just raised mine up to 6300 recently also... but you should be fine <img src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" border="0"> its just a safety feature.....

2000 Camaro SS

[quote]Originally posted by 98TAauto:
<strong>the stock tachs are 200rpms high on all our cars just about...

ive banged my limiter a few times and no probs yet... i just raised mine up to 6300 recently also... but you should be fine <img src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" border="0"> its just a safety feature.....</strong><hr></blockquote>

Just for the record my tach is dead on with my AutoMeter. <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">

timelord

Weekly occurrence,don't lose any sleep over it!! <img src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" border="0">

Jax White TA

garfin, yeah, I could see it happening in that situation. <img src="graemlins/gr_xmas.gif" border="0" alt="[santa]" />

Skelton

I've hit the rev limiter many, many times. Even as high as a 6500 rpm limit. So far so good but you are on borrowed time if you continue to hit it with the stock pushrods. Downshifting into the wrong gear bends the pushrods because you go way high in the rpms sometimes. Its not the fact that you hit the limiter but you floated the valves.