This had been on my mind since I cruised up to the Speed Inc open house (which was TOTALLY BADASS),.... but..... I was towards the end of the cruise line on the highway doing about 60mph in my 02 A4 ws6 @ 1800rpm...now to keep up with the front runners id have had to push 2k~2200 rpm....and the cruise intervals were about 15 minutes......would that be bad for my engine/trans?...sorry to sound like a newb but I baby the **** outta my car and rarey even hit 2krpm....

 

No it's not bad for the engine

When i drove across the country my saab was around 2800rpm for 12 hours straight

 

driving from oklahoma city to atlanta i keep the rpm's over 3000 the entire time (excluding stopping for gas). that is with 3.73's and for around 10-14 hours... 2200 aint anything to worry about...as long as you have oil in your engine

 

i'll keep a steady 2.5k (with 3.15s) for over an hour anytime i go to see my parents

 

i had my a4 z28 @ about 3,200 rpm for over 3 hours on the way the st. louis - these engines will take a ton of abuse. then i did it again the next month for roughly 2 hours on a trip to ohio.

then a trip to evill with a bad lockup clutch was 3-4k constant...and i made a few passes at chandler and drove back to indy haha.

 

No way. That LS1 is barely breathing at that RPM.

 

when your first breaking an engine in you want to vary your revs every now and then but im sure you didnt just build yours so your fine.

 

since when is cruising at 2-3k abuse?

lol talk to some old school guys about big blocks and cruising 3500rpms at like 60mph

 

The only thing bad about cruising that high is, efficiency.

 

hahaha, thats nothing for our motors. when i drive my car to austin with a tq converter im doing 2000rpm at 60 and when cruise along at 80 and 90mph im at 3000rpm or so

 

your sig quote is one of the funniest things I've read all year