What happens when you hit the rev limiter?
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I'm just curious. I've had my LS1 for about 3 months now, and I have drove it hard a few times, but always shift around 5600 on the factory tach, so that should be about 6000 actually right? I've read that the tach is "slow" catching up. I'm getting a Raptor soon, but I've seen all the "bounce off the rev limiter" phrases, so what actually happens to the engine and your revs? Thanks for the info.
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Originally Posted by 98NBM_TransAm
you can shift closer to 6k, i've never heard of 5600 being 6000, i shift my buddys ss right before redline when im on it, the rev limiter is actually just a fuel cut off set to specific rpm
So the fuel gets cut off? So does the engine just kinda stutter then until the rpms drop or I shift? What does it sounds like? Will it just get rough or is it like my engine is getting kicked in the nuts?
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Originally Posted by 89KARR
So the fuel gets cut off? So does the engine just kinda stutter then until the rpms drop or I shift? What does it sounds like? Will it just get rough or is it like my engine is getting kicked in the nuts?
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Originally Posted by 89KARR
So the fuel gets cut off? So does the engine just kinda stutter then until the rpms drop or I shift? What does it sounds like? Will it just get rough or is it like my engine is getting kicked in the nuts?
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Every play any car video games? Its seriously very similar to GT4(or just about any other game).
You rev, it hits the limiter, then "bounces" (it looks like the tach bounces) off, and goes for it again (if your still at the throttle).
You rev, it hits the limiter, then "bounces" (it looks like the tach bounces) off, and goes for it again (if your still at the throttle).
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here ya go buddy...https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...it+rev+limiter
go to the video on that page since it won't let me link it here.
right at the end of his burnout is what hitting the rev limiter sounds like
go to the video on that page since it won't let me link it here.
right at the end of his burnout is what hitting the rev limiter sounds like