Bounced off rev limiter, am i screwed?
07-31-2007, 11:44 PM
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i let a friend of mine drive my camaro for the first time and he started doing almost exactly what the guy in that video was doin. i was yelling at him to shift. he was able to blow the seal on my power steering pump by over revving the engine like that, but the pump was already strained from when my rack was leaking not too long ago.
the rev limiter is there to protect the engine from over revving when youre going up through the gears, however, it is not designed to protect the engine when down shifting
the rev limiter is there to protect the engine from over revving when youre going up through the gears, however, it is not designed to protect the engine when down shifting
08-01-2007, 08:58 AM
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well everybody here has done it and not to many has any horror stories. so thats the answer just dont miss a shift going to third and end up in first. that will so some damage.
08-01-2007, 06:39 PM
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08-02-2007, 04:58 PM
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Just about everytime I go to the track I hit off the rev limiter in 2nd at least once. (cross fingers) no probs. thats what its there for. Now if you dont know how to let off when you hit it then youll have probs.
08-02-2007, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Rawr256
Thats impressive actually.
A lot of cars would of puked the tranny/t case/read end all over the ground.
08-03-2007, 02:22 AM
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well over revving like that is perfectly normal thats what its made for but dont push the limit!!!! and i remember one day when i let my brother drive my car he accidently shifted from 3rd to 2nd 
but he wasent power shifting just normal driven but the rpms went up and the rear tires kinda skid but everything seems to be runnin fine do u guys think i might have messed somthin uppp?????
but he wasent power shifting just normal driven but the rpms went up and the rear tires kinda skid but everything seems to be runnin fine do u guys think i might have messed somthin uppp?????
08-03-2007, 02:35 AM
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I went from 3rd to 2nd @ 105mph.... Split a spring on #7 and got out with any other problems... I was skipping down the track ^_^... After that I figured out that 4th is a palm towards the passenger side of the car shift 
.. I highly recommend that nobody try doing that lol
.. I highly recommend that nobody try doing that lol
08-03-2007, 02:50 AM
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yea i know from 2nd to 3rd i let the shifter's spring do the work for me to go into 3rd and from 3rd to 4th straight down, but i have noticed left handed people that are not used to stick tend to have trouble from 3rd to 4th
08-03-2007, 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted by ae13291
yea i know from 2nd to 3rd i let the shifter's spring do the work for me to go into 3rd and from 3rd to 4th straight down, but i have noticed left handed people that are not used to stick tend to have trouble from 3rd to 4th
08-03-2007, 03:19 AM
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well wow thats a hek of a story man i could imagine how the engine would be crying!!! i would be to if i were there, but yea i was only worried about the 2nd to 3rd shift when i got my car but now i got that part hand down, all i need now is an ls7 clutch setup with an aluminum flywheel i would really love that setup, what was also weird i noticed when i powershifted during a burout into 2nd gear i noticed about 3 yards of no skid mark between the shift!!! im not sure if my shift wasent fast enough or my clutch would be craping
08-03-2007, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Jon5212
You are fine... thats what the rev limiter is for, as long as you didn't sit there at redline bouncing it off for 5 minutes like the hondas do....
only cause the car sucked ***
08-05-2007, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by 98Camarod
It looks like they put some liquid under the tires, bleach i guess. What a ******* idiot. I thought for sure there was going to be disaster on that video.