Poll: Who has ever hit the rev limiter?

[tomtom72]

Okay I know now that I have never let the rpms get to the limiter...I must be early enough at shifting in 1st & 2nd to stay off of the limiter...I guess if you use the shift light there must be a few hundred rpm cushion or I would have hit it for sure...the motor sounds so sudective up top I get mesmerized by the sound & almost forget the shift light!

Man that thing sounds sweet, Bob!!!

[Aurora40]

Well then here's me not hitting the limiter. Oh, apparently the shift light was taken out of later programs. Though, you bought the latest PROM for 1990, right? And yours still works? I guess I'll have to pull the dash and change my bulb...

Not hitting limiter ~3MB

[tomtom72]

Okay I had to think about this. I bought the GM updated Prom, code ABYK, from P & G Chevy. I had the 1990 OEM PROM. I looked after reading the TSB over at the Reg site & my symptoms matched so I put it down on my list. I know the shift light worked before I swapped PROM's and I know that after I did my plenum stuff I put in the GM/ABYK coded PROM and the shift light still works.

btw, Bob it sure does sound nice...sweet music you're car's making! You must be


Tom

[Patton]

I hit it hard once in my 89 IROC on a missed shift, I was 18 and still learning but thinking I was an F1 driver at the same time. I was going through a tight corner at high speed, needless to say I was *** end first coming close to eating the curb, with a red face and wearing a humble grin.

But I havent hit the limiter on the Z, Even though I have gone 182 on the freeway in her. That'll pucker your *** like no other. Things go by very very quickly and that rock hard suspension starts to feel more like a 77 cadillac.

I shift when I can feel the power band tapering off, why stay in that gear when the next one will give you more power? Unless I go from 3rd to 2nd, I dont plan on bang'in the limit.

And shift light?? huh? Who? Where? Are they on 94's?

[Patton]

Oh and Richard,... dude... I cry for your Z!
She wants to get out and run again!!! Let her stretch those legs!! Hell it will probably brake for driving to SLOW!!! And when it brakes,.... Fix it.

[rhipsher]

Originally Posted by Patton

But I havent hit the limiter on the Z, Even though I have gone 182 on the freeway in her. That'll pucker your *** like no other. Things go by very very quickly and that rock hard suspension starts to feel more like a 77 cadillac.

Poly bushings will take care of that I guarantee it.



If your a DIY guy you'll need a 12 ton press and be prepared for a big job. But it will feel rock solid at any speed and have very little body roll around corners.

[LuxZ]

Hello
I am a new member on the forum, and this is my first post

Well looks like I am the only one who goes often to the rev limiter... the cars straight to the limiter from 1st till fourth gear, but I have not yet been to the disruptor in the 5th gear.
The engine runs marvelously well, it is 65000+ miles. I will just continue driving it hard, and should the engine explod, then I will buy a new one!

[tf95ZR1]

Gotta love the attitude.
But the limiter is probably there for a reason,
and the best time to shift is before 7200+ RPM!
Somethings gonna give.........

[Patton]

Unless your torque and Hp band has changed extensively from stock, you are needlessly damaging your engine by hitting it ESPECIALLY ON EVERY GEAR SHIFT! If your engine is stock, than you aren’t even getting the benefit of better track times, you are going SLOWER.
You know now that I think of it, even if your engine IS modded hitting the limiter cuts fuel and sputters the engine, taking seconds off of your end time. My advice would be to shift earlier than the limiter, there just is absolutely no benefit, while creating a healthy chance for a potentially catastrophic failure..... Why??

But I must admit, I like your attitude much better than those who keep garage queens... Unless you are just filthy rich and have a collection of course.... But I would still drive the nuts out of a different one each day.

Oh ya and limiter in 5th gear, I couldnt bang it and I was on a very very very long straight part of I-5 in central CA. just had it WOT for some time, got up to about 182 or so, its scary to look away from the road for more than a nano second. And it took an eternity (probably just 15 seconds or so) to climb even one MPH. So Im not sure you can really hit that sucker with a stock motor. I wonder what the top speed of 5th gear is mathmatically (i.e. in a drag less setting). Anybody?

[Aurora40]

Originally Posted by Patton

Oh ya and limiter in 5th gear, I couldnt bang it and I was on a very very very long straight part of I-5 in central CA. just had it WOT for some time, got up to about 182 or so, its scary to look away from the road for more than a nano second. And it took an eternity (probably just 15 seconds or so) to climb even one MPH. So Im not sure you can really hit that sucker with a stock motor. I wonder what the top speed of 5th gear is mathmatically (i.e. in a drag less setting). Anybody?

Around 205mph.