Poll: Who has ever hit the rev limiter?

[Mikey]

Haven't hit it nor do I know what it is set at.

Only purchased the car a few weeks ago. 368ci Corey Henderson built 1991 Z. 4.10 gears. I did 3 pulls in second gear and the tach needle swept just above 8000 each time at which point I decided I better shift. Don't know if it is accurate but sure sounds like it's well north of 7000 anyway.

[EvanZR1]

Originally Posted by Mikey

Haven't hit it nor do I know what it is set at.

Only purchased the car a few weeks ago. 368ci Corey Henderson built 1991 Z. 4.10 gears. I did 3 pulls in second gear and the tach needle swept just above 8000 each time at which point I decided I better shift. Don't know if it is accurate but sure sounds like it's well north of 7000 anyway.

You need to get your gauge cluster redone by Batee. When I bought mine, it was the same way. I could bury the tach past 8K and never hit the rev limiter. I used gps speed (Google Maps or Waze) on my phone to compare to tach one day and calculated it was at least 2K off. Having the shift light makes it even easier though as I can keep my eyes on the road and not have to watch the tach.

[Mikey]

Originally Posted by EvanZR1

You need to get your gauge cluster redone by Batee. When I bought mine, it was the same way. I could bury the tach past 8K and never hit the rev limiter. I used gps speed (Google Maps or Waze) on my phone to compare to tach one day and calculated it was at least 2K off. Having the shift light makes it even easier though as I can keep my eyes on the road and not have to watch the tach.

Thanks for the tip. Will verify rpm vs speed first. Also,planning to install a shift light.

Was your tach off a consistent percentage throughout the range or was it only skewed at the top?

[EvanZR1]

Originally Posted by Mikey

Was your tach off a consistent percentage throughout the range or was it only skewed at the top?

It's been several years, but I think it was skewed more at the top end (pretty sure I would have remembered it being off by 1K or more at idle).

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by Mikey

Haven't hit it nor do I know what it is set at.

Only purchased the car a few weeks ago. 368ci Corey Henderson built 1991 Z. 4.10 gears. I did 3 pulls in second gear and the tach needle swept just above 8000 each time at which point I decided I better shift. Don't know if it is accurate but sure sounds like it's well north of 7000 anyway.

Welcome to the BROTHERHOOD OF THE BEAST!

Here is a chart you might use to see if your tach is tracking correctly...assuming your speedo is corrected for the 410 gear!

And...(IIRC) there is a way to determine the RPM from the DIC (digital information center - the display in the dash). As I seem to recall, (someone please chime in here!) a number can be retrieved and a multiplier is used to ascertain the actual RPM. OR, if you have a scanner, of course you can read and compare the analog tach to the digital reading.

P.

[Mikey]

I checked the tach gauge vs the readout on the HVAC control. Hold up and down fan speed buttons simultaneously until 00 appears then tap up until 06. Tap the fan button. This gives you rpm/25. It won't read all the way to 7000 but I was able to verify my tach gauge reads about 15% high throughout the entire range. So 8000 is really only about 7000. Will have to get it calibrated.

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by Mikey

I checked the tach gauge vs the readout on the HVAC control. Hold up and down fan speed buttons simultaneously until 00 appears then tap up until 06. Tap the fan button. This gives you rpm/25. It won't read all the way to 7000 but I was able to verify my tach gauge reads about 15% high throughout the entire range. So 8000 is really only about 7000. Will have to get it calibrated.

BATEE can either do the work for you, OR they can sell you the resistor circuit board replacing the old one, OR you can build you own precision voltage divider and install it yourself. (Personally, I built my own voltage divider, but that was before BATEE was known to me, and the fact they now sell the "chip" for DIY'ers like me!)