Accidentally downshifted to 2nd at 70MPH..
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Originally Posted by taiphon,Oct 6 2010, 05:37 PM
According to the graph I have on my computer.
Ap2
2nd Gear 8,000rpm ~ 57mph
2nd Gear 10,000rpm ~70 mph
My feeling is that you're probably ok. However, I highly recommend that at minimum do a compression test and check your valves.
Ap2
2nd Gear 8,000rpm ~ 57mph
2nd Gear 10,000rpm ~70 mph
My feeling is that you're probably ok. However, I highly recommend that at minimum do a compression test and check your valves.
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Originally Posted by IlluminatiDre,Oct 7 2010, 10:37 PM
Where can I find a graph like that?
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Originally Posted by Elistan,Oct 8 2010, 05:59 AM
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Hey guys, sorry to revive an ancient thread but I unfortunately managed to do this in my AP1 today. I didn't fully release the clutch but it definitely hit redline and probably over-revved. If I was going 70mph, what would the RPM be? Everything I can find about the AP1 says it should have been doing about 9500RPM but I'd like to know for certain what range I was in. Car idles fine, no weird noises, no loss of power in the top end. I plan to pull my valve cover and check my retainers tomorrow but it seems like the problem wouldn't really show itself for some time so I'm trying to gather as much information as I can. Thanks.
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Hey guys, sorry to revive an ancient thread but I unfortunately managed to do this in my AP1 today. I didn't fully release the clutch but it definitely hit redline and probably over-revved. If I was going 70mph, what would the RPM be? Everything I can find about the AP1 says it should have been doing about 9500RPM but I'd like to know for certain what range I was in. Car idles fine, no weird noises, no loss of power in the top end. I plan to pull my valve cover and check my retainers tomorrow but it seems like the problem wouldn't really show itself for some time so I'm trying to gather as much information as I can. Thanks.
Be safe and check it anyways!!! If you have a lot of miles on your AP1 it has a higher chance of dying on you. On my first AP1 with 70k miles, I did the money shift (6th to 2nd) and it bent a valve. On my 2nd AP1 (4 years without driving a stick), I mis shifted and down the road the valve retainers cracked, dropped the valve in the block and all went bad! (it did have 165k miles though)