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Apr 30, 2005 | 08:06 PM

#11

DosEquis Driver

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From: Near Atlanta, GA

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Originally Posted by s2spoon,Apr 30 2005, 10:24 PM

driving around a few mins ago pulled vtec and accidently hit rev limiter.. first time doing it.. should everything be alright or do i need to check anything? Thanks!

Jay

Haven't hit the Rev limiter on my wife's S but I've hit it many times on my CBR1100. Other than the bizarre feeling you get when the limiter does its thing, no harm done and nothing to reset or have checked. As others note, that's why it's there... to protect you from yourself.

May 1, 2005 | 03:47 AM

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Woodson

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Originally Posted by XclusiveAutosports,Apr 30 2005, 10:02 PM

You should be fine as long as you didn't downshift and have that cause you to over-rev or hit the revlimiter.

You won't hit the rev-limiter this way. It's only a fuel cut-off.

May 2, 2005 | 08:38 AM

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SilverKnight

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haha I did for the first time last week. I was pushing it in 1st and hitting then my passenger said something so I think it blinked liek 2-3 times and I think i hit it twice on that try. After reading so many posts I didn't even think twice about it. So many people do it. Just don'tdownshift and do it.

May 2, 2005 | 09:12 AM

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trunger

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From: E-town!

over reevving is like taking 5th hard and doing a attempt to go abck to 4th
and end up going in 2nd.. now that will hurt ahhahaha

go take a look in the dc5 forums hahahaha

May 2, 2005 | 12:46 PM

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soundzero

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your car is fine.

What you have to worry about is misshifting to lower gear at high rpm.
That would kill your engine.

May 2, 2005 | 03:42 PM

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hpark

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Originally Posted by mad-dog-one,Apr 30 2005, 07:01 PM

I agree, once you experience the excitement of unabashed vtec, normal driving becomes boring. Honda designed the rev-limiter to ensure that drivers like you, me and the rest of us won't harm the engine by pushing on the gas pedal. Keep in mind that you can over-rev your engine by shifting from 5th to 3rd at redline, and, if you do, it will likely be catastrophic. Drive safely, enjoy vtec and remember if you run at redline, make certain that you select the correct gears.

how the heck do you shift from 5th->3rd??? that has to account for about 0.00001% of mis-shifts.....

May 2, 2005 | 04:16 PM

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Dezoris

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From: Woodstock

I am sorry to say this but if you don't know what fuel cutoff/rev limiters are and why cars have them, it makes me think you should not be driving a sports car.