Hi everyone,

Does anyone know if the stook has a REV limiter to prevent you from blowing out your engine?

Kinda sucks, but I think I proved there isn't one today. I had just crossed the 630 mile marker on my new car... So, of course I had to try a 7000 RPM start... I figure the revs would drop a little then shoot up, oops not at all right, thing went instantly into the RED I pulled off, but by then it was too late. Car is still running, but the smell was NOT good. What the f***k did I burn?

All I know is if the car IS all right tomorrow, I'm gonna take practice with lower RPM starts...

Thanks for any input...

-- Robert

 

Goldtrom,

What i can tell you is that my stook hesitates and the revs drop down when i hit 9000+.


for the smell: could it be the clutch?


Pancho

 

The rev limiter is at about 9200rpm. What you did was smoke your clutch. You cannot slip the clutch and expect it to hold at 7000rpm. You should be able to pop the clutch quickly enough to spin the tires at 7000rpm unless your clutch is damaged.

 

There is a rev limiter to prevent you from damaging the engine...I've bounced off of it a few times before.

 

Thanks Guys!

Sure is comforting to know it was just my clutch .

I've smelled burnt clutch before, but it has never smelled that bad! I spun that clutch for like 2 seconds... must have really cooked it. Oh well, there goes 500 miles off my clutch

-- Robert

 

Yeah youll notice the limiter most when you're in gear, and the cold limiter is particularly nasty if you dont know about it.

 

How high can you rev with the VTEC not switched over to the high rpm cam profile?

How high can you rev with the coolant and oil cold?

Barry

 

Goldtron-

Hi Robert, I'm sorry I went off topic.

To answer you initial question, you can install aftermarket rev limiters on the car in addition to the rather high stock one, but a more judicious use of the right foot would be the cheaper, and less labor intensive alternative.

 

Nick, help me with my part of this question.

If the engine is cold, what limits does the ECU impose. If the VTEC fails to shift to the cams designed for high rpms, can you still rev to 9,000. If not, how high can you rev?

Barry

 

Hi Barry-

To put it simply...

I don't know.

I've never rev'ed the car up when it was cold, or in the warmup stage. It just doesn't seem prudent (Dana Carvey imitation of G.H.Bush comes to mind), with a high compression motor, minimum piston skirts, long rods, and engine designed for high intensity outputs at high rpms.

In other words, it isn't designed to run well when cold. I don't want to be part of the fright bridgade, but I feel that you can probably do some serious damage to the engine if it isn't warmed up completely, and you "get on it".

I know this doesn't help answer your question. But, in a round about sort of way, I think it has...