I have a d16y8 motor that redlines too early. The redline should be at 7200, but its redlining at 6200. I checked everything i can think of: ecu, cap and rotor, distributor, spark plug wires. Anybody know whats up with it. Please help.

 

u check to make sure ur car isn't throwing a check engine light code
and u have the right ecu

 

what tranny are you using ???? and is the car auto or manual ??

 

get a new cluster that redlines at 7,200

 

how many cels you throwing? does it sound like your car is in limp mode or what?

 

Automatics won't shift at 7200... swap out your auto for a y8 manual tranny.

 

yup auto shifts at 6,2

 

its not an auto, its a manual. the check light doesn't pop up. Could it be doing that problem if the car was an auto before and had a manual swap?

 

i have a p28 ecu. that should be the stock one. What else could be the causing the problem?

 

are you low on oil?

 

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Why do you ask? and if this is the case for you; did you swap to a five speed ECU?

 

**** if he din't swap to a 5sp ecu for sure hes gettin an engine code

 

You say that you have a p28 ecu for your d16y8....and say it's 'stock'.

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Actually it's not the 'stock' one. It is a 'sutiable OBD1 ecu', though.... but a STOCK D16Y8 ECU is a P2P


just thought I would let you know....

 

Yea its not the stock one for that motor. Its converted to OBDI. And I just changed my oil so i'm sure i'm not low.