What will my car be safe to redline at?
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What will my car be safe to redline at?
I am putting a itr block on my 97 gsr, im in the process of geting skunk2 stage2 cams/gears with springs and retainers and i wanted to know how high and safe i should be able to redline at.
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Re: What will my car be safe to redline at? (kingteghelm)
Oh boy.
Theoretically, I would guess you could rev as high as 9k safely, but if you aren't making any power up there there is no point. Assuming you have a chipped ecu, stand alone or hack, of course.
The best thing to do IMHO would be to get your new set up in, bump your rev limit up to 8800 or so and dyno tune. Once you see where your peak hp is you should have a better idea of where your shift point should be.
For instance, though I can rev to 9k, my hp starts falling off around 7400. If I'm trying to get on it, a shift at about 8200 keeps me in the strongest part of the powerband without wasting time (and risking harm) by revving higher just for the sake of doing so.
Hope that helps.
Someone correct me if I said anything senseless. 
Cliffs: Tune the new setup, examine dyno graphs after tuning, choose useful shift point.
Theoretically, I would guess you could rev as high as 9k safely, but if you aren't making any power up there there is no point. Assuming you have a chipped ecu, stand alone or hack, of course.
The best thing to do IMHO would be to get your new set up in, bump your rev limit up to 8800 or so and dyno tune. Once you see where your peak hp is you should have a better idea of where your shift point should be.
For instance, though I can rev to 9k, my hp starts falling off around 7400. If I'm trying to get on it, a shift at about 8200 keeps me in the strongest part of the powerband without wasting time (and risking harm) by revving higher just for the sake of doing so.
Hope that helps.
Someone correct me if I said anything senseless. Cliffs: Tune the new setup, examine dyno graphs after tuning, choose useful shift point.
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Re: What will my car be safe to redline at? (OBD1Kenobe)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by OBD1Kenobe »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Oh boy.
Theoretically, I would guess you could rev as high as 9k safely, but if you aren't making any power up there there is no point. Assuming you have a chipped ecu, stand alone or hack, of course.
The best thing to do IMHO would be to get your new set up in, bump your rev limit up to 8800 or so and dyno tune. Once you see where your peak hp is you should have a better idea of where your shift point should be.
For instance, though I can rev to 9k, my hp starts falling off around 7400. If I'm trying to get on it, a shift at about 8200 keeps me in the strongest part of the powerband without wasting time (and risking harm) by revving higher just for the sake of doing so.
Hope that helps. Someone correct me if I said anything senseless.
Cliffs: Tune the new setup, examine dyno graphs after tuning, choose useful shift point.</TD></TR></TABLE>
couldnt have said it better
Theoretically, I would guess you could rev as high as 9k safely, but if you aren't making any power up there there is no point. Assuming you have a chipped ecu, stand alone or hack, of course.
The best thing to do IMHO would be to get your new set up in, bump your rev limit up to 8800 or so and dyno tune. Once you see where your peak hp is you should have a better idea of where your shift point should be.
For instance, though I can rev to 9k, my hp starts falling off around 7400. If I'm trying to get on it, a shift at about 8200 keeps me in the strongest part of the powerband without wasting time (and risking harm) by revving higher just for the sake of doing so.
Hope that helps.
Someone correct me if I said anything senseless. Cliffs: Tune the new setup, examine dyno graphs after tuning, choose useful shift point.</TD></TR></TABLE>
couldnt have said it better
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