Who shifts at the stock redline? How bad is it to shift a little past?

 

lol my car is plain stock, and im pretty much new to this whole thing. i rarely bash my car. i'd go 6.5k for me. 94-Ls

 

i only go up to redline when im racing. if u constantly hit redline on a daily basis, then your motor is gonna be less reliable down the line

 

i say anything up to redline is cool because there is a redline for a reason right...haha...as for past redline i chipped my 90 gs a few years back and took that past redline and one time spun a rocker arm bolt off....luckily i found it and then desided damn i need to do my valve lash, but that teg is sold and still running strong... i shift my gsr at redline or a little before

 

I shift at 8k redline, fuel cutoff is at like 8200 or so, so it's hard to go much past redline.

 

I have a chipped OBD1 P72 and I shift around 8400 RPM's, but I rarely go that high, that's just because my valvetrain is still stock, every once in a while, I take it a bit higher then normal, the ITR cams like that extra 200 RPM's anyway.

 

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I redline daily. I don't hit the limiter, but there's nothing wrong with having fun with a car that was built for it. In any case, avoid hitting the limiter.

 

my redline is currently still at 7200...although with my AEM EMS i raised ignition cut off to 7400 and fuel cut off at 9000. this is just for safety purposes and because when i race or at least try to...lol, i always seem to hit redline so this helps me avoid the cutoff point. once i get my new head on, i'm gonna raise my redline to 8500 just because i'm making power up to and beyond that point.

 

on my ls the redline is 6500 i shift at 6000 if im going fast or want to rev high

 

doesnt matter, honda has what we like to call fuel cut off that will stop you from going past what they want you to. If you run a chipped ecu then you'll need something to actually make power higher before its worth your time to take it past redline. Personally I wouldnt go past redline/fuel cutoff on a stock car, but since mine isnt stock ill take it to 9k when i please.

 

I still think it was built that way for a reason, but the major thing is keep up the routine maintenance! If you're gonna stress out your engine, keep it happy. My car has 138,000 and loves the redline, but also sees early oil changes and other preventitive maintenance. That's my .02

 

as long as you have oil in the bitch, smack that rev limiter all day long. lol, thats what i do...

 

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red line on ls is 6800

you dont wanna go past that, especially on the ls, cause the valve train is less than desireable (compared to vtec motors)

 

that's what i thought, my ls redlines at 6800, not sure if it's because his is a g2

 

The redline on the B18B (94-01) is 6800

The redline on the B18A (90-93) is 6500

 

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The redline on the B18A (90-93) is 6500

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n/m, this guy's right...

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Modified by RidinStock at 1:58 PM 8/12/2004

 

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Are you sure? I could've sworn mine was 6800 and the limiter is at 7200.....</TD></TR></TABLE>

Both http://www.g2ic.com and http://www.team-integra.net report that all B18A variations (whether 130hp or 142hp from 90-93) have a 6500 redline. Perhaps they neglected the differences between 90-91 and 92-93 Integras.

They also report that the B18B1 used in the 94+ integra has a 6800 redline.

I noticed on Summitracing that they claim the 92-93 Integra has a redline at 6800, but they also say the motor is called a B18B1, while the 90-91 Teg has the B18B with a 6500 redline. I guess we can't believe everything on the net, but usually g2ic and t-i are excellent sources of info.

My 1992 LS has a tach that makes it look as if redline is higher, and I have never hit the limiter. However, I am inclined to believe g2ic and team-integra, as they are both trusted sources, especially for tech and specs. Tachometers are known to be inexact, so maybe someone with a more accurate SAFC can confirm or disprove g2ic and t-i.net

 

My shift point is 8700. Reliable as can be. I have only had 1 oil pump go out and that was 150,000 miles and 200 dyno pulls.

 

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My tach shows the same, but I think the 6500 redline makes sense the more I think about it. I've bounced the limiter before and it was right at 7000.

 

i pamper mine...i shift at usually 3k rpms. redline rarely

 

I thrash mine. I figure that if the car wasnt really designed to red line then the limiter would kick in before you got 2 red line. + hitting the limiter sounds cool.

 

eh, i hit that damn fuel cut-off all the time.. and if you guys payed attention to power curves, redline is not the optimal shift point in the first place

 

i shift a little b4 most of the time sometimes right on but never after.... 6.5k For me

 

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True, but he didn't even post what kind of car he drives, so I wouldn't know what to tell him.

 

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That can be changed with a little tuning. This is most true with non-VTEC engines and non-Hondas. When my car was stock, power was delivered most efficiently when I shifted at redline.