so ive got a slow car

[jamie128]

Lol, i used to have a leon fr but had to sell it due to running costs etc.

I have a clio campus 1.2 8v i believe.

It has no redline but the limiter is at 6000 rpm i believe, i rev it to 5000 once the engine is warm on a daily basis to get it up to speed quick, and occasionaly go to just before the limiter, is this bad? i dont do it all the time, mainly on motorways.

[Toaster Pilot]

As long as the engine is warm then it shouldn't be a problem, I often hold my Picanto in lower gears to make it actually propel itself forward rather than relying on the wind alone...

I don't have a rev counter though.

[twazzock]

It's going to explode with such catastrophic force a black hole will be born and destroy our ickle planet. Please keep your revs under 3k for humanity's sake.

[KardioKate]

My laguna has no red section on the rev counter either, and I regularly take it right round if I'm making progress. I figure that there's probably a rev limiter there somewhere, even if I've not found it yet.

[Eighteeteewhy]

If you're not hitting the limiter, you're not doing it right.

[skene]

Redline a day keeps the mechanic away

[wackojacko]

Eighteeteewhy said:

If you're not hitting the limiter, you're not doing it right.

it's there to be used.

[Liquid Tuna]

jamie128 said:

i rev it to 5000 once the engine is warm on a daily basis

What do you consider as a warm engine? I always thought the water temp is NOT an indication of a warm engine. I understand it takes a lot longer for the oil to warm up to temp. I wait til the oil is up to temp before giving it some (if I'm in a car without an oil gauge, I wait 10 miles in cold weather, less on a hot day maybe).

[Jimmy No Hands]

Slow cars are more fun, fact. Rentals especially (or you're girlfriends)

[Toaster Pilot]

Jimmy No Hands said:

Slow cars are more fun, fact. Rentals especially (or you're girlfriends)

Rentals

[Williams99]

I haven't found the rev limiter on my car. 80% sure it doesn't have one. Don't want to try and find that the limiting factor is the valves smashing into the piston.

[Condi]

Jimmy No Hands said:

Slow cars are more fun, fact. Rentals especially (or you're girlfriends)

Its always fun to take a rented girl friend for a good thrash.





Oh, not the point of the thread? My bad.




As James May was saying on TG, the fun starts at the limits of grip and handling - in a crap car the limit comes within national speed limits; in a high performance car it comes at licence loosing or unattainable highway speeds.

[maxdb]

I used to own a Mk1 Clio Campus 1.2 8v..

It was quite reliable until the cambelt snapped. I did a few mods to it etc.

The redline should be 6700rpm on these cars. It does take a bit of effort to hit the rev limiter in these cars though in standard form.

[Mastodon2]

Condi said:

As James May was saying on TG, the fun starts at the limits of grip and handling - in a crap car the limit comes within national speed limits; in a high performance car it comes at licence loosing or unattainable highway speeds.

Well, that is one interpretation of fun anyway.

My old Fiesta Flight 1.3 didn't have a rev-counter, I doubt it would have even had a limiter. I used to regularly hold it in second and third gear for extended periods because it was necessary to get any real acceleration out of it, what with a whopping 60bhp or whatever. That said, I did drive a Clio Campus 1.05L and it was noticeably slower than my Fiesta - on one of the hills I drive regularly it just couldn't get above 50mph, no matter what gear it was in.

[abbotsmike]

Liquid Tuna said:

What do you consider as a warm engine? I always thought the water temp is NOT an indication of a warm engine. I understand it takes a lot longer for the oil to warm up to temp. I wait til the oil is up to temp before giving it some (if I'm in a car without an oil gauge, I wait 10 miles in cold weather, less on a hot day maybe).

I've heard this too. Not sure I believe it though. The oil is running through the block, just like the water, and unlike the water, it doesn't get pumped through a heater matrix or other pipes outside the engine (generally). There's also the fact that I've done oil changes on cars after running them enough to get some heat in, and the oil gets pretty hot pretty quick!