rev limiter

[snookes]

do you use one and/or what are your thoughts

thanks
anthony

[L33]

I've never bothered on one with a TVR as the old rover V8s don't like having the nuts reved out of them and don't need to have the nuts reved out of them to get the best performance.

If you look at the rolling road print out you have, you'll see the maxium revs you can give the car before the power starts dropping off. From memory, it is about 5k revs.

Edited by L33 on Wednesday 27th February 19:47

[blaineuk]

there is one built into the car, around 6200rpm, usually hit it in 2nd, for some reason, my engine is still pulling strongly around this point according to the rr print out.

[L33]

blaineuk said:

there is one built into the car, around 6200rpm, usually hit it in 2nd, for some reason, my engine is still pulling strongly around this point according to the rr print out.

But your engine is a fully race prepared 5.2 litre jobbie

Any news on that yet Blaine?

[blaineuk]

the engine is in storage and i haven't seen it since removal from car, will need to remoce sump/haed to find out any more info though.

[adam quantrill]

I have a micro-dynamics? one in the 400SX, because the charger has a rev limit, had to disconnect it because it was cutting the ignition completely, and when I did the lumpy low-end also cleared up.

So beware - you might get more than you bargained for.

However it was fun when it hit the limit - sounded like a machine gun going off when the unburnt fuel exploded in the exhaust!