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lanowoo · Post by **lanowoo** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:55 am

with excess weight may make you reach the rev limiter slower, but not increase max speed, a tach always makes you seem to go faster, cause you can get to the rev limiter without "bouncing off of it" then shifting

exist3nce · Post by **exist3nce** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:55 am

TxDAEWOOxT wrote:Would the weight of the car make any diff. of the speed at which the rev limiter kicks in?

For example.... if i had 5 peeps in my car, and was trying to race. the extra weight in the car wouldnt let me get to the desired speed for that gear. It would get to the rpm range that would engage the rev-limiter but not the speed. I geuss my question is.... If i lightened the car would i be able to get more speed out of each gear or would it still cut out at the same speed and just get there faster?

I don't think the rev limiter changes based on weight. I'm 99% sure its set at a certain RPM and thats it.

TxDAEWOOxT · Post by **TxDAEWOOxT** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:07 am

TxDAEWOOxT wrote:Would the weight of the car make any diff. of the speed at which the rev limiter kicks in?

For example.... if i had 5 peeps in my car, and was trying to race. the extra weight in the car wouldnt let me get to the desired speed for that gear. It would get to the rpm range that would engage the rev-limiter but not the speed. I geuss my question is.... If i lightened the car would i be able to get more speed out of each gear or would it still cut out at the same speed and just get there faster?

Thats exaclty what im saying. With more weight in the car you wont get to the speed that you would without weight. you would get to the rpm to cut out.

Its getting off topic in here check new post in aftermarket.

TxDAEWOOxT · Post by **TxDAEWOOxT** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:08 am

exist3nce wrote:
TxDAEWOOxT wrote:Would the weight of the car make any diff. of the speed at which the rev limiter kicks in?

For example.... if i had 5 peeps in my car, and was trying to race. the extra weight in the car wouldnt let me get to the desired speed for that gear. It would get to the rpm range that would engage the rev-limiter but not the speed. I geuss my question is.... If i lightened the car would i be able to get more speed out of each gear or would it still cut out at the same speed and just get there faster?
I don't think the rev limiter changes based on weight. I'm 99% sure its set at a certain RPM and thats it.

Yes you are correct it is set on rpm not on weight.

lanowoo · Post by **lanowoo** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:11 am

well if you have like 1k in the car it would be slower to generate the rpms to the rev limiter quickly in the higher gears lol

TxDAEWOOxT · Post by **TxDAEWOOxT** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:16 am

i was more concerned with 1st-3rd.

go to weight reduction in aftermarket

Rodd1s · Post by **Rodd1s** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:03 pm

why does evryone's rev-limit speeds seem lower than mine (well some are almos the same) ?

here's mine:
1st: 30mph
2nd: 50mph
3rd: 80mph
4th: 115mph
5th... unknown... it won't go faster than 115mph

might try get a vid of it sometime.