FTO AUSTRALIA

Has anyone actually redlined in 5th gear, or gone past 9000,rpm, whats happens? does something blowup or snap or does the engine turn off ?
ive only gone to 7000in5th gear.

i would imagine you cannot hit the redline in 5th..... the maximum revs in 5th would also be the cars top speed...... car cant go any faster then its top speed....

The motors also have rev limiters. If you hit 9k it will just bounce off the limiter. The car is also limited to 180km/h out of the factory too.

ya...just like any rev limited car it won't allow you to go any faster...180 is a bit slow I know but probably good enough...

khunjeng wrote:ya...just like any rev limited car it won't allow you to go any faster...180 is a bit slow I know but probably good enough...

Easily de-limited too

getting it de-limited is a must if you want to put it on a dyno, because you can't hit redline on the dyno when it is in 4th gear.

but not all dyno go to 4th gear do they?

ive actually gone past 180, in 5th gear on about 6000rpm. ? does that mean that my rev limiter has been disabled or something ?

dj_ules wrote:ive actually gone past 180, in 5th gear on about 6000rpm. ? does that mean that my rev limiter has been disabled or something ?

In a controlled environment such as a track of course...

Possibly, car may have been de-limited.

Mine had gone pass 9k rpm & went to 192kmph at 4th on a dyno before. I de-limited it with the Apexi RSM.

yeah i got a 4 speed auto and ive hit 190kmph (the cutout) in 4th whgich is no where near 8500 revs, 8500 revs (limiter) in third is 180k's

hmmm i think i confuse a few of you here, what i mean is i've went pass 9krpm (in 2nd & 3rd) & also reached 192kmph at 4th on a dyno.

kev, your chingrish confuses yourself mate, the rest of us have no hope!

I'm getting all mixed up now aswell, I was told that when you go to dyno your car when it is a manual and it is in 4th gear, u don't hit redline because you hit the speed limiter first, I don't know by experience but was told.

I thought they were all limited to 8250 rpm,i know mine is......It seems strange you'd remove the rev limiter so you could rev to 9k unless you'd had some serious internal work done!

bigpitty1 wrote:I'm getting all mixed up now aswell, I was told that when you go to dyno your car when it is a manual and it is in 4th gear, u don't hit redline because you hit the speed limiter first, I don't know by experience but was told.

that would be a 4 speed auto then, and yes, thats exactly what happens as i said

If I recall correctly the autos should be dynoed in 3rd gear to get best results.

I think it was Kev who said that......so don't shoot me if I'm wrong!