Miata Mailing List: August 1993, Message #114
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Subject: rev limiter
   Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1993 11:49:12 -0400


About the potential damage from hitting the rev limiter - from what I can tell
from the messages I have probably hit the limiter the hardest. When our local
clubs was doing hot laps at Road America I tried to skip a gear in a downshift.
I was going 100+ down the front straight in 4th gear. I braked for turn 1 and
instead of going into 3rd gear I opted for 2nd. The problem was that I was
going 70+ at the time. I think the tach hit 8K or so. Anyone who pushes their
car knows the top speed in second is about 55-60mph. There seemed to be no
problems with the engine in any way during my next six laps or even on the
drive home. I think the common valve chatter occured on the first startup after
the laps, but not since.
-alex-

Alex M. Postpischil	albabe@macc.wisc.edu	71603,2756@compuserve.com

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