so it is a limiter?

 

yeah mate!
its a limiter thats why its called rev limiter lol
it limits u so u dont fuxor up the engine...

 

haha, thats why i made this post, to make sure i wasnt making the "limiter" part up

 

Yes there is a rev limiter. During acceleration, the engine will cut out at about 6,600 rpm. You can get in a tricky situation by downshifting if the speed is too high. The rpm will “jump” past redline: the rev limiter isn't quick enough to catch the error. BTW some 350Z drivers have the ECU programmed to push the rev limiter to 7,100 rpm, or eliminate it altogether.

 

just wondering, but if it redlines at 6600 or 6700, why push the limiter back? other than to have it not kick in for better times if you go to far?

 

Look at a dyno for a stock 350Z. You’ll see that HP continues to climb after redline. Some drivers are willing to push the RPM for additional HP.

 

hmm, glad theres a limiter.lol. anyways, i have a question for you while i have your attention, do you like your k&n intake, was it worth it and where did you get it. thanks

 

So now that im thoroughly confused, what kind of damage do you do if you hit redline?!

I normally would know, but its late and I completely lost the concept of redline in this car.

 

"redline" is basically an imaginary, somewhat arbitrary limit to how fast your engine can spin before something breaks.

(History Lesson Back in the day (think old '60s, '70s carbureted engines), it was possible, with some mods, to floor it in neutral and rev your engine past the point where something would break. So, they gave you a guage, put a red line on it, and said to you, "don't spin it past this number! Or else!" You still could; there's nothing really to stop you.

Nowdays, they usually have an electronically controlled rev-limiter, which slows the fuel flow past a given engine speed (your redline), so you can't spin it too fast by just flooring it. This is the Z's "rev-limiter."

Of course, you can still shift into the wrong gear at the wrong time and mechanically spin your engine to 10K, but you will definetly break it.

 

You have trouble with shifting and syllables? Dude, buy an automatic and move to Ohio.

Just yanking your chain.

 

If you do that while downshifting, depending on the speed and gear, it can be pretty bad. Case in point: Two years ago, Britney Spears lost control of her Ferrari 360 Modena and crashed it on a California freeway when she erroneously downshifted from 5th to 2nd while going 100+. Too bad she survived! j/k

 

trade your car in for an AT

 

It's a VQ, it's designed to have the snot beat out of it day in day out. If you hit the rev limiter/fuel cut-off every now and then then you're driving it right. I've 130k miles on the VQ in my Maxima 5-speed and can't count how many times I've hit the fuel cut-off. Car runs absolutely perfect. Does not and will not hurt a thing.

The real trick is smooth fast shifts at high rpm where you're not shock loading the drivetrain. Beyond that, hitting 2nd instead of 4th at 95 mph is likely only something you'll do once.

 

Just to make it clear the up shift light is just that a light. It starts to flash 500 rpms before the number you set. The rev limiter is preset in the ecu and can only be changed with a reflash. Now you can down shift to the wrong gear and hurt the motor most times people do this once or twice and live to talk about it....lol

 

if i would have wanted a 20k "sports car" with a auto, i would have bought one. but to me, thats a waste of money

 

I predict a post of "F-in Nissan Qulaity" "Why can't they build cars that work" "The dealer told me I broke it, what should I do" "My tranny grinds" "The dealer won't fix it" It's really a damn shame that performance cars don't come with performance drivers.

 

OK setting the shift light is just another way to remind yourself to shift. or if you are on a track its a cheap tachometer.(i know it came with the car, but its nothing like an autometer) anyway the car limits itself around 6600-6700 RPMS when you set the light down to lets sayyyyy 4000RPMS the ONLY thing that will do it make the light blink then turn solid at 4k. when you hit 6600 and feel the engine kill, thats your limiter.. the more you do that the more chances of your car having problems down the road. its not bad to hit it but its never good to redline your car continuously. enough said. there is a limiter at 6600 unless you get it reprogramed, setting your light is only for a cheap shiftlight reminder

 

That sounds fine and dandy, but apparently you cant drive a manual.

 

at 6500 the 350z is actually losing power..it peaks out its max hp at 6300 , then goes down from there..so now you have 2 reasons to shift sooner..specially if your hitting the limiter.. shift tops at 6500!! min 6300!!

 

I think you may be the only person that understands what I feel. At least I know I am not the only person that read it that way. Some of the people on this site never cease to amaze me. I can't figure out how you found your way out of bed to even get behind the wheel of your car. God help us all if you ever produce offspring. I guaran-****in-tee there is a follow up post saying "What kind of piece of garbage is Nissan building that can't take boucing off the rev-limiter multiple times daily. I am sure shifting gears in this manner couldn't possibly have anything to do with my grinding on my fourth tranny." How do you not know it is time shift before it bounces off the rev-limiter? Can you not hear the engine screaming at you at 6500 rpm? I firmly believe that if you need to think out every move you make in your car then you are not prepared to drive. Please return your vehicle to the nearest Nissan dealership. Don't bother driving there, we can't risk it. Call a tow truck.