How many of you have redlined your Z?
06-18-2007, 05:42 AM
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How many of you have redlined your Z?
The time that I've had my Z so far, I've never redlined it, the Miata I had before the Z ... that's a different story, I would redline that thing almost everyday (stupid I know), the car heald up & ran great even past 120K miles, but I get this feeling if I redline my Z to see just how fast she is, I'de end up regreting it.... just feels like it would blow up, I pushed my car a few times & It's always felt that I get more power & torque when I dont run up to peak high rpm's before shifting.. anyone have input on this? I have my rpm's set on 4900, that's the highest I'll go.. just to be safe.
Oh & is it normal when downshifting to rev the engine a little as I put it in a lower gear? No idea why I do this, no one told me to do it.. just seems like it's less stress on the engine
Oh & is it normal when downshifting to rev the engine a little as I put it in a lower gear? No idea why I do this, no one told me to do it.. just seems like it's less stress on the engine
06-18-2007, 06:08 AM
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Are out of your mind. If you take the 350Z to redline, time goes backwards.
Can I also go to the future???? or do I need a TT for that? 
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06-18-2007, 06:16 AM
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You must have been racing an RSX
... yeah j/k... I actually saw one of those yesterday in my town, had a tailpipe the size of my head & decals all over it 
06-18-2007, 06:27 AM
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It has a "rev limiter". Which means it will stop you when you hit redline so you don't break anything.
I bounced off the rev limiter racing a Lambo. He couldn't drive. I still lost, but it was damn close.
I bounced off the rev limiter racing a Lambo. He couldn't drive. I still lost, but it was damn close.
06-18-2007, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by jtabraham
Limiting your Z to 4900 rpms is like letting a fat kid only take one bite of a donut...it's just mean
I might have to make that my new sig.Usually I shift by 6500 RPMs but couple weeks ago I was in second going WOT and hit the rev-limiter for the first time. I was like..oops...shift!!! Car is fine.
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06-18-2007, 07:05 AM
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so... what happens when you hit the "rev limiter"? does your car jerk & or does the shift **** magicly go into the next gear? haha Just wondering... sounds like I'de probably **** my pants if I hit this "rev limiter"
06-18-2007, 07:09 AM
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so... what happens when you hit the "rev limiter"? does your car jerk & or does the shift **** magicly go into the next gear? haha Just wondering... sounds like I'de probably **** my pants if I hit this "rev limiter"
Um, the Revs are limited. Otherwise, the thread title would have been "how many of you have hit the 'car-jerker' or 'automatic-gear-up-shifter'"
Seriously though, you engine speed is just electronically limited, so instead of hovering around red-line, once you hit the rev-limiter point, it brings it back down to 4k RPMS or so.
