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

 

Dude....stop. Redline your z, it's not going to break.

 

Are out of your mind. If you take the 350Z to redline, time goes backwards.

 

Sweet! Reminded me of back to the future .... I'll make sure to take pics w/ the indians's & post them Can I also go to the future???? or do I need a TT for that?

 

don't worry about it man, it's built to redline

 

You must have been racing an RSX

 

Limiting your Z to 4900 rpms is like letting a fat kid only take one bite of a donut...it's just mean

 

Damn I wish I had one of those.... I wanted an RSX more than a Z but I just couldnt find 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

 

I redline my Z from time to time its fun and your car wont explode trust me

 

i have, especially coming out to toll booths in chicago. No problems (thus far)

 

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 redlined my Z 4 times in the first 10 minutes after I owned it.

 

i cant believe how many retards post on these forums...sigh

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

Dude, the faster you go, the better it drives. Speed is good, speed is your friend. Driving fast, it turns into pure sex, if you thought it couldn't get any sexier.

 

While not quite a Z (though identical engines), I redline my FX a good amount. And hell, I've redlined my Maxima far too many times and it's still kicking ***.

 

thats when we know when to shift. mine goes to 8500 though...