Should You Redline Once in a While?
02-17-2009, 12:26 PM
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tell you what. you go and do that deliberately once a week and see how long it takes to cause problems. then come back and report your results
your severe lack of car intelligence overwhelms me.
02-17-2009, 02:16 PM
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02-17-2009, 06:49 PM
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Dude, your Grandma drives a BMW???
Fine! Yes it can help (in a way). Casual driving can increase the likelyhood that you will have carbon build-up because the engine doesnt get hot enough to sufficiently burn off contaminents that create the build-up.
So redlining it would help get it hot enough to do so. Then again, a nice highway drive would do the same thing and not potentially hurt the engine.
Fine! Yes it can help (in a way). Casual driving can increase the likelyhood that you will have carbon build-up because the engine doesnt get hot enough to sufficiently burn off contaminents that create the build-up.
So redlining it would help get it hot enough to do so. Then again, a nice highway drive would do the same thing and not potentially hurt the engine.
02-18-2009, 06:04 AM
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An engine will accelerate faster at higher RPM even with less power than it will at lower rpm with more power. So shifting at the highest RPM possible even if after the shift you are farther through the powerband sweet spot is still the best and fastest way to drive the car.
All you need to do is take your car to the track and race it. Try a few runs one shifting it at redline and another run shifting lower were ever you think is the "sweet" spot and look at your times.
If you shift at an rpm lower than redline you end up at lower RPM in the next gear and the engine will accelerate more slowly at a lower RPM than a higher one.
Don't take my word for it, talk to anybody who does serious drag racing or try it for your self.
02-18-2009, 06:09 AM
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This isn't true contrary to popular belief. This comes from back in the day kinda like the old story about how cars need back pressure which we all know is also not true.
An engine will accelerate faster at higher RPM even with less power than it will at lower rpm with more power. So shifting at the highest RPM possible even if after the shift you are farther through the powerband sweet spot is still the best and fastest way to drive the car.
All you need to do is take your car to the track and race it. Try a few runs one shifting it at redline and another run shifting lower were ever you think is the "sweet" spot and look at your times.
If you shift at an rpm lower than redline you end up at lower RPM in the next gear and the engine will accelerate more slowly at a lower RPM than a higher one.
Don't take my word for it, talk to anybody who does serious drag racing or try it for your self.
An engine will accelerate faster at higher RPM even with less power than it will at lower rpm with more power. So shifting at the highest RPM possible even if after the shift you are farther through the powerband sweet spot is still the best and fastest way to drive the car.
All you need to do is take your car to the track and race it. Try a few runs one shifting it at redline and another run shifting lower were ever you think is the "sweet" spot and look at your times.
If you shift at an rpm lower than redline you end up at lower RPM in the next gear and the engine will accelerate more slowly at a lower RPM than a higher one.
Don't take my word for it, talk to anybody who does serious drag racing or try it for your self.
02-18-2009, 06:10 AM
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You're just backtracking now.You posted that redlining once a week would be bad for you car, then you posted disagreeing with me, then edited your post to demean my knowledge of all things from my past posts, then you say you're not serious about your original point.
the HR was claibrated to accept the higher rev limit because it is a different than the DE. seems you don't know anything about cars either. if you accidentally bump the rev limiter that is fine. doing it just to do it because of some myth about "clearing out the cobwebs" will cause damage.
and for your first sentence, do not make assumptions you know nothing about. i can say that you are wrong.
and for your first sentence, do not make assumptions you know nothing about. i can say that you are wrong.
Thanks for contributing to my sig.
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02-18-2009, 06:45 AM
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Because your post wasn't serious at all. You're just backtracking now.
You posted that redlining once a week would be bad for you car, then you posted disagreeing with me, then edited your post to demean my knowledge of all things from my past posts, then you say you're not serious about your original point.
Your original point.
Your defense of your non serious point.
You attacking my knowledge. But I thought you weren't serious?
Thanks for contributing to my sig.
You're just backtracking now.You posted that redlining once a week would be bad for you car, then you posted disagreeing with me, then edited your post to demean my knowledge of all things from my past posts, then you say you're not serious about your original point.
Your original point.
Your defense of your non serious point.
You attacking my knowledge. But I thought you weren't serious?
Thanks for contributing to my sig.
and again, it seems the sarcasm of my post has escaped your level of understanding yet again. you can keep that quote in your sig, it fits you perfectly
02-18-2009, 06:49 AM
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Some people just can't admit to being wrong.
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02-18-2009, 11:32 AM
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But if you like babying your engine and not really using the engine for what it was designed to do, that is fine with me too.
02-18-2009, 03:36 PM
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only attacking i see is coming from you since you felt so compelled to call me out, make assumptions about me when you have no clue WTF you are babbling about to begin with, and add a coment to your sig. but hey, believe what you want.
02-18-2009, 04:46 PM
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Realistically, hitting redlining wont cause any real damage. The OP wasnt talking about holding it at redline for hours either. The Z is a sports car. Its not a ho hum family car with a engine tuned for comfort and fuel economy. These engines were designed to perform and make power. Also, I am quite certain that nissan engineers place the redline there to prevent hitting really high RPMs where real engine damage would occur.
But if you like babying your engine and not really using the engine for what it was designed to do, that is fine with me too.
But if you like babying your engine and not really using the engine for what it was designed to do, that is fine with me too.
