I've hit 88-90km/h @ 6700-7000rpm's in first gear

has anyone actually gone above 7000rpm's?

i wanna try but don't wanna blow my car up :P

Same as you. By accident I stuffed up and locked in L going up toowoomba range (OTS :D ) hit the rev limiter before I realised and my son said it was about 7000rpm.
I wont do it again!!

What ever the rev limiter is in the TR's. I hit it.

In shepperton doing 110 in 5th gear, went to change to 4th to go around someone, went to 2nd instead.

dang lol

I dont know what speed it was but i reached about the same as you did Choonga
Im not going to do it ever again :rant:

driving home in first... i hit the rev limiter.. ouch... was driving around in L thinking i was cool and forgot that the car was still in L and floored it expecting it to change....

i think it was aroun 7000.... the car just shook voilently and was screaming....

Never do that again...

ANd choonga you say you were traveling 88-90 in first? i cant remember since it was night.. but im sure i was not going close to 90 in first!! (auto 3l) i thought it was probably closer to 60-70??

anyway For the last year i have babied my car in the hope that i wont destroy it.. the car is the only thing in my life at the moment.. its everything to me.. oh yeah and my girlfriend.. but more so the car.... :D

Dont know what the limiter is in the KH, round the 7 grand mark but have done it many a time. The KH doesnt mind getting up that high so i dont feel so bad doing it un like a commodore or falcon where you just sit there waiting for something to detinate.

3.5l :d

yes, the 3.5L AUTOs will have a higher overall speed in L at 7000rpm, simply because their overall diff ratio is taller than the 3.0L AUTOs. And they have the extra ~50Nm of torque

around 6900 rpm do it all the time and hasnt hurt the car one bit its there for a reason so u dont blow the motor so rev away boys the commos and falcons hate it just like grand tourismo
as i saw tonight on optus the rally cars do it as well at the start so i dont think its harmfull at all but some will have there opinion ive been doing it for 2 and a half years now and no prob lol.

my mate was the first to drive my car (before me even!) when we went to test drive it. He hit the limited in 2nd gear after driving 2 streets! :redface:

Since then I have hit it twice in 2 years. Once just seeing how far 1st gear would go (just over 60km/h i think), and second pushing it too hard in second gear racing my mate (@just over 100km/h)

:redface:

7000 in 1st

Was going around a corner in the wet in 2nd and the wheels started spinning so I thought "this is fun" and kept on spinning untill I realised it was at 7000rpm :redface:

Didn't Booya remove his rev limiter when he installed that high compression engine? I'm sure he's got a few stories..

as for me, I've bounced off the rev limiter.. but I try not to :)

Oh yes, I have hit the rev limiter plenty of times in 1st.

- Driving around in carparks in L, forgetting about it and driving like its in D
- Friends think its funny to put you in L when you dont know and you drive like its in D
- Trying to stir someone up at the lights thinking they will go ya, but then you doubt it and drive like you think its in D

I do some silly stuff sometimes.. but very rarely lol :bowdown: :redface: :upyours:

Choonga have you read your manual where it will say that 1st gear is not to be used at >40km/h?

Choonga have you read your manual where it will say that 1st gear is not to be used at >40km/h?
mine doesn't say that, it does say that its more ecconomical to change to second though! :nuts:

3.0L auto does about 60-70 at 7000rpm... with my driving instructors car, 60 isn't achievable with 1st, and just barely with 2nd (mitsubishi mirage)...he didn't like me and the way i treated his car after i got my licence on the way home :P

Was going around a corner in the wet in 2nd and the wheels started spinning so I thought "this is fun" and kept on spinning untill I realised it was at 7000rpm :redface:
You are all braver than I :redface: If my engine blew it's game over... not gonna risk it.

if n e off u guys work at mitsu u would off used mutt 3. hooked it up the other day and reved to the limiter, went bak and had a look at the graph 6813rpm. it cuts the injectors off.

TH auto WILL do 70Kmh at 6000 in first and 140 at 6000 in second as for 3rd and 4th never wound em out but, 4th at 3000=160km/h (done legaly at willowbank drags 4 times).

Hendo TJ02 that explains the coughing and spluttering I got, certainly lets you know you're pushing her.

When I first got the 3.0l manual I accidently had it to 7100rpm in second gear and it did'nt cut out or shake which by the sounds of it should have???

I thought it was a bit high, maybe it's chipped, as a few other things about my so called standard car just dont seem right??? :cool:

Ive bounced off the rev limiter at 7000 rpm before in my 3 litre auto. Reading through my owners manual though, they say not to take the car past its redline (6000 rpm) where as the rev limiter itself is at 7000 rpm.

Kinda scares you the first time you hit it, because your initial reaction is 'oh sh*t Ive broken something', but you soon get over it, that is until you find the rev limiter again in the next gear :P .

Doesn't it sound nice when it bounces off the rev limiter? isn't it music to our ears.

6000rpm@75Kmh (1st) 6200rpm@142kmh (2nd), 4500rpm@186kmh(3rd), then backed off, that was fast .....and no more road:rant: ....roughly a 15 sec 400mtr dash :redface:

Doesn't it sound nice when it bounces off the rev limiter? isn't it music to our ears.

Not to me, especially seeing acceleration just dies totally as soon as you hit the rev limiter :mad: .

I bounced my TE off the rev limiter once.

I didn't like the sound at all (my poor baby) and have never done it since.

-Dan

You are all braver than I :redface: If my engine blew it's game over... not gonna risk it.

I didn't mean to go that far :shock:. I was doing a right turn, changed to second started to wheel spin and I just didn't realise it was that high till I looked down and backed off striaght away, it's just so smooth you don't realise it :P it was fun with the front torque steering.

Mind you it was in an empty back street I normally try hard not to spin the wheels anywhere in the wet (dam RE92's :mad: )

I was in the Mitsu Garage yard to pick up my car. The engine was running but I forgot and I was trying to remove some garbage from the car, one foot outside, one near the pedals. I pressed by mistake the throttle and here it goes ......... wrooooooommmm..m...m...m. Me scared looking around, surounded by cars - Who the f--k did this?? then I see all the mechanics and clients staring at me...... lol

hmmm i kno this isnt a magna but iv bouced my bubble (maxda 121) off the limiter in 3 gears i felt like a dick head but i was in the need for some speed, only did 60km/h in 1st, 2nd 85, 3rd 115.....was scary and i swear i will never do it again cuz the car shook like a drunkman in a tinny....

the other night 217 km and i hit about 7000rpm just ova it was

mine hits the speed limiter at 215km/h

I've hit 6000 in the TP, as it wouldn't start, so I pumped then held the throttle...

An indicated 220 when I hit the limiter ( the limiter is friggin harsh too, scared the crap outta me) but i was no where near 7000rpm. :confused:

I've managed about 100 in 1st and 150 in 2nd revving the hell out of it! :rofleek:

The best is travelling at 110 in 4th, then mashing throttle, kicking down to then 2nd. It just takes off! :cool:

I've managed about 100 in 1st



In A Magna? How is that possible? That would give a very fast 0-100 time then :shock:

it is possible ......... in dreams :badgrin:

In A Magna? How is that possible? That would give a very fast 0-100 time then :shock:

It wouldnt since you'd be sitting on the limited for ages... :nuts:

An indicated 220 when I hit the limiter ( the limiter is friggin harsh too, scared the crap outta me) but i was no where near 7000rpm. :confused:

I've managed about 100 in 1st and 150 in 2nd revving the hell out of it! :rofleek:

The best is travelling at 110 in 4th, then mashing throttle, kicking down to then 2nd. It just takes off! :cool:


he has "gav" syndrome

Arun, that's funny dude, they were all looking at you,,,,,hahahaha :badgrin:

7100rpm, that was hitting a patch of water through a long sweeping corner at full throttle...

My rev-limiter is at 6700rpm, i've hit in every gear (except 5th obviously the speed limiter kicks in then) and neutral. Still at 6700rpm.

ive hit 7100rpm in my 3.5 manual

I said 'about' 100.

Its 4 speed auto remember.

What I'll do for all those who 'THINK' they 'KNOW IT ALL' hence the bagging out, I'll do it again down my street tonight and report back the 'EXACT' speed and the 'EXACT' rpm I obtained in 'FIRST' gear tommorrow.

I said 'about' 100.

Its 4 speed auto remember.

What I'll do for all those who 'THINK' they 'KNOW IT ALL' hence the bagging out, I'll do it again down my street tonight and report back the 'EXACT' speed and the 'EXACT' rpm I obtained in 'FIRST' gear tommorrow.
Save the engines! Save the poor engines!

I didn't end up doing it because I thought: why the hell do I have to justify what I say all the time. It's the same when I post a drag race I had. If people don't believe me it's their problem not mine. I know it can do it, and there's no way to prove it without taking a photo of the dash anyway and really....I can't be stuffed and it's dangerous. :D

I have hit the limiter in my car (3.0 Manual TE), and i reckon it's about what most people say, 6750RPM. I have hit the speed limiter too, and its like hitting a brick wall. Not fun seeing how i wasnt ready for it and all. That has happend twice now, and i reckon it was around 215 - 220. Oh yeah, 3rd will crack 160, and 4th it will hit 200 at 6000rpm.

I managed to hit 6000rpm in my Verada but its limited at that...so yeh, apparently my mate got higher when he hit water on the road and aquaplaned but i dunno????:nuts:

My TL hits 7500 and then you get first stage cut, if i down shift and hit 8000rpm the engine is cut compleatly

V6's love to rev but there are only 2 things that will ruin your engine !

Reving the motor past the manufacturers recomendation,

and a lack of mantanance !

The limit on revs is there for a reason and thats why a lot of cars have rev limiters !

Even full blown race cars have a rev limit and do not exceed that pre determined limit !

Have a look at any dyno sheet and you will find the maximum torque and power from
your V6 is "NOT" at maximum revs !

Anyone that says their is no problem reving the V6 past the manufacturers recomended level is giving very bad and expensive advise !

Nic
WA

I got about 6500rpm in the TJ its auto but in trippy mode i can do wot i want hehehe in mud when i floored it.

Ive hit the rev limiter on the 3.5ltr TH so what ever that is, i think its somewhere between 6-7k.
Oh and I found the speed limiter the ather day (with still 1k till the rev limiter!!) - 215kph :D:D

Come on guys, this is a dead and burried thread.

Anyway, I've hit the limiter once or twice which is about the 7100 mark. Rev limiter is now around the 6400 mark :D

7400 in first lol...

also did 160 in 2nd at 6700rpm

7400 in first lol...

also did 160 in 2nd at 6700rpm
How?

Actually, I don't believe you. A manual does 80 in second around 6000rpm. Yes and auto is taller geared but another 700rpm will not double the speed between an auto and manual.

Hah, i get scared when i hit 6k :P

Highest ive gone was 6700 or so trying to find a rev limiter....it was still going by then so i just backed off. That was in 2nd, doing about 90km/h or so.

And yeah, 85km/h is where you should be shifting to 3rd (3.0L manual)

My new rev limiter is a hard fuel cut at 7000rpm. Apparently my engine will take plenty more, but because peak power hits at around 6200rpm so there's not a whole lot of point going above 7k.

There's a member on here who makes peak power closer to 7800rpm N/A. I think he'll win.

Otherwise, I'm pretty sure Booya used to make peak power around 7000rpm in his turbo car.

choongas about right on the 160 at end of 2nd, i know myself as my 3lt has done that though dont know the exact speed at end of 2nd but its pretty high.

Tom

choongas about right on the 160 at end of 2nd, i know myself as my 3lt has done that though dont know the exact speed at end of 2nd but its pretty high.

Tom

So you're saying that at the drag strip, 3L autos never reach 3rd gear? :doubt:

choongas about right on the 160 at end of 2nd, i know myself as my 3lt has done that though dont know the exact speed at end of 2nd but its pretty high.
:gtfo:
High but not 160.


So you're saying that at the drag strip, 3L autos never reach 3rd gear? :doubt:
:stoopid:

I've got dyno sheets done in 2nd gear in my auto that go well beyond 150km/h. I don't think you guys really understand how long the first 2 gears in the 4spds are. I'll post them up if you still don't believe it.

Oh and on the drag stip - I was shifting to third, because you can tell it's not making good power over 6000rpm - but in my experience, I was literally shifting to 3rd just before the line.

I've got dyno sheets done in 2nd gear in my auto that go well beyond 150km/h. I don't think you guys really understand how long the first 2 gears in the 4spds are. I'll post them up if you still don't believe it.

Oh and on the drag stip - I was shifting to third, because you can tell it's not making good power over 6000rpm - but in my experience, I was literally shifting to 3rd just before the line.

No kidding! That's insane. :shock:

No kidding! That's insane. :shock:

Explains why their 1/4 mile times are so far off the pace doesn't it :shock:

the TE/TF 4spd autos can only manage 130km/h in second thanks to the crap gear ratios,

Ive seen choonga get to 160 in second in his TH

I've got dyno sheets done in 2nd gear in my auto that go well beyond 150km/h. I don't think you guys really understand how long the first 2 gears in the 4spds are. I'll post them up if you still don't believe it.
*shrug* :owned:

I dont know where all you people were pulling 7100rpm out of, all 3.5lt magnas are rev limited to 6800rpm, they will not go past it unless you change down to many gears for the speed, eg doing 110kph and go to 2nd (manual) and you'd be doing 7500rpm or so cause limiters only work when accelerating.

I've hit the limiter lots in both my magnas, if your gonna do 6200rpm at redline you can do 6800rpm besides my car does'nt stop accelerating sort of thing, it goes to limiter is absoutle ease.

I've wound my TL to 6k in 4th just for the record...

Does anyone know if the factory recommendation is 5250 or 6000rpm? 5250 is max power but 6000 is redline? I might start shifting at 5250 when I give it the boot if thats all that is suggested.

I've wound my TL to 6k in 4th just for the record...

Does anyone know if the factory recommendation is 5250 or 6000rpm? 5250 is max power but 6000 is redline? I might start shifting at 5250 when I give it the boot if thats all that is suggested.

Winding it out beyond the 'peak power' point will put you higher in the rev range in the next gear, and hence closer to your peak power output. This is why most people will rev to 6000 and beyond when they are "in a hurry". I'm sure if you were mathematically inclined - you could calculate the exact perfect shift point based on power curve, peak power point, and gear ratios - but the rest of us will just play it by feel :D .

my cut out is set at 6500rpm and i can reach it pretty easily

Winding it out beyond the 'peak power' point will put you higher in the rev range in the next gear, and hence closer to your peak power output. This is why most people will rev to 6000 and beyond when they are "in a hurry". I'm sure if you were mathematically inclined - you could calculate the exact perfect shift point based on power curve, peak power point, and gear ratios - but the rest of us will just play it by feel :D .

Yup that's why I've always taken it closer to 6 than 5. At these kinda revs under this acceleration can anyone shift perfectly smooth just like day to day driving when it feels like an auto or are you too caught up in the "go fast" mood?

5200 is peak power for a tj isnt it?
is there any point in going past it?

and can anyone get their wheels to chirp into 3rd? :badgrin:

']5200 is peak power for a tj isnt it?
is there any point in going past it?


Yes. Go back and read Black Beard's post again :P

']5200 is peak power for a tj isnt it?
is there any point in going past it?

and can anyone get their wheels to chirp into 3rd? :badgrin:

I can't :(

Are you saying that you can? :shock:

']and can anyone get their wheels to chirp into 3rd? :badgrin:
They weren't chirping but I had my spinning in 5th once :P

At these kinda revs under this acceleration can anyone shift perfectly smooth just like day to day driving when it feels like an auto or are you too caught up in the "go fast" mood?

I'm led to believe it is a skill which can be perfected, but I've only been driving a manual for a little over 2 months - so you can imagine how crappy my shifts are at the best of times (my favourite trick at the moment is missing 3rd gear). I've read a few articles about driving technique, and one actually recommended that the best thing you can do is practice being as smooth and fluid in your movements as you can - as opposed to smashing the gear leaver from one gear to the next, as some people do when trying to shift quickly.


']and can anyone get their wheels to chirp into 3rd?

I could before I replaced my tyres lol . I'm sure cthulhu and JasonsVRX wouldn't have any trouble 'chriping' third, even with good tyres.

I've read a few articles about driving technique, and one actually recommended that the best thing you can do is practice being as smooth and fluid in your movements as you can - as opposed to smashing the gear leaver from one gear to the next, as some people do when trying to shift quickly.

I can tell you there is nothing "fluid and smooth" about my gear shifts when im going down the 1/4 lol "violent" is perhaps a better discription!

It's about trying to do it as fast as humanly possible for me! :P

Winding it out beyond the 'peak power' point will put you higher in the rev range in the next gear, and hence closer to your peak power output. This is why most people will rev to 6000 and beyond when they are "in a hurry". I'm sure if you were mathematically inclined - you could calculate the exact perfect shift point based on power curve, peak power point, and gear ratios - but the rest of us will just play it by feel :D .

well said. It reminded me of something similar i posted not that long ago so i couldnt help but search for it. Thought i would post it as well because its a concept a few people cant get their heads around i have noticed...



so we know that magna's peak at about 5500rpm or so, after which point the power starts dropping off. That alone is not reason enough to change right when peak power hits. Even though at 6000rpm you will be making less power than at 5500rpm, i wouldnt mind betting you are still making more power than you otherwise would be at 4000rpm in the next gear (if you had changed gears already). And then changing later means you are closer to peak power sooner in the next gear.

They weren't chirping but I had my spinning in 5th once

:bowrofl: :bowrofl:
ive spun in 4th lol. had to make a quick getaway after i did it and didnt try for 5th lol

Pheonix, i havent got it to chirp into 3rd, i actually havent tried. just wanted to knw if it was possible... so i have a goal to aim for hahaha lol

well said. It reminded me of something similar i posted not that long ago so i couldnt help but search for it. Thought i would post it as well because its a concept a few people cant get their heads around i have noticed...


ok thats a very valid point..!
i didnt even thin about it that way.
i guess the only way to tell would be to try it both ways at the drags!

well said. It reminded me of something similar i posted not that long ago so i couldnt help but search for it.

I remember reading that when you originally posted it, not that its where I got the idea from - Its something that has always made sence to me.

Great minds eh? :cool:

I can tell you there is nothing "fluid and smooth" about my gear shifts when im going down the 1/4 lol "violent" is perhaps a better discription!

It's about trying to do it as fast as humanly possible for me! :P

Hhehe agreed, when I'm driving "fast", smooth is the least accurate word used to describe the gearchanges.

Although during ordinary driving I can outshift an auto 90% of the time (some days my leg just doesn't want to listen)...yes I'm the king of shift (jokes)lol

']and can anyone get their wheels to chirp into 3rd? :badgrin:

Yes!!!

The other day, in an auto aswell.

What ever the rev limiter is in the TR's. I hit it.

In shepperton doing 110 in 5th gear, went to change to 4th to go around someone, went to 2nd instead.

dang lol

in a tr i manage to hit the rev limiter a couple times aswell, dont go from 5th into 3rd at 140km/h to slow down, slightly to fast, 130km/h is ok, close but ok. (all done on a track, not on public roads) :D

Hhehe agreed, when I'm driving "fast", smooth is the least accurate word used to describe the gearchanges.

Although during ordinary driving I can outshift an auto 90% of the time (some days my leg just doesn't want to listen)...yes I'm the king of shift (jokes)lol
When i was younger i used to try change gears quick every time, even when driving sedately. Now im in the habit of changing years actually pretty slowly when driving normally (95% of the time), but smooth though! I must be getting old :P



Great minds eh? :cool:
haha, indeed! :D

well obvioulsly sounds like the magna engines are a lot more robust than the celiicas... guy i worked with had brand new celica ZR, was cruising in 6th and went to overtake.
put it into 2nd instead of 4th and dumped the clutch, as soon as he redlined.... 5 grand for a new engine!

When i was younger i used to try change gears quick every time, even when driving sedately. Now im in the habit of changing years actually pretty slowly when driving normally (95% of the time), but smooth though! I must be getting old :P


haha, indeed! :D

Yeah I try not to force the gears with fast shift if I can avoid it, But I find shifting too slow isn't as smooth as a moderate shift. Ahh who cares anyway, the most fun I have in my magna isn't smoothly putting allong..lol It's when you find a succession of nice sweeping corners where you are constantly rowing between 2nd and 3rd, keeping the car in the sweet spot between 3500-5000rpm. Nothing better then coming to a corner, rev matching down to 2nd and pushing the car to the limits of traction and powering out ready to repeat in the next corner...but doing all this as smoothly as possible...I'm gong for a drive:D

a 3rd gen rev limiter is 6900rpm, and dont rely on your gauges there out, ive hit rev limiter 3 times(in the wet) and the rpm gauge was 1 second behind the moment i hit rev limiter. If you want a true reading get a aftermarket tacho.

Yeah I try not to force the gears with fast shift if I can avoid it, But I find shifting too slow isn't as smooth as a moderate shift. Ahh who cares anyway, the most fun I have in my magna isn't smoothly putting allong..lol It's when you find a succession of nice sweeping corners where you are constantly rowing between 2nd and 3rd, keeping the car in the sweet spot between 3500-5000rpm. Nothing better then coming to a corner, rev matching down to 2nd and pushing the car to the limits of traction and powering out ready to repeat in the next corner...but doing all this as smoothly as possible...I'm gong for a drive:D
well said :D

For me to do that, i need at least half a tank of petrol, or it just surges like a b!tch, and is very annoying. And being a poor uni student, with petrol prices at the moment, my tank hasnt seen the half way mark for some time! lol

6700 is where the rev limiter is in my TF V6. Hit it a couple of times but started losing power after 6400 so never really bothered to go over the redline after that.

In my KS V6, rev limiter was found at 6400rpm. Hit it once just to see where it was and apparently the old girl was blowing more black smoke than it should have so never again. lol

hit 7000, at 71km/h

my tf 3.0lt changes into 4th/drive at 200klm/h when i manual shift it.

mmm i dno if ne1 else has expericend this....

but when u hammer it in first (auto) n hten change up to second, it wont change....it jus keeps accelerating...u have to take your foot off to change......n when i do it, there is a tiny short screech noise.....mm that is why i only did it once, i dnt wna stuff up ma car...

mmm i dno if ne1 else has expericend this....

but when u hammer it in first (auto) n hten change up to second, it wont change....it jus keeps accelerating...u have to take your foot off to change......n when i do it, there is a tiny short screech noise.....mm that is why i only did it once, i dnt wna stuff up ma car...
hahah... no! Doesn't sound right at all!

p.s. UPDATE! i hit 7600rpm a few months back... NEVER again i'm going to do that.. lol

mmm i dno if ne1 else has expericend this....

but when u hammer it in first (auto) n hten change up to second, it wont change....it jus keeps accelerating...u have to take your foot off to change......n when i do it, there is a tiny short screech noise.....mm that is why i only did it once, i dnt wna stuff up ma car...

lol like mining? but yeah sounds like you might have chirped your tyres... but it should still change.

I hit my limiter alot more regularly now... so around 7100rpm (hmmm must be higher, redline starts at 7k and dont like getting beaten in a thrashing engine match by choonga lol) it is prolly more, gearing is alot longer now... ie 175km/h for 3rd

Hmm, I rarely touch tip-tronic in the Verada. Rev wise I have only kept my foot down completely once and find that a Verada is significantly harder to rev the **** out of compared to my Eunos, which revs very freely... and changes into 2nd as soon as it hits the redline :)

I can't remember if the Verada (or Magnas) change to 2nd as soon as it hits the red line??? If anyone remembers feels free to update me. If I use tip-tronic I can rev it to 5,000rpm quite easily though, but I usually just drive in 'D'.

hahah... no! Doesn't sound right at all!

p.s. UPDATE! i hit 7600rpm a few months back... NEVER again i'm going to do that.. lol


doing 110 and put it in 2nd?

doing 110 and put it in 2nd?
hahahaha. no... did u do that?

because i have dual fuel i have no rev limiter while using LPG.. lol.. So i was bored and stupid one night and decided to see how far i was willing to go.. got to 7600 and decided the engine was going to blow up soon! hahaha

60kmhs in 1st and bounced on 6000 thats the most mine will do. and ive had it at 5000 in 3rd too but didnt look to see how fast i was going

oh and when i rev it or take off hard in 1st it makes like a whistle sound happens in my mates lancer too sounds like a turbo when ya change gear:P

oh and when i rev it or take off hard in 1st it makes like a whistle sound happens in my mates lancer too sounds like a turbo when ya change gear:P

This is a bad sound usually. Did it in my '83 Pulsar, turned out to be the torque converter combined with the gearbox. Dead Jan '04.

And as for highest RPM, sat at the RPM Limiter for 5-10 seconds cause I forgot i was in L. It's only like 6300rpm in the 4's. 65km/h though.

I can't remember if the Verada (or Magnas) change to 2nd as soon as it hits the red line??? If anyone remembers feels free to update me. If I use tip-tronic I can rev it to 5,000rpm quite easily though, but I usually just drive in 'D'.

yeah if u flat foot the 5spd tippy, it changes at the redline (first redline obviously...), if u have ur foot down say 3/4 it changes at 4,000rpm

i like using tippy and just changing higher than normal, yet not accelerating very fast...pulls u away from traffic 9 times out of 10 at the lights, and thats at average pace. just coz ur changing higher, higher momentum watever :P

hahahaha. no... did u do that?

because i have dual fuel i have no rev limiter while using LPG.. lol.. So i was bored and stupid one night and decided to see how far i was willing to go.. got to 7600 and decided the engine was going to blow up soon! hahaha

but it sounded so cool lol

hit the rev limiter a couple of times after leaving the light and forgeting i still had it in tuptronic mode with the music loud, so it was only till the car starting shaking si i realise lol

it was just under 7000rpm, which makes me wonder why my rev range goes to 9000rpm, guess it makes it look powerfull like them k&n stickers :bowrofl:

hahahaha. no... did u do that?

because i have dual fuel i have no rev limiter while using LPG.. lol.. So i was bored and stupid one night and decided to see how far i was willing to go.. got to 7600 and decided the engine was going to blow up soon! hahaha

Oh lol, if I had LPG it would be the excuse to get some megga cams in my car, who cars how much fuel you use and you dont need a plugin computer and dyno time.

in the ts i had it bouncing in 1st and 2nd geez it soounnded nnice!

i blew my head gasket between cylinders 2&3 on my original 2.6l a couple of weeks after converting to manual..... it was doing 6700rpm!!! (ps. thats a hell of a lot for a long stroke 4 pot)

180 kph in 3rd without redlining, have not found enough road to redline 3rd:D

180 kph in 3rd without redlining, have not found enough road to redline 3rd:D

in a 4spd auto i take it... mine does 140km/h @ 6krpm in 3rd

on another note saw some hondas today pulling 9k on the dyno :nuts:

but thats only half what my bike does :badgrin:

I hit 18,000RPM

On my bike....

I don't think I've gone above 6000RPM in the Verada *shrug*.

doing 110 and put it in 2nd?

Mine shifts to 2nd in D if i floor it at 110, seems normal...
4sp 3.5L tho

Mine shifts to 2nd in D if i floor it at 110, seems normal...
4sp 3.5L tho


4spd has super tall gears

the 5spd will do approx...

60 in 1st
100 in 2nd
140 in 3rd
200 in 4th
210 limited in 5th

thats at just over 6k

my rada is a 4spd auto 3.5l and it rev's out at 7.2 if i change about 6.7 i get a nice strong kick into second :)

so yu all dont mind wearing out your engines prematurly? - syaing "havnt had a problem" may be one thing - but reduced engine life is another!.......simple, thrash your car - dont expect it too last as long as a well looked after donk!!! - be nice to your car and it will be nice to you - my verada had 75000km on her when i bought it....had a compression test done (owned by an older lady driver) - the guys doing the tests said it had the highest compression of any 3rd gen magna/verada they had ever seen at around those km....yet, when we bought our Ralliart with 53000km....owned by a younger, more spirited driver - found that that engine has less compression at 53000 than the verada did at 75000.....

4spd has super tall gears

the 5spd will do approx...

60 in 1st
100 in 2nd
140 in 3rd
200 in 4th
210 limited in 5th

thats at just over 6k


i got this using a calculator:

Gear Km/h per 1000 RPM Km/h @163 RPM Km/h @6000 RPM
--------------------------------------------------------
1......... 8.97......................1.....................54
2.........16.53.....................3............. ........99
3.........23.92.....................4............. ......144
4.........33.99.....................6............. ......204
5.........46.50.....................8............. ......279

a little bit more accurate i would assume

Running 215/60/16.
Worked out with a VRX 3.5lt a/t