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StuHydermanDC · 07-20-2012, 10:11 AM

Does anyone know if the 6.2 engine cuts out when a certain RPM is exceeded?

2011*Camaro*SS · 07-20-2012, 10:13 AM

I know if you are in P or N and try to rev it up it won't go past 4,000 when driving I've got mine to red line but only a couple of times when I'm on it really hard.

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StuHydermanDC · 07-20-2012, 10:52 AM

Thanks. I have a standard and I missed a shift in 1st..Way into redline and it just cut out until I backed off and shifted into 2nd. I was wondering if this is a built in protective feature.

PS. Love your ragtop

Scrapppy666 · 07-20-2012, 11:04 AM

bounced it off the limiter once or twice between 1st and 2nd... gets to 6200 in a hurry.

Coyotekiller · 07-20-2012, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Comrando

6500 redline, 6600 on the rev limiter (LS3).

The tach/speedometer can't keep up in 1st

Pretty sure my LS3 redlines at 6200 and actually hits the limiter at 65-6600.

And to the OP, there is nothing to keep you from bouncing it off the rev limiter all day if you wanted, except the engine blowing up maybe lol. But it shouldn't have stopped accelerating unless you let off of the pedal. I think what you felt is the car hitting the rev limiter. It makes a bit of a lurch when it does.

JWoj3540 · 07-20-2012, 11:39 AM

Yea the rev limiter is defnitely higher than redline. Hit mine for the first time the other day accidentally and was caught off guard when it felt like the entire car shutdown. Really, it must have just over-rode the throttle position or something

StuHydermanDC · 07-20-2012, 11:45 AM

Hey thanks everyone for the replies. I was a bit concerned that I had damaged the engine or something. I guess if you don't make a habit of itm it shouldn't do any harm..

enyce0387 · 07-20-2012, 03:41 PM

No damage that's what it's there for I must admit I have hit mine a couple of times loud exhaust + loud car next to you = limiter creeping up quickly! (this was done in Mexico of course).... Sometimes I wish these engines ran up to 8k like my buddies E92 m3!

CAM5COR6 · 07-20-2012, 05:52 PM

Yep, I think it is a built-in safety feature, was entering onto interstate and had to punch it to get into a lane....was in third and redlined it out...all of a sudden there was a moment of silence and that sudden pause of accelleration. Put her in 4th and made my lane and all was good after that.

tomlink · 07-20-2012, 05:54 PM

On my V6 hitting the redline is like hitting the brakes. Not a good thing, but no damage, just embarrassing.

NH 2012 SS/RS · 07-20-2012, 06:04 PM

The L99 has one too.....had it in manual mode and revved too high, it cuts out, just like my bike....lol
Ask me how I know...

MrGood · 07-20-2012, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomlink

On my V6 hitting the redline is like hitting the brakes. Not a good thing, but no damage, just embarrassing.

Lol 3rd gear goes to like 120 how fast were you going

snaphappy · 07-20-2012, 06:59 PM

What does this whole process feel like? I was in 5th, going 48 I think, threw it into second, should have thrown it into third. So When I threw it into second there was this enormous surge of power, then an immediate feeling like someone put on the breaks. The tach dropped a lot, then went back up, I went to third. Does this experience reflect Stabilitrak and TC keeping me "safe"? Or from hurting the car?

tomlink · 07-20-2012, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrGood

Lol 3rd gear goes to like 120 how fast were you going

Probably 1st or 2nd. The V6 puts out lots of power at the top end (before redline) so it is very tempting to hit it there.

07-20-2012, 10:11 AM	#1
StuHydermanDC Stuey Drives: 2011 Camaro 1SS/RS Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Edmonton Posts: 57 View My Garage	Rev Limiter Does anyone know if the 6.2 engine cuts out when a certain RPM is exceeded?

07-20-2012, 10:13 AM	#2
2011CamaroSS Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Vert Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Lubbock Texas Posts: 421 View My Garage	I know if you are in P or N and try to rev it up it won't go past 4,000 when driving I've got mine to red line but only a couple of times when I'm on it really hard. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2 __________________

07-20-2012, 11:04 AM	#4
Scrapppy666 Drives: 2010 2SS/RS M6 Black/Black Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,281 View My Garage	bounced it off the limiter once or twice between 1st and 2nd... gets to 6200 in a hurry. __________________ Pittsburgh Automotive Photography Black on Black 2SS/RS w/ white stripes Dynomax 3" Bullet Catback, CAI Cold Air Intake

07-20-2012, 10:52 AM	#3
StuHydermanDC Stuey Drives: 2011 Camaro 1SS/RS Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Edmonton Posts: 57 View My Garage	Thanks. I have a standard and I missed a shift in 1st..Way into redline and it just cut out until I backed off and shifted into 2nd. I was wondering if this is a built in protective feature. PS. Love your ragtop

07-20-2012, 11:39 AM	#6
JWoj3540 Drives: 2012 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 696	Yea the rev limiter is defnitely higher than redline. Hit mine for the first time the other day accidentally and was caught off guard when it felt like the entire car shutdown. Really, it must have just over-rode the throttle position or something

07-20-2012, 11:45 AM	#7
StuHydermanDC Stuey Drives: 2011 Camaro 1SS/RS Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Edmonton Posts: 57 View My Garage	Hey thanks everyone for the replies. I was a bit concerned that I had damaged the engine or something. I guess if you don't make a habit of itm it shouldn't do any harm..

07-20-2012, 03:41 PM	#8
enyce0387 Drives: 2011 camaro 2ss/rs ls3 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: long island NY Posts: 351	No damage that's what it's there for I must admit I have hit mine a couple of times loud exhaust + loud car next to you = limiter creeping up quickly! (this was done in Mexico of course).... Sometimes I wish these engines ran up to 8k like my buddies E92 m3!

07-20-2012, 05:52 PM	#9
CAM5COR6 2012 ZL1 GBA,2013 ZL1 GLJ Drives: 2012 ZL1 GBA 2013 ZL1 GLJ Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Maryland Posts: 14	Yep, I think it is a built-in safety feature, was entering onto interstate and had to punch it to get into a lane....was in third and redlined it out...all of a sudden there was a moment of silence and that sudden pause of accelleration. Put her in 4th and made my lane and all was good after that.

07-20-2012, 05:54 PM	#10
tomlink Drives: 2011 Camaro 2LT RS Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: New Bern, NC Posts: 953 View My Garage	On my V6 hitting the redline is like hitting the brakes. Not a good thing, but no damage, just embarrassing.

07-20-2012, 06:04 PM	#11
NH 2012 SS/RS Drives: 2012 2SS/RS L99 IBM Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Goffstown, NH Posts: 664 View My Garage	The L99 has one too.....had it in manual mode and revved too high, it cuts out, just like my bike....lol Ask me how I know...

07-20-2012, 06:59 PM	#13
snaphappy Drives: 2011 Camaro Convertible SS2/RS LS3 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Olive Branch, Ms Posts: 742	What does this whole process feel like? I was in 5th, going 48 I think, threw it into second, should have thrown it into third. So When I threw it into second there was this enormous surge of power, then an immediate feeling like someone put on the breaks. The tach dropped a lot, then went back up, I went to third. Does this experience reflect Stabilitrak and TC keeping me "safe"? Or from hurting the car?