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Old 04-17-2011, 05:40 PM   #1
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Benefits of Higher RPM

Sup guys,

So I talked to Vince, about changing the redline limit. Our Camaros currently redline at 7k? I asked if there would be any benefits to raising the RPM.

Let me know what you guys think, I already have an answer from Vince.

But what do you guys think? Would it benefit? For forced induction and N/A. =D
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Old 04-17-2011, 06:32 PM   #2
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Sup guys,

So I talked to Vince, about changing the redline limit. Our Camaros currently redline at 7k? I asked if there would be any benefits to raising the RPM.

Let me know what you guys think, I already have an answer from Vince.

But what do you guys think? Would it benefit? For forced induction and N/A. =D
I doubt, HP starts to flatten out around 6700 rpms and torque drops off long before then. Our cars wouldn't make any more power by going over 7000 rpms. I cant speak for forced induction aplications.
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Old 04-17-2011, 06:37 PM   #3
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I don't think I want to run the engine over 7 grand lol.
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Old 04-17-2011, 06:40 PM   #4
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Actually dosn't it redline at 6,700 or something like that? But it looks like 7,000.
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Old 04-17-2011, 06:53 PM   #5
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Actually dosn't it redline at 6,700 or something like that? But it looks like 7,000.
Yeah, it says 7000 on the tach but its really 6700.
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As other have said... don't raise the rev limit... looks like peak is just above 6,500..



I'm guessing go above the stock redline and bad things are going to start happening..
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Old 04-17-2011, 07:45 PM   #7
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I'll show you guys what Vince wrote me.

"The stock V6 has a redline of 7000 RPM. Sometimes better performance can be had by revving the engine past peak power depending on how much the RPMs fall when you shift to the next gear (especially if the RPMs drop significantly due to a wide gear spread) but the 6sp auto keeps the RPMs pretty tight."

So, basically we won't get much benefit from it. The A6 at least. But the reason I brought this up is because my brother owns a Honda Prelude, and he tells me most Honda guys tune their rev limiter to a higher, usually 200-300 more RPM than their current redline. They say it makes all the difference in a drag race. I personally, dont know, and I knew the power starts to drop after our peak... so the only way it would make sense is the RPM drop between shifts like Vince has stated above.

Anyway just wanted to see what you guys think.
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Ok... to really see the detail you need to click on the picture to see it enlarged:



On the 1-2 shift the car shifts at just above 6,500 RPM and the RPMs drop down to just under 4,500. On the 2-3 shift the cars shifts at about 6,700 and the RPMs drop down to 4,750... So IMHO no reason to run the RPMs up to avoid the RPMs dropping to low on the shift...
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And since our cars engine makes most of the power in that range, there's still no need to raise the red line.
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thanks for the pic Scrming =D Yeah looks pretty good lol.
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Old 04-18-2011, 12:24 PM   #11
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i think it was the 3rd gen camaros or one of the older versions anyway that you had to either run up against the rev limiter at the 1/4 mile or shift for the last few feet. so i'm sure a lot of people run into this problem and instead of changing gears or whatever to make up that difference they raise the rev limiter a bit so they can stay in gear a bit longer instead of shifting. that is what I have heard anyway. to me that doesn't really get you any further ahead but to each their own.... as others have said for our car it shouldn't really get you anything.
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Old 04-18-2011, 12:52 PM   #12
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I'll show you guys what Vince wrote me.

"The stock V6 has a redline of 7000 RPM. Sometimes better performance can be had by revving the engine past peak power depending on how much the RPMs fall when you shift to the next gear (especially if the RPMs drop significantly due to a wide gear spread) but the 6sp auto keeps the RPMs pretty tight."

So, basically we won't get much benefit from it. The A6 at least. But the reason I brought this up is because my brother owns a Honda Prelude, and he tells me most Honda guys tune their rev limiter to a higher, usually 200-300 more RPM than their current redline. They say it makes all the difference in a drag race. I personally, dont know, and I knew the power starts to drop after our peak... so the only way it would make sense is the RPM drop between shifts like Vince has stated above.

Anyway just wanted to see what you guys think.
For us it sounds like a torque converter would do the same as this
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Could they make us sound like an Indy car??
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