Over-revved it in 2nd (SportShift)...
02-10-2005, 07:47 PM
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Over-revved it in 2nd (SportShift)...
And hit the rev limiter HARD (passing a very obnoxious guy in an A4). I know I'm being paranoid but, should I be concerned about long term damage?
02-10-2005, 07:50 PM
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no
once a while will clean your engine~
i hit that once a week, check out my video clips
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once a while will clean your engine~
i hit that once a week, check out my video clips
www.imageevent.com/teaelle
02-10-2005, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by BLACKURA66
Cool, I was a little worried. Still smoked the Audi, though...
they are heavy and AWD sucks away the power
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02-10-2005, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by rommey
Nothing like cleaning out the carbon once in a while. Don't worry. Shouldn't be a problem. If it had over 100,000 miles I might be a somewhat concerned.
02-11-2005, 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by BLACKURA66
And hit the rev limiter HARD (passing a very obnoxious guy in an A4). I know I'm being paranoid but, should I be concerned about long term damage?
02-11-2005, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by mike_snyder
I do this about once a week too. I keep thinking I am in my old Integra GSR, that redlined at ~8100 RPMs. I have not been able to tell by ear when to shift, it feels like at 6500 there is more room to go.
02-11-2005, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by BLACKURA66
Exactly. Plus I'm getting used to dropping from 5th to 3rd in passing situations, but, in this case, I was in 4th and dropped to 2nd, redlined... The engine sounded pissed....
thats what the revlimiter is for, so that you dount do harm to the engine
02-11-2005, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by samkws
audi is slow except the V8s
they are heavy and AWD sucks away the power
they are heavy and AWD sucks away the power
If TL-P can beat that,TL-S can do it for sure.....
but i would say Audi is not that slow.....even a 1.8T
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