Thread: Rev limiter didn't bother working for me today??

I am going to try and keep this short.

I was pulling out onto a busy road today, it was raining so I never get traction in 1st or 2nd. I decided to hammer on it due to traffic coming.

I turned out and put my foot to the floor, to be freakishly surprised when I at first noticed the motor seemed to be revving past my 8k limiter. By the time my ears registered this, transferred it to my brain, then told my phucking eyes to look down, I was pegged past 9k (estimated 9.5k).

The motor seems fine, no rough idle or anything. Still pulls normal.

n1 cams with oem s&r's.

I briefly opened the hood once I got home and none of the wires I tapped for the vvl seem to be disturbed. I gave them all a good tug. I was hypothesizing that perhaps the rpm wire had become disconnected from the ecu.

I have yet to give this any further diagnosis as it is pouring rain.

I am looking for some general ideas, perhaps someone else has had this happen. My next step is to get the laptop hooked up and verify the ecu is reading correct rpm as it has been for the past two years.

And lastly I cannot help but comment, god did the ve sound good above 9k!

Thanks.

Dudeman

its not uncommon for the tach to read higher than the actual rpm. My ve is set to 8k yet it will go to 8500rpm on the tach.

I find that the tach often goes to 8.2k or so, but today this was definitely much different. The motor sounded like it revved way past 8k, and it was still going too, until I pulled my foot off the pedal.

Dudeman

yeah but the tack is only 500 off. he hit 9+ on the tach. as long as there is nothing fishy going you sound like your good. so just don't that again lol.

Iv had this same problem too. I have noticed the limiter works if you get to 8k slowly like in 3rd gear where the it comes to the limiter slowly. If the RPMs come up to quickly the limiter wont work. If you power shift it wont work. Thats why iv decided to take it off and shift at my point of 8500 which iv noticed has be best for me.

Each tach is different. Mines only has a 200rpm difference.