Removal of the Rev Limiter
#1
Removal of the Rev Limiter
Now, I realize I'm just chasing my tail here because I have a v6, but I was wondering if there is anyway that I can just take out the rev limiter. Instead of stopping at 4,000 rpm standing still, I was wondering if there was a way to break that, and hit 6,000? If so, please help. If not thanks for trying. Main reason for this, is at shows, instead of stopping at 4k, it would sound better at 6k now that i have a different muffler on.
#2
http://www.americanmuscle.com/x3-cus...er-0510v6.html
That will do it, it's a tuner. Get tunes for it too and you'll have a whole new car on your hands
That will do it, it's a tuner. Get tunes for it too and you'll have a whole new car on your hands
#4
6th Gear Member
The factory setting on the 4.6L is 6250 PRM. I have mine at 6500, down from the 6800 that Brenspeed set it at. But I was pretty sure the 4.0's factory rev limiter setting is higher than 4k...
#6
It is higher than that, for some reason while the car is in neutral it will only rev to 4000k. My car did it stock.
#7
The Neutral Rev Limiter is there to keep you from floating a valve either from just sitting there reving the engine at a stop light that high (like an idiot) or if you miss a shift... Ever floated a valve that hits a piston? It's not pretty, it will take the cylinder, the valve(s) that get hit and possibly blow a head gasket.
When the engine is not under load and just reving, there's no momentum/inertia to make the valves close faster so you end up with valve float... If it happens at just the right time, it smacks the top of the piston and that's it, you are done.
Unless you have strong valve springs I would never mess with the neutral rev limiter (raising it).
When the engine is not under load and just reving, there's no momentum/inertia to make the valves close faster so you end up with valve float... If it happens at just the right time, it smacks the top of the piston and that's it, you are done.
Unless you have strong valve springs I would never mess with the neutral rev limiter (raising it).
#8
The Neutral Rev Limiter is there to keep you from floating a valve either from just sitting there reving the engine at a stop light that high (like an idiot) or if you miss a shift... Ever floated a valve that hits a piston? It's not pretty, it will take the cylinder, the valve(s) that get hit and possibly blow a head gasket.
When the engine is not under load and just reving, there's no momentum/inertia to make the valves close faster so you end up with valve float... If it happens at just the right time, it smacks the top of the piston and that's it, you are done.
Unless you have strong valve springs I would never mess with the neutral rev limiter (raising it).
When the engine is not under load and just reving, there's no momentum/inertia to make the valves close faster so you end up with valve float... If it happens at just the right time, it smacks the top of the piston and that's it, you are done.
Unless you have strong valve springs I would never mess with the neutral rev limiter (raising it).
#9
The rods in these cars are weaker than the valve train so yes, it is not likely to happen to these cars. It is still possible.
#10
The Neutral Rev Limiter is there to keep you from floating a valve either from just sitting there reving the engine at a stop light that high (like an idiot) or if you miss a shift... Ever floated a valve that hits a piston? It's not pretty, it will take the cylinder, the valve(s) that get hit and possibly blow a head gasket.
If the valve is hung open far enough when it gets "kissed" . . . ↓↓↓
That bent valve stem in the first picture belonged where you see a "good" exhaust valve in the head section picture. Pieces of the missing valve head took out the missing stuff in the red circles on its way to wherever it ended up at. A few bits are embedded in the top of the piston
Water will pour into the cylinder, hydro-locking it (which bends rods) and the sudden quench will probably crack the cylinder wall in addition to the above damage.
Norm
Last edited by Norm Peterson; 03-14-2014 at 07:38 AM.