Dblex

So, my stupid shaker 500 blaring, not paying attention to my tach, when I want to jam on the car to get my fix otw home right?

Well, I couldnt hear the engine, and I wasnt watching when I missed my shift to second.

Ummm, did you know there is a kill/govenor? (I think) because the engine dropped RPM's immediately!

So I pull over and check everything. Shes running, no smoke out of the tail, and I drove home like grandma because I punked out! LOL



So, dear mustang gods.....

Did I damage anything....or shall I be punished?

Riptide

If it were damaged you'd probably already know. Especially with engines. If something is wrong typically it's pretty obvious.

ffk_pennywise

Yup you hit the rev limiter. Thats exactly what it does. Kills the engine for a moment. RPM's drop then you take off again normally.

Smooth_J

Good thing its there, or quite a few of us would have blown our engines already

Jersey Stang

That happened to me once. I have an auto, but wanted to manually shift from first. I was at a light, it turned green and i took off. The music was too loud and I forgot to put it in second. It hit the rev limiter and instead of bouncing like it used to, it felt like the engine died. In less than half a second, you go from 6250 rpms to 500. Very embarrassing. but everything is fine.

Nuke

Yep, the default value is 6250 RPM. I've hit mine a few times when it was at 6250. I've even hit it since I lowered it from 6800 (Brenspeed's default setting) to 6500 RPM. These engines can take it, no problem.

Smooth_J

I thought that was a bad thing to do with the autos, no?

owero01

I think all of us have it at one time or another. The first experience is scary. That why some have gotten shift lights.

Riptide

I keep forgetting the rev limiter... is a user adjustable tune in the XCAL2?

Texotic

I've got a limiter, but it's never done that. There have been twice that my pedal has gotten stuck on my floor mat, but I immediately clutch-in. It'll just sit there and bounce off the limiter, never had it drop like that. Maybe if the clutch isn't engaged it won't do it?