Today I was racing some guy in a late 90's Aurora (I think...it was pretty fast), but my car went all the way past 5K rpm right in the front of the red and never shifted...d@mn automatic. But anyway, what happens if you redline too much...or just once. I know it's not "good" but what really happens?

 

I red line every time I drive mine, LOL. I have an automatic, but I sport shift at around 6200 [sm=smiley20.gif]

 

If you do it to much, like everytime you drive it through every gear, then you definetly gonna put some hurt on the motor but if its only once in a while its not gonna hurt the car at all. And if in a race and i goes past redline then your gonna slow down. Dont know which one you really wanted but theres both of them.

 

Well I had my chip set my shift points pretty high because I found the V6's love the high rpm ranges. Just run synthetic oil and change it every 3 to 5k and your engine will last for a long time. My V6 loves it between 4k to 6k rpm, so that's where I try to keep it when I'm racing around.