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just wondering does my car have a rev limiter
its an au series 1 xr6 thanks for any help
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yes. 5800rpm from mem
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djcustomcomputing wrote: just wondering does my car have a rev limiter
its an au series 1 xr6 thanks for any help Have you ever wondered why it doesnt rev to 10 grand? |
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| Grimketel |
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FordFairmont wrote: djcustomcomputing wrote: just wondering does my car have a rev limiter its an au series 1 xr6 thanks for any help Have you ever wondered why it doesnt rev to 10 grand? primarily becaue of its bore/stroke combo, and lesser extent materials and construction. 10k is a rediculous mark anyway. buy a honda. These motors when developed were tested to 7k, and given a 5500-5800 limit for reliabilties sake. A rebuilt and blueprinted engine can go well beyond the conservative limit ford put on them factory by all reports. however at high speeds ie 180+ the auto's are known to throw driveshafts.
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More Grunt wrote: 10k is a rediculous mark anyway. buy a honda.
These motors when developed were tested to 7k, and given a 5500-5800 limit for reliabilties sake. Well what the f**k am i supposed to do with this 10,000rpm MoNsTa tACho with FLuRo Multi-coloured Shift Light? |
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FordFairmont wrote: More Grunt wrote: 10k is a rediculous mark anyway. buy a honda. These motors when developed were tested to 7k, and given a 5500-5800 limit for reliabilties sake. Well what the f**k am i supposed to do with this 10,000rpm MoNsTa tACho with FLuRo Multi-coloured Shift Light? BWAHAHAHAHA thats gold man. good thing those wankers are mostly confined to holdens...
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I don't know why you'd want to rev a Falcon six so hard anyway, their powerband is over by 5000rpm. I hardly ever take mine to the limiter.
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More Grunt wrote: FordFairmont wrote: djcustomcomputing wrote: just wondering does my car have a rev limiter its an au series 1 xr6 thanks for any help Have you ever wondered why it doesnt rev to 10 grand? primarily becaue of its bore/stroke combo, and lesser extent materials and construction. 10k is a rediculous mark anyway. buy a honda. These motors when developed were tested to 7k, and given a 5500-5800 limit for reliabilties sake. A rebuilt and blueprinted engine can go well beyond the conservative limit ford put on them factory by all reports. however at high speeds ie 180+ the auto's are known to throw driveshafts. How true this is i don't know, but my mates EL was known to coast at 2grand at 180, the revs would just drop and stay at 2grand (auto). rev limiters have saved me a few times, why you would want to get rid of it is beyond me. Reliability, or being able to s**t out of your mouth that you can push your car an extra 500rpm while doing damage, personally I'm going to go with reliability. |
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OsbornThomas wrote: How true this is i don't know, but my mates EL was known to coast at 2grand at 180, the revs would just drop and stay at 2grand (auto). . thats coz of the speed limiter in 4 speed auto's falcons. they are factory limited because the BTR is known to fail if taken above 180km/h. the stresses on keeping the shaft turning at that speed will cause a failure where the gearbox and driveshaft come together. The engine is progresively shut don to stop it going any quicker. T5 manual falc arnt limited.
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More Grunt wrote: FordFairmont wrote: More Grunt wrote: 10k is a rediculous mark anyway. buy a honda. These motors when developed were tested to 7k, and given a 5500-5800 limit for reliabilties sake. Well what the f**k am i supposed to do with this 10,000rpm MoNsTa tACho with FLuRo Multi-coloured Shift Light? BWAHAHAHAHA thats gold man. good thing those wankers are mostly confined to holdens... not really the guy i bought the xr off had a 5" monster tacho that read to 10k on the right hand corner of the dash, to his credit though the car is manual. yeah that was removed pretty damn quick
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limiters r there for a reson unless you want a tailshaft of doom under your car i suggest you keep the limiter
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fnp wrote: I don't know why you'd want to rev a Falcon six so hard anyway, their powerband is over by 5000rpm. I hardly ever take mine to the limiter. with a stock or light cam yes.
put in a violent cam and then you might want to increase the limitre to 6,000, 6,500rpm.
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Gavsed wrote: limiters r there for a reson unless you want a tailshaft of doom under your car i suggest you keep the limiter
makes sense considering this topic is about the rev limiter, not the speed limiter....
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More Grunt wrote: T5 manual falc arnt limited.
Yes they are, i'm running a GLI ecu in my Fairmont, and i can assure you that it has a limiter. XR ECU's on the other hand dont...
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Every Falcon has a rev limiter. Unless you have an aftermarket ECU, which you can adjust.All Falcons other than XR's have speed limiters. For the forementioned tailshaft of doom scenario.
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