philip 87 Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 The weather was beautiful here yesterday and I finally had a chance to drive my newly acquired 07 SGT. I must say that the car is really amazing. I have no complaints but I do have a stupid question. I had put her thru her paces and got into the throttle a bit. Needless to say, she can spin those tires! I am very impressed with this stock small block motor. I noticed I got into the redline on the tach and wondered if there's a Rev limiter in the car and if so, I'd like to hear your thoughts about it. Thanks in advance......Philip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_GT350 Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 yeah there is and yeah it works!! My thoughts are.... I'm glad it's there, running the 550 Whipple means you get to the top of the RPM's quick specially in first and second, saved my arse more than once! Keep in mind tho it only works with the throttle..... in otherwords if you miss a shift and hit a lower gear or get carried away downshifting, you can over rev the engine..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNTchris Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 It has saved my ass also with the Whipple... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT93 Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Not being N/A, I like having my rev limiter turned off. I'd rather go over the red line a few hundred rpms than hit that thing. I would only have that happen at the track and when the motor is already high in the rpms hitting the limiter IMO - and it may not be accurate - is harder than that extra hundred revs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip 87 Posted January 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Hope I didn't hurt anything by getting into redline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Nick Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 I doubt it. I've done it many times while getting use to the supercharger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT93 Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 These motors are pretty strong. As long as you don't abuse the motor there's not going to be an issue with going over the red line from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmor Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Hope I didn't hurt anything by getting into redline? Nah...that's what redlines are for...hitting them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip 87 Posted January 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Thank you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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