okie i red line my car at least once a day, but on the nissan manual says "redlining may cause a serious engine damage." is tat true? according to the rate i red line, do u think my engine gonna die fast?

 

redlining once a day.... ur going to have a shorter engine life for sure... most likely you'll be facing engine leaks not too long from now........ You read the car manual and you redline once a day anyway hahaha

 

I take my car to redline at least once on just about every trip across town I take.

I've had ZERO engine problems for 160,000 miles.

 

actually, how far into redline are u taking ur car fob?... I mean, I take it up to redline, but don't continuously drive through redline, if that makes sense..

 

Well, I don't drive around bouncing off the rev limiter. I have an auto.

 

I do that everyday too hehe.... i thought happy rice fob was doing that ===> driving it deep into redline... in this case, yeah no probs yet for me either.

 

i always let it shift about 400 before redline unless i am about to get creamed while overtaking..

actually my exhaust needs work

 

Look the redline starts at 6550. SO dont go over that and you will be fine.

 

That would be fun...

 

LOL! I just thought of some old fun I had. I had a 91 Saab 900 before my maxima. It was having transmission problems on and off. It was a 5 spd and we were just going to donate it. So before I got rid of it I decided to have a little fun.

NEEE NEEE NEEE NEEEE NEEEE.... as the saab goes down the street in 1st gear bouncing off the rev limiter

NEEE NEEE NEEE NEEE NEEE.... as I dump the clutch at 6000 rpm sitting there roasting my pirelli's into slicks

It doesn't get much more fun than intentionally trying to kill a car

 

lol jeff u remember that?... vra vra vra pshhh vra vra vra lol

 

I redline a lot! LOL My car has almost 80,000 miles on it and ive had it for about 12,000 of those miles. I have had to fix a lot of oil leaks in my engine recently (about 1200 dollars) Im not sure if that was because of my driving or just because of the wear on the car. Not sure. I ususally only redline when I am racing people which is often.

 

I used to redline at least 5 times on any trip I go for no reason, besides hearing my intake roar. Now I take it easy a little cause I wanna keep my max for at least 2 more years. I got jut under 80k now.

 

my car sees 6400 almost everyday now that I have my 'homemade intake' on.

 

There is NOTHING wrong with going right up to the "redline" provided:

1) The engine is fully warmed up.

2) You don't "redline" on a downshift without blipping the throttle first to smooth the transition. Bad Bad Bad.

3) Your gear changes are smoooooooth.


And if you are driving the **** out of it, I'd bet a good synthetic oil every 5k would be in order.


-RMB

 

Damn I redline and bounce off my rev limiter all the time. Keep forgetting to shift. Also I'm boosted

 

Man you guys are brave. I got my car like 3 months ago, only put about 1K on the meter, and its got almost 90k on it now. I'm affraid to redline, keep my baby in tip top shape. I usually shift about 3k, and when i wanna burn someone, i only take it up to 4. although I dont always 'burn' people. i guess i just a scardy-cat.

 

Is that referring to a 5 speed?

 

3months and u have floored it yet. Man you gott do it just once. You'll be surprised how fast it goes.

 

Yeah, don't be afraid to drive this car hard. I've got 112,000 miles (65,000 hard driven by me). My car gets mad when I drive it too gently.

There's guys with tons of miles with superchargers and nitrous and tons of track runs. They generally have no engine problems directly attributable to this. This car is so much more fun to drive when you really push it.

 

I bounced off of the rev limiter today on accident (going in reverse). I was doing some parking brake maneuvers in the snow, hehe. I got a full 720 going in reverse, but hit the rev limiter once while doing this. Is this significantly bad and did I hurt the engine? Should I get anything checked out? The engine was fully warmed when I did this.

 

I saw the topic and thought this was about redline tranny fluid

redlining the engine is not bad as long as its warmed up properly, as others have said, going past the redline or bouncing off the limiter is not good.

 

5spds:
You got nothing above 6k so why take it any higher?
I may redline 1st but only cause the f-er races to redline before i get a chance to shift.

 

Exactly.

If I'm going for e.t.'s, I never stay in past 5600RPM. . .

(NA/5-speed)

 

But in general, isn't it high rpm's that obviously do the most wear on the engine over time? Or is the VQ that good that it can last and take all this punishment?

 

It can take it.

If you are NA, you really dont have much to worry about. Engines are designed and tuned VERY conservatively from the factory.

 

When I first got my car i was practicing my shifting. I went through the gears as fast and as hard I could. 1st, 2nd, 1st My tach read 8k plus. It didnt seem to do anything. VQ's are tough motors

 

Bearings and valves and rods, oh my!

 

sinc eour cars dont have any power after 5.5 k stock..what are the best rpms to shift at when racing .i have 5 spd..have always wondered when was best time to shift..cuz in grand turismo i just redline ever gear and it seems fastest that way..
im pretty sure u always redline 1st when racing but what but 2nd 3rd and 4th....

 

I always pull on my prey in 2nd, and they end up shifting when I'm at about 4700 rpm. So I pull a reasonable ammount, then throw it into third at about 6300.... Unless its a close race, then I shift at 6550

 

i redline at 7K in my auto. no problems here.