hahah I will take it from one who knows Maxima performance!


GUYS- I don't know if these are directed at me but I am NOT afraid to hit the rev limiter with my VQ. I DO know what will happen, I have done it in more than one G35 and a GS-T Eclipse.

I just have managed to shift right at redline on every occasion (not very hard with a bolt-on non-FI non-VI)

BACK TO THE POLL!

 

Did last night while shifting to 4th only I missed 4th and went to 2nd

Tach flew to 8K scared the living **** out of me. Car still seems to be fine though. Thank god VQ is just about bullet-proof.

I really need to get the urethane shifter bushing. Stock shifter is really sloppy.

 

Quite a few people have popped their motors that way, and others have blown transmissions that way.

 

have not hit it yet with vi,, i plan on it though hahaha

 

I have done it a few times.

 

It happened to me a couple of days ago, didn't shift fast enough.

 

well tonight it happened... i missed 4th gear and hit 2nd insted tach hit 8K+ on the highway while racing eckohb lol good thing is that nothing happened and no noises or anything i love the bulletproof VQ 4 life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Ryan

 

I can't imagine hitting redline with a stock setup being too dangerous for the engine. Nissan put the rev limiter in there so you won't do any damage. So I'm kinda confused why everyone is so concerned when they hit redline.

 

Somebody with a max did the same thing a year ago. He accidentally downshifted into second instead of fourth, which resulted in a blown engine. In this case the wheels are causing the revs to go so high rather than the gas pedal so the rev limiter won't save you.

 

I have bounced both my moms maxima off the limiter IIRC it was the 2-3 shift and my VR-4 off the limiter in 3rd Gear at 125mph while racing a Supercharged S2000

 

144k

 

knock on wood

 

Only in reverse.

 

I do it every now and then, I try not too simply because I don't want to, and theres really no point in taking it up that high on the USIM......
Now, with the JWT and 00VI I will be aquiring soon, it'll be a different story ...

On a second note. This past weekend when I was up racing at deals gap, on the way there at least... My buddy and I were doing a 2nd-4th gear run, and on the 3rd-4th shift I totally missed it (the new seats put me at a very different position, and im still getting used to the B&M)... Anyways, it bounced up to nearly 8K.... Sounded freaking insane, and I got scared ****less.... But it's fine, and the engine is bulletproof either way... so im good

 

Yea Yea lets bragg about being boosted.

 

ive done it once(someone pi$$ed me off on the road) i thought i messed something up guess it was the rev limiter i think i hit over 7.5 in second gear

 

hell yeah, my i30t hits 6700, no mevi, but cold air... And i don't need boost to chirp in 2nd and 3rd, just a stage 3 clutch from SPEC. These vq30's are made to redline with. If you have LSD, it's even better cause the power will be put down rather than go out the ***.

 

done it a couple of times with the old tranny.

 

why cant this thread just die already? mjb95maxse should die for bringing it back i was glad it was finally gone this is so stupid....

 

I actually ended up hitting my speed limiter (125 mph) before I got to hit the rev limiter.

 

Was this while driving your early concept 1986 Maxima GLE?

 

lol the dude doesnt even know what a rev limiter is

 

... Speed Limiter???

 

a limiter that doesnt let you go past 120 or w/e

 

ya hit the speed limiter today with my 95 gxe hate the thing oh well dont want to put a switch in for it or ill be too tempted to go faster then that. It cuts gas out at around 117 for me doesnt quite make 120. I have my mevi in there but all the stuff to make it work isnt in it yet. Once i got it all in i have a feelin i might be hitting that rev limiter.

 

I have hit it intentionally a few times, but never unintentionally. I just think "hey, I'm gonna hold this gear until the feul cut." It doesn't seem very "aggressive" i.e. the oscillations of engine speed are rather slow.. "vrrrr....vrrrr....vrrrrr" instead of "vrvrvrvrvr" if you get my drift.

 

woohoo! did it today. popped it in neutral and let her rip! boy was it fun! cool sounding too...

 

haha ya it does sound pretty cool but its pretty loud..well atleast on my car

 

o man, ill say it once and ill say it again this thread is stupid as heck! people that think hitting the rev limiter is cool need to get out more, or better yet go to your local drag strip so you can hear it alot. You people are just idiots

 

I have shifted 1 to 2nd at 6900 a few times, didnt feel any 'limiter' kick in? Is mine broken?

 

I hit the rev limiter so many times Wonder why it's still in one peice. And the actual rev cut is around 6700 on my tach. I always shift past the 6.5k bar on the tach.

 

smotz why the hell did u bring this idiotic thread back again? no u didnt rev to 6900 and no its not broken its in place and wont just disapear. Your tach is just that much off, if you think your right get a data logger and do it again and see what the RPM really goes up to. Everyones tach's are differnt and some are off more than others but all 4th gens have the same rev limit unless you have an upgraded ecu that extends the limit. and once again i hate this thread

 

Yes it was, i think it was around 4500 or 5000 RPM so it was a bit under the rev limiter. I know it was the speed limiter cause I felt a sudden loss in power, as if my fuel supply to the engine was being shut off intermittently

 

well my speedo is all out of whack (vehicle speed sensor code) so i took the car out a while back to see where the limiter was, found out its a 6800

 

always great to see ur posts.. hope the car and the environment are good..

and as far teh revlimmiter... i do it once in a while.. its good to rev it.. cleans out any build up u might have in there....

 

Stop b1tching already. You sound like a lil baby wa wa wa wa!! Stop posting in it and stop reading it, and it will magically go away on its own.

 

in my opinion it should have gone away 2 months ago when it started. I just think its pathetic all these people think its sooo elite if you hit your rev limiter. cmon look at some of these posts. "i hit the rev limiter today and it sounded loud" wtf is that. i almost thought that was a joke til i read that rest. Btw i dont know if thats your house in your car pictures with the two garage doors but thats pretty cool that the paint on the doors match the car might make for a good spy shot photo from in the garage or somthing

 

Lol ya thats my house back home in NJ, spy shot photo? Er...... I understand what you mean about the thread, but if it bothers you that much leave it alone. Don't read it and don't worry about it. I think these people who do it are just like well I've never done it before, and I wanna see what happens but I don't know if it will break anything. It is 'ish but whatever, just let it go.

 

for sure

 

same as mine wit the 00vi...i still dont have anything to control it to open/close lol