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Old 04-14-2011, 12:54 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Kirkster View Post
Frequently, 2-5 times a week. the pitfall of a quiet exhaust, having the top down, and loving 2nd and 3rd on those on-ramps. As was stated our redline is very conservative, but with a supercharger coming I think I will hit it far less frequently due to the increased power levels.

I am glad that the 370 has such a soft rev-limiter, unlike the 350Z which upon hitting the rev-limiter apparently deployed a large boat anchor.

After 10,000 miles of hard living, my motor is only burning two tenths of a quart over 4000 miles, so hitting the rev-limiter does not seem to have a detrimental effect on the motor
I would not bank on hitting it less after the supercharger as it gets to that redline much faster. I only hit mine a handful of times prior to getting the supercharger installed but I hit it quite often now and my redline was increased to 8K with the final tune after the SC installation.

It just gets to the redline so d@mn quick in 1st and 2nd and it is still pulling like mad so you don't really get any indication that you are close to the limit until you hit it. If you are paying close attention to the road in the tight twistys it is really easy to lose track of where you are in the rev range.
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