Thread: Rev Limit?
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Old 04-17-2011, 05:07 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by christian370z View Post
Revving an engine in neutral isn't any worse than running through the rev range while driving in gear. Unless the engine is not up to operating temperature, revving with no load will not hurt the engine. It is there to prevent people from revving to the redline and then dumping the clutch/AT into gear.
No load revving is actually very rough on an engine, and should be avoided.

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Originally Posted by G37sHKS View Post
OP: If you have AT then its normal, If you have MT then something is wrong
No, it's normal on the manual.
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