07-11-2009, 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by earwicker7
Not my 911. A friend blew it up by shifting from 4th to 1st instead of 4th to 5th. I've always been concerned about not going past redline since that incident.
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Rev limiters work on killing spark to the cylinders, preventing the engine from powering itself above a certain number of RPM.
It does nothing to prevent someone from downshifting and slamming the engine to RPM above redline....potentially blowing the engine.
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