Rev Limiter
And the car starts "bucking" too
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Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Arkansas
Re: Rev Limiter
I have a PP3 and have programmed my car for the rev limiter at 5700 rpms.
I was racing the other day and the my car started doing that seizure thing you described. Only thing is I was only at 4500 rpms when it did it. How is that possible???
I was racing the other day and the my car started doing that seizure thing you described. Only thing is I was only at 4500 rpms when it did it. How is that possible???
I've put mine upto ~6400 RPM so I can extend the shift points a "tad"
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From: Arkansas
Re: Rev Limiter
On the tach, the red begins at 5500 rpms so I just went 200 above that. 5500 to 7000 is red, 6000 to 7000 is solid red. Just don't want to break anything. That still doesn't explain why I'm hitting the rev limiter when I'm no where near 5700. Could this be an ECM issue?
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From: Oshawa - Home of the 5th-gen
Re: Rev Limiter
Is your car an A4 or M6?
(I guess I'm asking whether YOU are shifting, or the car?
). The rev limiter shouldn't kick in at ~4500
.....that's a problem, but keep in mind that the factory tachs are often accused of being very inaccurate (slow to read the actual engine RPM). Since you set your rev limiter lower, it might be hitting at 5700 RPM, but the tach might only be reading ~5000?
Try setting it at least back to stock
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(I guess I'm asking whether YOU are shifting, or the car?). The rev limiter shouldn't kick in at ~4500.....that's a problem, but keep in mind that the factory tachs are often accused of being very inaccurate (slow to read the actual engine RPM). Since you set your rev limiter lower, it might be hitting at 5700 RPM, but the tach might only be reading ~5000? Try setting it at least back to stock.
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From: Arkansas
Re: Rev Limiter
It's an A4, and I don't race often but when I do, I lose because of this damn rev limiter problem. I'm just gonna keep stock shift points and raise the limiter, maybe that will help. This PP3 is not supposed to be complicated however, you have to keep changing things to get a solid ride from it.
