Worried...weird knock like rev limiter at the top of 1st
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Worried...weird knock like rev limiter at the top of 1st
Was out tonight and I lay into it in first. Tires didn't spin a whole lot cause I got 3 plus me in the car. I hit about 56-5700 rpm and the car kind of knocked, lurched forward, exactly like I hit the rev limiter. I know the rev limiter has not been changed (6200 stock right?). The weird thing about it, is that after the slight knock or whatever, the car continued to pull up to 6000 where I shifted.
I didn't think much of it because the problem didn't occur in 2nd or in 3rd. I tried it out again. Very definate this time at 5700, my friends even felt it and only one of them knows anything about manual cars. So I bust another U-turn and it's still there. WTF? Try again, yikes I don't like this
I dropped all my friends off and I'm heading home. Maybe the extra 550-600 lbs would cause it...nope. Even worse this time with just me in the car. I'm pretty worried.
I thought maybe it could just be that my gauge is just not very accurate, but this has never happened before? If I was hitting the rev limiter, I don't think the car would continue to pull until I shift a few 100 rpms later? I'm seriously stumped, any help?
I didn't think much of it because the problem didn't occur in 2nd or in 3rd. I tried it out again. Very definate this time at 5700, my friends even felt it and only one of them knows anything about manual cars. So I bust another U-turn and it's still there. WTF? Try again, yikes I don't like this
I dropped all my friends off and I'm heading home. Maybe the extra 550-600 lbs would cause it...nope. Even worse this time with just me in the car. I'm pretty worried.
I thought maybe it could just be that my gauge is just not very accurate, but this has never happened before? If I was hitting the rev limiter, I don't think the car would continue to pull until I shift a few 100 rpms later? I'm seriously stumped, any help?
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My guess would be that 1st gear pulls to redline so much faster than 2nd and 3rd gear that the engine actually got to 6200rpms but the needle didnt catch up but to 5700. I've had it happen to me a few times.
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Re: Worried...weird knock like rev limiter at the top of 1st
Originally posted by jd13
I thought maybe it could just be that my gauge is just not very accurate, but this has never happened before? If I was hitting the rev limiter, I don't think the car would continue to pull until I shift a few 100 rpms later? I'm seriously stumped, any help?
I thought maybe it could just be that my gauge is just not very accurate, but this has never happened before? If I was hitting the rev limiter, I don't think the car would continue to pull until I shift a few 100 rpms later? I'm seriously stumped, any help?
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Bought the car with 43k on it, now it has 45.8k. Changed the wires, plugs, filters, etc within the first two weeks. I'll check tomorrow just incase.
Went WOT a few times tonight and didn't notice anything like last night. Hopefully it's just what you guys said of the tach being off. The more I think about it, the more I'm thinking it was just my imagination when I said the car continued to pull. There was no way to tell in that split second before I shifted.
Thanks again for the help.
Went WOT a few times tonight and didn't notice anything like last night. Hopefully it's just what you guys said of the tach being off. The more I think about it, the more I'm thinking it was just my imagination when I said the car continued to pull. There was no way to tell in that split second before I shifted.
Thanks again for the help.
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