can the stock bottom end and lifters handle 6500RPM with any regularity? I'm thinking of going with a 230/236 cam but am bit scared by the 6500RPM need there. I'm wondering if I should go with a little tamer 224/230 or 218/224. I don't have the money for a rebuild. Anyone have any good insight into this?

 

i have taken mine to 7000!!! It stayed together, and I have the Datamaster run to prove it stayed there for a whole 3 seconds!! Killin my A4 but the stock bottom end stayed together w/90,000 Miles

 

Ive been upto 7k and back many times on the bottle

JOE96Z28SS: can u email me ur datamaster file ?! everytime i log my car datamaster's rpm cell stops reading past 6370 (or somewhere in that area) everything else logs fine except for the rpm readings wierd eh

 

Mine's seen 6800 a few times, on the stock cam, by accident.

IMO, if you want to see some longevity out of your bottom end, 6500 would be the limit. I'm shifting mine at 6400.

 

use rpm16. the regular rpm box is limited to 6375 due to the binary code. rpm16 is more accurate as well.

 

I'll get it off my laptop tomorrow! Mine has no settings different than default but I just installed it. also when the car hit's 7000 on the datalog, the stock rpm Gauge is past 7!

 

I've had mine up to 6400 a number of times without any problems. These little SBs love to rev.. its just the valve train that limits the rpms...to an extent..

Aaron

 

Because the PCM wont read out more than I believe 6470 RPM, thats how fast the ALDL can put out period. You'd have to look at MPH to figure it out. OBD II should I believe be able to output faster.

 

nope, use rpm16 it will give you your correct value. pcm will give datamaster rpm value as far as you can rev it.

 

I'm gonna post my datamaster File, Is it correct? how do I check the RPM 16 thing??? is my dashgauge right? I set my Rev to 7025 it'll only hit 7 when I manually shift it though

 

i have a 230/236 cam on a stock bottom end with 120,000 miles and i spin to 6,500 at the track. be careful though, the load on the bearings past 6,500 is greatly increased.

 

cool thanks! Guess I'll go ahead with the 230/236 in anticipation of ported Lloyds heads later. Hoping for 117MPH out of that combo!

 

sent mine to 6500 numerous times......I think it likes it ......oh and it has 94000 on the clock

 

I shift mine at 6,500-6,600 regularly. Pulls to 6,900 on the dyno without a drop in hp.

 

do you think a fluidamper would help much?