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#3
#9
On a stock Ranger OHV engine it isn't good to rev the **** out of the engine, ie. missing shifts surging RPMs up past 5500 rpms, 'free revving'. However on the SOHC engines they like to be revved. 6,000-6,200 rpms sounds about right for a stock rev limiter. Your 2.3L lima is an SOHC, I don't see 5,000 rpms being harsh unless you start hearing odd noises
#10
Don't do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOnCo...eature=related
or this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO3lS...eature=related
and you will be just fine.
or this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO3lS...eature=related
and you will be just fine.
#11
Don't do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOnCo...eature=related
or this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO3lS...eature=related
and you will be just fine.
or this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO3lS...eature=related
and you will be just fine.
#13
Well I slightly downshifted too much on my truck once. Some moron cut me of big time and I was angry and I wasn't paying attention to my speed and threw it into second for an instant. The truck revved past the limiter but not by much. Maybe 300-500 more rpm. Also when I first when through the gears on my RX7 I went from second to fifth. I was used t the throws on my Integra and the RX7 has really short throws and the gears were tightly spaced. I guess I wasn't the only one that did that because would talk about it all the time on the RX7 forums. Doing that would shatter the 5th gear syncro.
I never did a 11K overrev though. That is just plain being stupid.
I never did a 11K overrev though. That is just plain being stupid.
#14
Fuel injected cars have a limiter to protect the engine. If you aren't sitting on it or going past it then you are fine. When I started driving I used to think that if you were to even touch the limiter then the engine would blow. LOL.
#15
I see no need running mine past 5 grand. The engine stops making good power after that so its just all rpm from then on. I take my fc rx7 to 9 grand all the time. It blows all the carbon out. I never missed a shift with her yet. My brother in law tried to double clutch once and blew 3rd gear outta his turbo II. Talk about a bad noise.
#16
Ranger should have 6 gears.
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