Mechanical Overrev
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Mechanical Overrev
Last night I was running through the gears and misshifted to 3rd from the top of 4th gear. I was datalogging at the time and the log showed 8750rpms, obviously I got back on the clutch as quick as I could. Afterwards the car seemed fine; idled and drove fine, with no odd noises or anything, but I just babied it the 5 minutes home.
Aside from the "your an idiot" comments, do you guys have any advise or recommendations? Should I just forget it and see what happens? Or is there something I should pull apart and inspect? Maybe I just suck at searching but I couldn't find much in the way of suggestions.
This was on a stock '00 engine w/ forged rods, a little over 300whp.
Aside from the "your an idiot" comments, do you guys have any advise or recommendations? Should I just forget it and see what happens? Or is there something I should pull apart and inspect? Maybe I just suck at searching but I couldn't find much in the way of suggestions.
This was on a stock '00 engine w/ forged rods, a little over 300whp.
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But seriously, it happens. We've all done it. Either you stretched a rod or you didn't, and at only 8.7k RPM on forged rods, I'm betting you didn't. No knocking sounds? No uneven running? Man up and keep driving that bitch.
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Thanks Joe. Everything seemed fine, but it was tough to hear anything over all the crying. No knocking and it was running smooth.
Also, the car holds its own against a LS1 NA... until you put it in 3rd at 95mph.
Also, the car holds its own against a LS1 NA... until you put it in 3rd at 95mph.
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I've done this twice. Once i was already at 8500rpm and money shifted. Tach was buried.
If mine is still working, i'm sure you're fine too. Though, i'm on a pretty heavily built engine.
If mine is still working, i'm sure you're fine too. Though, i'm on a pretty heavily built engine.
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Thanks for the reassurance guys. I'll post if the weakpoint decides to reveal itself. I'm sure the oil pump, rods, and valve train were all not to happy with those kind of rpms.
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Oh, but your MSM was probably choking the **** out of your setup lol. I don't know what's more impressive, the fact that you got a jump of 60 with the new exhaust or that you were making 270 with an MSM muffler!