Originally Posted by IntegraType-R
over rev?? define.. cause the car can only rev so high, i have throw my car in 2nd from 5th one time and it held on fine.. although this was on stock itr valvetrain but still...over reving doesn't hurt anything..fuel cut off for a b16 is around 7999 something reving the motor is just that, your not reving it with gas so your not goin to blow it up, possible bent anything but even bending anything is pretty hard to do.. i have alot of friends who over rev..and beat the living crap out their small ass b16's.. and they run fine..
That's BS. You must have been going like 30mph in 5th gear then to 2nd for nothing to happen. I've seen engines with all the titanium stuff in that and someone going from 5th to 2nd and the engine goes BOOM.
In most cases yes you cannot over rev by driving it forward, but downshifting is another way of over revving the engine (for example your 5th to 2nd). Downshifting while the car is going 80mph in 5th to 2nd makes the tranny and engine shootup to like 11,000rpms. Rev limiter cannot stop a stupid driver.
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