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Ok well I was just on the 51 freeway here in PHX. I wuz going to 4th but I accidently went to 2nd while going about 75 or so mayb faster IDK. But wen I left it in 2nd my rpm jumped striaght over 8000 rpm. I wonder why my rev limiter didn't kick in tho
I don't knw, thats the thing that got me. I usually don't ever do that but I guess I was just distracted. Well the engine seems fine, but I just have that lil gut feeling about something............IDK
you have a manual car? if you do i belive the manuals dont have a rev limiter
Manuals have rev limiters, but there is nothing to stop the engine from reving if you put the transmission in the wrong gear! A rev limiter will only stop the engine from reving when you are in a gear and accelerating (or in neutral and reving the engine). If you donwnshift to a lower gear when you're not supposed to a rev limiter won't stop the engine from reving.
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Sounds pretty bad, how did you miss 4th? I could understand going from 2nd to 1st, or 4th to 3rd, but not 4th to 2nd .
I think he was going from 3rd to 4th and hit 2nd by accident. 2nd and 4th are located next to each other.
Oh I see. My cousin has a manual 04? Civic LX and it can prevent him from shifting into certain gears depending on the cars speed. I guess the Camry is old enough to not have that sort of technology though.
Manuals have rev limiters, but there is nothing to stop the engine from reving if you put the transmission in the wrong gear! A rev limiter will only stop the engine from reving when you are in a gear and accelerating (or in neutral and reving the engine). If you donwnshift to a lower gear when you're not supposed to a rev limiter won't stop the engine from reving.
I think he was going from 3rd to 4th and hit 2nd by accident. 2nd and 4th are located next to each other.
The only thing that could have limited the revs would be your brakes. Because what you did, the car is still traveling 75 MPH or more and the motion is transmitted to your engine via the transmission. The rev limiter is there to prevent you from over-reving the engine by using the gas pedal.
As for the 2004 Civic manual, I can't find anything about a mechanism that prevents misshifting. I'm wondering if it's just that the syncrhos aren't good enough to make the shift.
The only thing that could have limited the revs would be your brakes. Because what you did, the car is still traveling 75 MPH or more and the motion is transmitted to your engine via the transmission. The rev limiter is there to prevent you from over-reving the engine by using the gas pedal.
As for the 2004 Civic manual, I can't find anything about a mechanism that prevents misshifting. I'm wondering if it's just that the syncrhos aren't good enough to make the shift.
Good point I would never thought the rev limiter worked that way............
i've witnessed my friend driving his ex solara v6 5 speed, where he was trying to show me down shift doesn't over rev, but this was after he changed oem clutch to clutch master stage 2, aluminum flywheel, and redline gear oil. anyway, he was going at 60 to 65 mph, at 5th gear, then he shifted into 3rd gear, the car didn't jerk, and the rpm didn't rev up. i was scracthing my head too, cus i always thought speed, and rpm is proportional in manual transmission.
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8000rpm!!!!!!!!!
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