So how often do you red line your car?
made probably 15 autocross runs
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My BOSS see's redline fairly regularly in 2nd gear...while Auto Crossing. That said It's not really the best thing for you to do to your engine. My opinion on it, there really is no reason to redline unless it would be unsafe to shift because it would unsettle the car during cornering/etc. For acceleration sake, typically shifting at lower RPM will yield better acceleration overall. Asuming you hit the sweet spot to keep in the TQ band. Which is probably obvious for most folks whom will read this. :-)
I hit redline alot completely agree with it actually being good for the internals of bottom end not so much on the top end but still.
One mechanics opinion is going to be different from mine though I suppose.
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Weren't you ever in hs and took mom or dad's auto and floored it until the trans shifted? You were hitting redline.
As for these days, you are hangin with the wrong crowd if they only baby their engines.
You need to ditch those grandma's and meet some hot rodders.
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That's sad. Esp driving a Boss.
Weren't you ever in hs and took mom or dad's auto and floored it until the trans shifted? You were hitting redline.
As for these days, you are hangin with the wrong crowd if they only baby their engines.
You need to ditch those grandma's and meet some hot rodders.
Weren't you ever in hs and took mom or dad's auto and floored it until the trans shifted? You were hitting redline.
As for these days, you are hangin with the wrong crowd if they only baby their engines.
You need to ditch those grandma's and meet some hot rodders.
Consequently I try to be nicer to the Boss when on the street...but I have no illusion about the potential/inevitable result of my actions...
