• Hey Guest!
    British Car Forum has been supporting enthusiasts for over 25 years by providing a great place to share our love for British cars. You can support our efforts by upgrading your membership for less than the dues of most car clubs. There are some perks with a member upgrade!
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Upgraded members don't see this banner, nor will you see the Google ads that appear on the site.)
Tips
Tips

redlining

Share this page

Last summer, at the VTR regional in Irving, TX, I witnessed a fellow (from Colorado, forgotten his name, nice guy) that autocrossed his hybrid Spit/Honda (strictly race) and I heard him spin it a time or two past the redline (10,000+). Ouch. Very disconcerting noise ensued. He did no damage, knew his car well, made my stomach sink though.
 
Stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest, Tom!!
Happy Hogmanay
Nick
 
When my car was a normal road car I always was at the red line at highway cruise and the OD just pushed up the speed but didn't lower the revs. And with the Nordschleife not too far the engine has a lot to do when driven hard there.

Since my car is a racer....I am beyond redlining it.

cheers
chris
 
TR6BILL said:
Last summer, at the VTR regional in Irving, TX, I witnessed a fellow (from Colorado, forgotten his name, nice guy) that autocrossed his hybrid Spit/Honda (strictly race)
Click to expand...
Sure that wasn't Joe Curry, from Az ? He put a Honda S2000 motor in his Spit ... but I didn't go to Irving to see if he ran there.
 
If you always drive like that on the street, jussie, a lot of things can happen and not all of them will be good.
 
poolboy said:
If you always drive like that on the street, jussie, a lot of things can happen and not all of them will be good.
Click to expand...
OTOH, all the worst things happened to me when sitting perfectly still ... including having the car totaled.

Compared to that, getting a ticket for doing 95 on the freeway (during rush hour no less) was relatively painless !
 
Back
Top