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What is exactly the Elise rev limit, I've heard 8500 RPM, 7800RPM but some times i get the red light indicator at 6000RPM in low gears. Is this a gas saving indicator? some times I step on the car and this light throws me completely off, I'm all confused....Please explain :huh:
The ECU limits the revs to 6000 RPM until the engine coolant gets up to temperature (I believe at 70C or 158F). After that, the redline is 8500 RPM for short bursts and 8000 RPM continuous.
1. Redline for quick bursts is 8,500 rpms
2. I beleive that if you are at redline for more than 2 sec. it is 8,000 rpms (can someone confirm?)
3. If the car is not warmed up, it will not let you go past 6,000 rpms (keeps you from going into the hi-cam)
actually I think most of that information is in the manual. When I test drove a used elise I hit the limiter at 6,000 and thought the same thing, actually didn't buy the car beacuse I thought the limiter was supposed to be at or around 8,000 and that this car was messed with. Oops, the elise I bought was nicer anyway.
Dammit! And all along I thought something was wrong with the car... Replacing plugs, filters, greasing up the coil packs.. This is important to know. Seems like sometimes it takes a while to warm up then! But I'm glad this is the answer to my "problem".
Did any of the 05 cars have a fuel cut off? After letting a buddy drive mine and screaming "Shift! Shift! ShiftDammit!" I've been wondering about a cut off or buzzer.
i actually wait till 186 degreees, then another 5 minutes to get the oil hotter before engaging warp drive. And i think when the car is warming up, the oil temp LAGS the water temp, and ideally, you want the oil temp in the 250's. One of my oil coolers was removed from the loop, helping me to raise those too low oil temps.
In my S2, the digital temp indicator appears at 156C. Until 156C, there is no indicator. I have not explored the rev limiter yet, as I have only driven on public roads and I'm a professional driver. I can't afford a speeding ticket. Before the temp indicator comes on, I get a red light at around 5k rpm.
Curious how the 8k 8.5k thing works. If you are at 8.4k it will let you stay there for a second or so but then cut fuel and you will hear the banging of the rev limiter sound?
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