Going to battle it out with Mitsubishi

[Trogdor]

So, I guess the first thing is: is it even possible to over rev it in neutral?

[Murlo26]

You can misshift and over rev as well, free revving essentially.

Ask me how I know :)

[10EVO]

You can misshift and over rev as well, free revving essentially.

Ask me how I know :)


Oh boy haha how??

[Murlo26]

Oh boy haha how??

Over 9000 when I was getting clutch lockout at the track :)

[10EVO]

Over 9000 when I was getting clutch lockout at the track :)


:jerikoporn:Damn!!!!!!!!!

[Halon]

Time to back out of that lease.

[Trogdor]

So sounds like it is possible for it to rev past the rev limiter.

The next question is what actual damage does that cause? Things like a spun bearing, floating a valve... What else could an over rev directly cause.

[Kracka]

Didn't you say you missed a gear and grabbed another by accident? That would be a mechanical over-rev, no rev-limiter can stop that.

My theory is that the over-rev damaged a spark plug and then the damaged spark plug caused some crazy detonation damaging the rod.

[Trogdor]

No, it was in neutral. I understand that a mechanic over rev can happen if I were to have downshifted at high Rpms, but that wasn't the case.

[A//// Guy]

You cant over rev in neutral, It just isn't possible unless your factory rev limiter was removed. Maybe you miss shifted and it all happened so fast you cant remember. But that should cause damage to the motor right then, not 50 miles later?