[ta man]

Originally Posted by Formulajones

Limiter is always a good idea. Cheap insurance on an expensive engine.

Can't tell you how many times I've hit the limiter over the years, and the last couple years dad can't seem to stay off of it.

Also can't tell you how many times I wish I had a limiter on some of the cars, LOL

Here's an example of why a limiter is a good idea. This could have been a $20,000+ engine down the tube without a limiter.

https://youtu.be/eAEtmyINan4

On my previous stock rod shortblock my rev limiter saved the engine many times. 6000 rpm happens pretty quick in first gear ..

[Formulajones]

Originally Posted by ta man

On my previous stock rod shortblock my rev limiter saved the engine many times. 6000 rpm happens pretty quick in first gear ..

I hear ya. Dad is struggling in first gear, the engine rpms so quickly he can't catch it, so he's been short shifting 1st gear, and then he's been all over the rev limiter in 2nd too. Set the darn thing to 6300 and the shift light to 5500 hoping it gives him time to make shifts around 58-5900. It's not working yet LOL I'm ready to shove a 4L80E in the darn thing so I can program shifts electronically and just let him stab and steer the car.

On that pass I linked he was having converter issues and it was just blowing through the converter giving him the sensation the trans wasn't shifting (shift light never goes out). RPM's weren't changing. He was on a good pass there, with a 1.48 60 foot still not coming out 100%, but after this pass something in the converter wasn't right and it started clunking.
Had to send it back for a restall anyway, and they ended up building a new converter from scratch. New one seems much better but still waiting for a track day.
It's things like this that you don't expect, and the rev limiter saved the day.

[ta man]

Originally Posted by Formulajones

I hear ya. Dad is struggling in first gear, the engine rpms so quickly he can't catch it, so he's been short shifting 1st gear, and then he's been all over the rev limiter in 2nd too. Set the darn thing to 6300 and the shift light to 5500 hoping it gives him time to make shifts around 58-5900. It's not working yet LOL I'm ready to shove a 4L80E in the darn thing so I can program shifts electronically and just let him stab and steer the car.

On that pass I linked he was having converter issues and it was just blowing through the converter giving him the sensation the trans wasn't shifting (shift light never goes out). RPM's weren't changing. He was on a good pass there, with a 1.48 60 foot still not coming out 100%, but after this pass something in the converter wasn't right and it started clunking.
Had to send it back for a restall anyway, and they ended up building a new converter from scratch. New one seems much better but still waiting for a track day.
It's things like this that you don't expect, and the rev limiter saved the day.

Without a rev limiter I would have grenaded the first shortblock I had under the SD package first hit on the street.