Rev limiter

Dark_by_Dezign

I have a nissan sunny 1.4 and there seams to be no rev limiter in her , is there any way i could get it to limit because il end up puttin the rods trough the block

theres no rev dials in the car ether

Atomic Pineapple

Moved to motors as you'll likely get a quicker response here.

Not sure we need a picture for the issue?

ianobrien

Well, there is one sure fire way of seeing if there is a rev limiter.....

As an aside, I thought that the '95 Sunny had EFI and there was a rev limiter built in. There was in the 1.6 one anyway;)

Muckie

Tidy looking example, have you thought about fitting a rev counter guage

yourself, easy enough. Nice wheels on it too. Try not rev past 3,000rpms

and you'll be grand.

djimi

I agree with Muckie; Id sooner fit a tach than a rev limiter. Maybe something like an APEXi RSM?

jaffa20

Muckie wrote: »

Try not rev past 3,000rpms

and you'll be grand.

Zzzz boring:P

I go above 5,500rpms in good weather all the time.

It's great fun!

projectgtr

jaffa20 wrote: »

Zzzz boring:P

I go above 5,500rpms in good weather all the time.

It's great fun!

5500 my cars only getting started at 5500

Dark_by_Dezign

3,000 ? zzzzZZZZ

if im feeling abit adventurous i floor it in second till i can hear the injectors whistle which im guessing is about 7000 rpm
ah after market gauges in a old car make it look seriously tacky

id almost buy one just to see how high i actually rev !

Gary ITR

projectgtr wrote: »

5500 my cars only getting started at 5500

ianobrien

Dark_by_Dezign wrote: »

3,000 ? zzzzZZZZ

if im feeling abit adventurous i floor it in second till i can hear the injectors whistle which im guessing is about 7000 rpm
ah after market gauges in a old car make it look seriously tacky

id almost buy one just to see how high i actually rev !

OP, I'm almost 99.9999999% certain that your car has a rev limiter as standard. ECU's are a clever thing. Nissan have a habit of setting it 500rpm above the red line, and they have a habit of setting the red line at 6.5k...

I was in a '94 1.4 Sunnny last night, and that had a rev limiter alright.... Can you tell us what speeds you get out of first and second gear (30mph and 55-60mph usually)

Also, Injectors don't whistle or make any noise. It's usually ill-fitting air trunking that is whistling.

projectgtr

Onkle wrote: »

hahhahahahahhahahahhah no im a bit younger



Hey wait arent you a honda driver?

Gary ITR

I'm the one on the left

Dark_by_Dezign

injectors do whistle at high rpm and i know when a limiter should cut the revs but just seams to keep goin ! dont have a clue , i dont tend to look at the speedometer if i floor it

im afraid to actual go foot to the floor in neutral in-case the gaskets give way it is 15 years old after all !!

SouperComputer

If you insist on revving the bollox out of it, change gears when it runs out of power. Its that simple really. No limiter needed. Power typically drops off before the redline.

SV

I like to rev to 8000.


stick your vtec up your arses lads!
fecking honda drivers, think you're the only people with a high rev limit :P

SouperComputer

SV wrote: »

I like to rev to 8000.


stick your vtec up your arses lads!

How about 21,000?



Not exactly road legal tho...

iphone4g

Dark_by_Dezign wrote: »

injectors do whistle at high rpm and i know when a limiter should cut the revs but just seams to keep goin ! dont have a clue , i dont tend to look at the speedometer if i floor it

im afraid to actual go foot to the floor in neutral in-case the gaskets give way it is 15 years old after all !!

Learn to drive,you won't need a limiter!!!!

Midnight_EG

iphone4g wrote: »

Learn to drive,you won't need a limiter!!!!

Some of us enjoy our cars.

Gary ITR

No skill in banging a car of a limiter midnight, there's a bit of skill in shifting at peak power though

Midnight_EG

Onkle wrote: »

No skill in banging a car of a limiter midnight, there's a bit of skill in shifting at peak power though

Now how did you deduce that from my post...?



Looking at my dyno sheet, my peak power is actually near enough to the rev limiter anyway!

Gary ITR

Because that is what you implied

Peak power is indeed near the rev limit but there's a slight levelling or even drop off in power between the peak and the limit so shifting just after peak and that's the time to shift

Midnight_EG

Onkle wrote: »

Because that is what you implied

Peak power is indeed near the rev limit but there's a slight levelling or even drop off in power between the peak and the limit so shifting just after peak and that's the time to shift

That's around 7200 in the EG3 and 7800 in the EK4


What is it in the DC2?

Gary ITR

Midnight_EG wrote: »

That's around 7200 in the EG3 and 7800 in the EK4


What is it in the DC2?

It's in around 8400, with different mods it tends to move so give me a week or so until I'm finished my engine work and I'll pop up a before and after Dyno sheet

challengemaster

Nah, Onkle, I think he was implying that there's more to driving than shifting at 2.5-3k revs EVERY time like an aul granny, tis the way I read it anyway.

Midnight_EG

challengemaster wrote: »

Nah, Onkle, I think he was implying that there's more to driving than shifting at 2.5-3k revs EVERY time like an aul granny, tis the way I read it anyway.

Exactly what I was implying, just didn't want to start an argument

Cuddlesworth

SV wrote: »

I like to rev to 8000.


stick your vtec up your arses lads!
fecking honda drivers, think you're the only people with a high rev limit :P

Lol, gets me 80kph in first gear. Tis the only way to roll.

iphone4g

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Some of us enjoy our cars.

It's a 1.4 ,there is no point bouncing it off the limiter

Midnight_EG

iphone4g wrote: »

It's a 1.4 ,there is no point bouncing it off the limiter

Why not?


Does a car have to be of a certain engine size to have fun in?

iphone4g

No,but the power is well gone by the time it hits the limiter

Midnight_EG

iphone4g wrote: »

No,but the power is well gone by the time it hits the limiter

As noted above, not everybody loses power before the limiter.


My own cars limiter is only 250 revs away from when I drop power!

iphone4g

Midnight_EG wrote: »

As noted above, not everybody loses power before the limiter.


My own cars limiter is only 250 revs away from when I drop power!

Fair enough, but the op's car is 1.4 and I am not against enjoying a car or engine I have a 2.0L turbo 280 bhp Manta 400 rep on the road myself