Ok, but WHY??Hello,
Curious about the rev limiter on the base 718. I've been staying below 4,000 for the first 2,000, but am getting close.
I'm new to Porsches but rode Honda sportbikes for years & regularly "bounced off the limiter" to no ill effect. One CBR RR burned no oil after 75,000 miles of use/abuse. Three other CBRs & VFRs went 50,000+ happily. They also, let you know before the party was over. Similar in the S2000.
So can I just let Ferdinand deal with it, or be more cautious?
Thanks.
Rev Limiter
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Tale a look at the torque curve for the Base 2.0 engine. You don’t “need” to run the car to redline thanks to the turbo torque. You can take it to 7500 RPM and the rev limiter will stop further increased engine speed. But for most applications you don’t need to and 6500 is still plenty fun and puts you right back in the torque curve again. It’s a bit different than the NA Porsches.
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The reality is that there is almost no overlap between the gears so running to redline is still beneficial for max acceleration. The advantage of the turbo engines though is that the broad torque curve means you are in peak torque situations without needing to row the gears to get there.
The 1st graph below shows this non-overlap and is for the 2.5 GTS (torque roll-off at 5500rpm) and 4.0 GTS but you can use the 2nd graph (2.0 & 2.5S) to imagine what the 2.0 graph would like through the gears - pretty much the same non-overlap.
I hope this helps.
FWIW
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