Hitting Red Line

[twofortysx]

Alright, I've gotten in a couple of spirited drives recently and two times have missed a shift.  Both times, I hit the gas and quickly let off, but not before the tach needle dipped in to red.  It hit probably about 6900rpm but I didn't feel fuel cut off or anything like that.

How bad is this for the engine? &nbsp;Am I going to blow the motor. &nbsp;I hate when I misshift, I really need to get a short shifter. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

[tnord]

as long as you got good oil in there (mobil 1) brief stints up towards 7k shouldn't be a problem. i know i passed 6500 once not because of a misshift, but just because i wasn't paying enough attention. iirc, some of the S13 ka24de's did have a redline at 7k. i really wouldn't worry too much about it until you start seeing smoke coming out the tailpipe, or funny noises coming out from under the hood.

[sykikchimp]

yeah, you should be fine. &nbsp;Just maintain your oil really well. &nbsp;I drive the piss outa my car, but I always change my oil at 2k-2.5k miles. &nbsp;She loves me for it. &nbsp;I think fuel cut-off is at like 7200 rpm.

--of course the following examples are different breeds of cars--

Celica GTS - To get it to stay in VVT you have to shift 3-400 rpm in redline.

RSX type-S - About the same.

[twofortysx]

Cool, thanks you guys. &nbsp;I'm very religious about changing my oil and maintaining other parts of my car. &nbsp;This makes me feel better <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

[LanceS13]

You'll be fine. &nbsp;I've bounced off the rev limiter at 7100-ish quite a few times at autox's and such. &nbsp;As long as you don't hold it there, you should be fine.