Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Zetec Maintenance what is redline ?

Hi,

Today in a interstate merging 'situation' I had to step on the gas, and when I looked down, I was surprised to see that the needle went below the 7k mark....
I always thought that redline is where some self-protecting mechanism kicks in (something like the speed governor).

Is it a 'recommendation' only and nothing will happen until I overrev the Zetec (no, I have no intention to try), or what I've seen was not exaclty what happened ?

thanks,

Tiv

There is supposed to be a revlimiter on the ATX cars if you are trying to rev at idle or if the car is shifting itself. As for the MTX I'm not sure...I thought they all got it but...

When you shift the ATX manually the car will run up past 7K rpms...I did on accident the other day.

Limit is 6500 RPM's but the engine can handle more than that. I have taken mine to 7K and it's still running strong.

I constantly take mine up to 6500. I've taken it up to 7000 a few times.

I have passed 40 MPH in first with my ATX. I don't have a tach though to tell you what I was at. I did hit a rev limiter up there though.

I took mine to over 7000 acouple of times (not on purpose) sounded like **it but it still runs. No point to it, all the power is is in the mid 5's.
btw my car is chipped rev limiter seems to be around 7250rpm (indicated factory tach)

The PCM limits rpms to about 4000 when the car is in park or neutral....something about exhaust temps.

I used to get only to 6500...now it seems like i can get a bit over (same gear as the 6500)...what does that mean?

well i do know ther is a saftey i accidentally took mine to 8k and the fuel system shut off!