my 1985 325e redlines at 7000rpms

[goodboyz358]

why does my eta redline at 7000rpms. ive read that they are only suppost to red line at 4000rpms. now its an 1985 325e with a 325i instrument cluster. can someone explan whats going on here??

[hurttech]

pics of engine bay plz

[long tall eta]

either engine swapped, head swapped to an 2.7i, or some kind of a top secret eta wonder chip. maybe a mark d, never intended for production. lol

[ZM Blue Devil]

Maybe you just have a I cluster.

[UDelaware30]

post a video

[goodboyz358]

yea yall are going to be in shock. its has the stock head on it. 2.7eta heads. the stock computer. i know this things been to 7000rpms cause ive checked it with another tach. so the cluster not reading wrong. heres the pics. unless this things been chipped out the ass then

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/804/securedownload1u.jpg

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/8/securedownloadll.jpg

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/4/securedownload3wt.jpg

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/securedownload2x.jpg

[goodboyz358]

pics of engine bay plz

pic of been posted about to go for a drive to get video.

[goodboyz358]

post a video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9bOp7iFvwI

sorry for the crapy video. my cell phone sucks. plus this is at night lol

[hurttech]

Damn chip+I valve springs? Pop the valve cover and check for double springs. If that indeed is 7k...lol if on eta single spring.

[goodboyz358]

Damn chip+I valve springs? Pop the valve cover and check for double springs. If that indeed is 7k...lol if on eta single spring.

i checked the computer. i dont think its chips. its got a nec 1767355165 chip. and ill pop the cover off tomorrow too late its 2:13am here. im east coast. ill check but its hitting 7000. cause it dont sound like its stoping at 4k. just keeps going til 7. something not right here

[1fastETA]

Mine does the same thing, but I know mine has a chipd ecu!

[long tall eta]

actually the eta red line is something like 4800 but this is still interesting. mine is chipped and still, at 56 or 5700 revs, she's a screamin. i cant imagine what an eta at 7000 must be like. dont know how the rev limiter works though. is it done by a chip in the ecu? and if so, is it the same chip that we replace w/ our performence chips? anyone want to chime in? corect me if i'm wrong, but if it's a real eta, the ecu will have a number on it ending in 027. if any mods where done the ecu would of bin swapped out too right?

[e30trooper]

its just a I cluster with a eta coding chip. no way that engine is reving that high.

[ieatpeople]

its just a I cluster with a eta coding chip. no way that engine is reving that high.

^this.


my 88 528e revs to 5300 and it sounds much more wound up than your car.

[jlevie]

If the cluster has a 4 cylinder coding plug the normal 4800rpm rev llimit would indicate as 7200rpm on the tachometer.