Driving to Redline... bad?

[nando]

you aren't going to throw a rod through the block of the M10 tagging the redline once in a while

bouncing off the revlimiter for half an hour - maybe. Just don't be an idiot and it'll be fine. 4-5k on one of these motors is nothing.

[madjurgen]

No rice burning for me but I do rev to 4-5k every now and then ands my heart aches because of what I could be doing to the engine.

That is one of the gayest comments Ive ever read on this forum.

[DCColegrove]

you aren't going to throw a rod through the block of the M10 tagging the redline once in a while

bouncing off the revlimiter for half an hour - maybe. Just don't be an idiot and it'll be fine. 4-5k on one of these motors is nothing.

^^^

Correct...

I was only explaining my attitude about driving like hellfire... and why that would be foolish to do under different circumstances.

[E30_Pare]

Just took a look under my car and my exhaust is developing a small rust hole... No wonder it seems to be getting progressively louder.

[PhillyG]

That is one of the gayest comments Ive ever read on this forum.

I agree that dudes a fucking snatch. :down:

[cferb]

Man, this forum is getting pretty :giggle: every thread I go into has some sort of gay joke in it.

I also wondered this same exact thing and on the regular I shift @ 3k most of the youngsters think I drive like a grandma but I like my car and I enjoy just cruising! No rice burning for me but I do rev to 4-5k every now and then ands my heart aches because of what I could be doing to the engine.

I shift at 3k and feel like everyone is wondering why I'm waiting so long to shift...m20s sound like they're revving higher than they are. It probably helps that I have a full exhaust though, which also makes me rev it pretty high fairly often :o it screams at 6k+.

[DCColegrove]

Man, this forum is getting pretty :giggle: every thread I go into has some sort of gay joke in it.



I shift at 3k and feel like everyone is wondering why I'm waiting so long to shift...m20s sound like they're revving higher than they are. It probably helps that I have a full exhaust though, which also makes me rev it pretty high fairly often :o it screams at 6k+.

Seriously... More latent homosexuals on R3vlimited these days than in the Blue Oyster...

[E30_Pare]

Maybe Sugar daddy's are in high demand.

[gearheadE30]

I have an M42; it loves to rev ;). Rev limiter is set at 7150 RPM according to MarkD, but even at full acceleration on the autocross I'll keep it a few hundred RPM short of redline. The instant really isn't what kills it, though; it is sustained RPM that does the damage.

[E30_Pare]

Ok. So what I've gathered so far is that m10's a cheap, durable, and will take a pounding with proper maintenance. Trips to the red line are safe. Only when sustaining high rev's is when it becomes dangerous.

[cferb]

Think about it this way, the m10 was used as a base for the engine in the bmw formula 1 car in the 80s. And you can get one for probably like $100 cause no one wants that engine.

[Jean]

it's a BMW, not a ford. Also, the M10 is basically worth nothing, so I wouldn't worry about breaking it too much.

+1

Mine sees the revlimiter probably daily over the last two years, the engine is in crappy condition and yet it still keeps on going.... even though I am starting to hear rod knock and it suffers from oil starvation on high speed right hand turns.

R3v the piss out of it.

[E30_Pare]

Think about it this way, the m10 was used as a base for the engine in the bmw formula 1 car in the 80s. And you can get one for probably like $100 cause no one wants that engine.

haha... that makes me feel so much better. :(

lol.

[JasonC]

[E30_Pare]

R.i.p. 8)