reving

[Emtmike]

I seen on youtube people revving their engines in neutral. I alway heard that revving your engine like this would damage your engine. Is this true, or just a old wives tale?.

 

[6 Shooter]

Revving a "warmed up engine" within reason is okay, upper limit revving bad, ...

...what's "within reason" and where does "upper limit" start is the question.

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[Hib Halverson]

Generally, it won't hurt your engine to rev it in neutral once in a while, but don't run the engine past it's "rev limit" or "redline".

 

[catbert]

Hence the words redline, and rev limit.

 

[Boeingdriver]

reving in neutral.....

And the bigger question is, why do you want to rev your engine to "upper limits" in neutral anyway?:eyerole

 

[Tuna]

And the bigger question is, why do you want to rev your engine to "upper limits" in neutral anyway?:eyerole

Some folks like the sound of the exhaust at 6000 RPM and that's hard to hear when you're moving!

 

[6 Shooter]

When they sound great, ya want ta hear em!

LG Motorsport's Dyno video...
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