OK now i went to test drive an SRT-4..an Orange Blastone..yes the LAST one..NOO, i might be able to get it...crap it sucks..but anyway I noticed that the redline is at 6K...WTF?? the car is soooo quick, but then it redlines at 6K..WHY!!?? thats the flaw, they could of made it at atleast 7K...errrrr...gotta go to the bank now later!![:@]

 

Sorry but the redline doen't mean a damn thing in fact the lower the power band the better. Plus this is a long stroke moter it's piston speed is much faster at low RPM then most other engines.

 

if they went to 7k for the rev's... you'd probably be picking up pieces of a motor before too long a little thing called knock or pre-ignition... not to mention heat... and it's well beyond the engines max. power range... no need to go that high on rev's.

 

wow i didn't know that, and thanks srt-ya!! i guess i feel kinda dumb to second guess the rpm..dumb me!! loan, is pending..man i hate it!!!

 

Redline is 6000 on the tach, but is listed at 6200 and is actually a little higher than 6250... I have my MSD rev limit set at 6250 and it hits before the stock fuel cut rev limiter does. Stage 2/3 will bump the rev limit to 6500.

It's not just the stroke (almost 4") but also the crappy rod to stroke ratio.

 

If I may chime in........ not only that but the peak torque is at like 2000 rpm and it stays very near the torque peak till over 5000 I believe. What other 4 cylinder pulls like that? You can short shift and still go very quickly. It's cool. Like the powerband of a big block. At 80 on the freeway, I can stand on it and go almost as quickly in 5th as I would downshifting to 4th or 3rd. It aint like no other 4 cylinder I have ever owned.

 

WORD! lol - It realy is a Beast.

 

when I bought my car....the anything over 2000 rpm had snap, now a year later and minor mods....I got nothing till about 3000

 

The stock rev limiter is an ignition cut. I believe.