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I honestly see no problem taking your car up a wee bit past 7. Just dont stay there forever. Get in get out. The engine feels great in first gear at around 7200-7500 and second around 7000-7200. Its a high revving engine. I wouldn't do this every "take-off" but I would never say its how you "destroy your engine"...Its probably much worse for your car to shift at 2000 rpms...

Originally posted by killerpickle:
I honestly see no problem taking your car up a wee bit past 7. Just dont stay there forever. Get in get out. The engine feels great in first gear at around 7200-7500 and second around 7000-7200. Its a high revving engine. I wouldn't do this every "take-off" but I would never say its how you "destroy your engine"...Its probably much worse for your car to shift at 2000 rpms...

much worse to **** at 2k???wtf this is no rotary, it doesnt need high rpms will do fine at 3-4k rpm shifts, and having ****ty oil in ur engine and taking past 7k rpm taking chance seizing it, thats what kids do when they come to engine shop to rebuild their engines.

Originally posted by mitmaks:

Originally posted by killerpickle:
I honestly see no problem taking your car up a wee bit past 7. Just dont stay there forever. Get in get out. The engine feels great in first gear at around 7200-7500 and second around 7000-7200. Its a high revving engine. I wouldn't do this every "take-off" but I would never say its how you "destroy your engine"...Its probably much worse for your car to shift at 2000 rpms...

much worse to **** at 2k???wtf this is no rotary, it doesnt need high rpms will do fine at 3-4k rpm shifts, and having ****ty oil in ur engine and taking past 7k rpm taking chance seizing it, thats what kids do when they come to engine shop to rebuild their engines.

The stroke on this engine is so freaking short, it's shorter than alot of motorcycles, and motorcycles rev alot higher than that. If the KLDE with a longer stroke runs out of gas at the same RPM, I've got no problem revving the K8 just as high.

see again what i posted about our lifters going that high, taking it that high yeilds no gains on power, peak power is at 6500 not 7500 and takes a sharp drop off past 6500, hydro lifters are to heavy to rev up that high, our cams dont make power that high, all your doing is setting yourself up for a droped valve and a engine thats wore out long before it should be

finally someone with some sense. Thank you. The fuel cut-off should never come into play.