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Emmanuel M6
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Rev limiter

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Greetings hope you are all well and that your cars are well. Finally, give thanks to Jah, I can see me getting my car rust free and sprayed. I live in Northampton and have my local BMW specialist in mind to do the job. Notwithstanding, if any members have any recommendations I'd be interested. The work is basically wings off and repaired, any rust anywhere dealt with, and replacing old items with new.
I have one question please; my European m635, what amount ofrevs is the limiter supposed to come in at in first gear? I always seem to hit it when I want to extend the car.
Wishing you all well and your cars also, usual shout out to the don bru6e.
Peace.
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Re: Rev limiter

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Around the 6900-6950 mark for memory. It feels like the m88 is redlined 1000rpm short. The only major hurdle from 7500rpm is the crank hub. Upgraded ones are available. 😎
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Re: Rev limiter

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The gear you're in doesn't matter. The hard cut rev limit is coded in the software on the 28 pin 27C64 EPROM chip in the 055 DME box. Stock it is set to 6900rpm.

There is no conventional reason to bother revving the engine beyond this because at 6,900rpm you're well & truly on the downside of the power curve already & a gear shift will put you on the downside of the torque curve too. Unless you're competing in motorkhana events, there is nothing to gain by revving the engine this hard and if you are competing in such events you'd be far better off in something a lot smaller like a caterham super 7 instead.
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Re: Rev limiter

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Really?

On both my dyno graphs peak power is at the cutout point 6950 and with the fritz chip 7200


The crank hub upgrade I’d have no problems spinning the m88 to 8000rpm assuming upgraded or recent changes timing chain and possibly fresh valve springs.

If driving hard on a track or your favorate mountain pass it’s good to have the ability to rev past peak power as long as power doesn’t drop off too much as then when u upchange you are further into the rev band
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Re: Rev limiter

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GazM3 wrote: Tue Aug 14, 2018 3:23 am Really?
Page 6-09 of your owner's manual. Peak power is at 6,500rpm and then drops steeply off thereafter.
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Re: Rev limiter

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Perhaps the book graph tested in c/1984. Chassis dyno tells otherwise. They are hand built motors so often the factory claims the minimum it will make. Remember back in the 80s and 90s Germany had big taxes on cars making more than 213kw. Magically lots of cars from the time have c/210kw as their maximum.
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