I just wanted to say hello to all

I also have a question for you Lightning owners...

Is it safe for the engine to rev to at least 6000 RPM if the rev limiter is removed?

 

Welcome John! And to answer your question, it's not something I would recommend as habit, but mine accidently hit 6k+ one day while doing a G-Tech run. I have no idea how or why this happened - I thought the rev limiter would eventually kick in if I didn't catch it in time while in 1st gear. It never happened and I looked down and about sh*t when I saw ~6,100. So, I don't do hp measurements in 1st gear anymore.

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Jim
Black '00
#1,757 built 3/30/00
Clear corners
J.L. Race program
J.L. Stage II ram-air
MagnaFlow Exhaust

 

My chip shifts at 5500 and it goes over toward 6000 in the shift. I don't know how accurate our tachs are at that point but mine hasn't blown up yet and I've got 32K on it and race every week.


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"ANYTHING OTHER THAN 1ST, SUCKS" (D.Earnhardt)
99.5 Red Ligntning, Mobil 1, PRO-M 80 MM MAF/filter, Custom Superchip, Eldebrock 5512 muffler, CAL TRACS, MT ET Streets, best time (1/8) 8.19, Bugflector II, G&H Lens covers head & fog, 200 WT Pioneer 4 CH AMP, BOSE 301 SERIES IV SPEAKERS (IN BACK)LONESTAR RACEWAY 2000 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (AT 56)
70 Vette LS-6 454 (gathering dust in the garage)

 

I see 6K all the time momentarily during up-shifts, but I wouldn't recommend continuous operation at that speed.

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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

'84 Alan Record Carbonio, Aerospoke wheels, Campy brakes.
'00 SVT Lightning, silver, built 2/9/00, #133 of 4966, G-tech Pro, JBA headers, 4.10 gears, Swanson chip, Pro-M, NGK plugs, carbon drive shaft, Roadmaster suspension kit
13.39 @ 102.5
2001 Kevlacat 2400, twin 115 Evinrude FICHT, Raytheon VHF, radar, autopilot and GPS chartplotter/fishfinder.

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