After doing some searching it seems that the 5AT does have a rev limiter but today I was driving around letting the car be rev happy and I shifted kinda of late and the RPM hit 8000 RPM. I know our cars shift a little late so did it actually shift at 7000 RPM or did it at 8000? And if so how come since I thought we rev bounce at 7000?

 

Have you owned it since new? Is it possible a previous owner modified the ECU?

I've bounced off the rev limiter a handful of times when I've timed a manual shift a moment too late.. that pause in acceleration when you do that is such an ego-killer.

 

tachometers are known to be inaccurate. That's why some tend to put aftermarket shift lights/tachs in their cars. I've seen some other makes of cars with tachs off about 500-1000 RPM at 6K RPM.

Just a possibility, but yes, modern fuel injected cars do utilize a rev limiter. They can be removed or raised through custom tunes

 

i wouldn't even try to get that close with a rev-up engine. Oil consumption alone is a little worrisome to me, and having the engine rev to 7,000 rpms is a no-no.

My 2 cents.

 

OP has a 5AT, not sure if your comment was directed towards his post.