Is it just my car...or does anyone else's do the same thing?...Im gunning it in first gear while being in "manual mode"..and once I reach about 7 or 8k rpm the car feels like its saying.."okay, thats enough...put it in 2nd already!" It really feels like it dies down a bit and revs over and over again without much torque. I was hoping it would just let me keep going and going...but there must be some sort of limiter in preventing you from going past a certain RPM band. Anybody have an answer for this...or have a similar issue?

 

its called a rev limiiter that stops you from redlining and harming your engine

 

Yes, like 99.9% of all modern cars, yours has a rev limiter to protect the engine from disintegrating... but it's still a bad idea to rev the engine up to the limiter. You should shift at ~6400 RPM or so.

 

should of known that most modern cars have the limiter for there tiptronic shifters. Thanks for the info!

 

yeah. Plus there is a delay in shifting, so you need to shift prior to redline in order for the transmission to keep up with you. Once you get used to the delay, you will be faster than the 6MT guys. It took me a while to get the hang of it in the mountain passes and on the track because it's not like driving a MT car or an AT car, but I'm in love with the MT mode for when I am feeling mischevious

 

No problem, and remember it has nothing to do with the shifter, it's a function of the engine computer (ECU) to keep the engine from getting damaged at extremely high RPMs. You'll find this feature on manuals, autos, and manumatics of virtually every make and model.

 

Something realted to the topic....Racing chips can help you go in the the red line, does that also harm your engine? or the chip is designed for that?