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Offline andynorfolk

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mk2 gti 8v rev limit???
« on: 23 May 2011, 20:48 »
im new to this forum and golfs, i picked up my 1988 black 3 door on friday and im interested to know what rpm the rev limiter should kick in, as it seems to kick in at just a bit over 6k, which seems a bit soon to me, but as i said i've not had one before so i don't know if this is normal or not.

it has a rebuilt 1991 engine in it if that helps at all

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Offline Wayne

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Re: mk2 gti 8v rev limit???
« Reply #1 on: 23 May 2011, 21:14 »
Around 6200 is normal  :smiley:
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Re: mk2 gti 8v rev limit???
« Reply #2 on: 23 May 2011, 21:16 »
that's okay then, it seemed a bit strange that it doesn't pull into the red on the rev counter so i just wanted to check

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Offline danny_p

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Re: mk2 gti 8v rev limit???
« Reply #3 on: 23 May 2011, 23:58 »
may have 16v clocks
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Re: mk2 gti 8v rev limit???
« Reply #4 on: 24 May 2011, 07:43 »
yeah i think they are 16v clocks, they look like this...

http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/studebaker/396/pics/john240.jpg

but obviously in mph... though the speedo itself only goes to 120 and not 140...
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Re: mk2 gti 8v rev limit???
« Reply #5 on: 24 May 2011, 11:32 »
Peak power when standard is at about 5800 rpm... or is it 5500?  Somewhere in the upper reaches of 5 k anyway. Point being its running out of puff by 6k
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Re: mk2 gti 8v rev limit???
« Reply #6 on: 24 May 2011, 20:09 »
power on my 8v drops starts to roll off at 5750 according to my rolling road graph. Limit is 6200 but that only any use in first gear
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Re: mk2 gti 8v rev limit???
« Reply #7 on: 24 May 2011, 23:26 »
5500 and change gear
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Re: mk2 gti 8v rev limit???
« Reply #8 on: 25 May 2011, 08:28 »
^ Disagree, the revs will drop too much when changing gear and you'll be out of the powerband. 5700/5900 is the way to go IMO
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Re: mk2 gti 8v rev limit???
« Reply #9 on: 25 May 2011, 20:33 »
just ordered some 8v clocks :D
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