How often do you use the whole rev range on your car?

"Ratonu" (ratonu)
09/07/2014 at 10:35 • Filed to: None

is it bad to use it if your car has a slight thirst for oil?

DISCUSSION (10)

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Ratonu
09/07/2014 at 10:37

1. Yes pretty much every time I drive it.

2. It depends how much oil and what car it is.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Ratonu
09/07/2014 at 10:40

Not everyday, but once every 2 or 3 days. I do it multiple times while autocrossing though.

Jedidiah > Ratonu
09/07/2014 at 10:45

1. Rarely; that's the beauty of having most of the power/torque off idle

2. Yes; the last thing you want to do is starve your motor for oil at high rpms

jkm7680 > Ratonu
09/07/2014 at 10:46

1. Not often, my car revs funny.

2. Probably depends

NonDriftingS13 > Ratonu
09/07/2014 at 10:50

I use all of the RPMs somewhat regularly, but my engine does like to drink some oil so I keep a close eye on the fluid levels.

mr2gud2u > Ratonu
09/07/2014 at 12:00

I have enough low end grunt to never really have to rev passed 4k, but truth be told U love going fast. So I dump the rev limiter once every 2 of 3 days

cabarne4 > Ratonu
09/07/2014 at 12:13

I drive an FR-S (an already underpowered car) at 8,000 feet. It's incredibly slow up here. Leaving work, I have to turn, from the parking lot, left onto a busy 2-lane highway. It takes the full rev range to get up to speed and not get my ass run down.

davedave1111 > Ratonu
09/07/2014 at 15:36

What do you mean 'how often'? Every time I'm going up the gears, of course. Do you mean there are people who shift up before redline?

Local Miata Bro > Ratonu
09/07/2014 at 18:59

You always have to if you have only 100 horsepower

n54 & s38 > Ratonu
09/16/2014 at 16:21

Honestly, pretty rarely. My car has enough low end grunt (BMW N54 twin turbo) that I rarely have to wring it out all the way to redline (7000 rpms). Once in a while I will just for the fun of it, but I rarely need to. I usually just shift around 4000 or so. Also, I don't like winding it up until the oil is warmed up.