Re: [Tech] Rev limiter?

["Sal Guzzo" <pellom@yorku.ca>]

Hey Keith,

I posed the same question a little while back (same car) and and it was a
concensus that it was a bad fuel pump relay causing this supposed
rev-limiter.  HTH

Sal

----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Fullerton <kefullerton@yahoo.com>
To: roc <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 12:21 PM
Subject: [Tech] Rev limiter?


>
> This weekend I was goofing around in the roc (84 8v with some mods (GTI
> T-body/Hydro Head/Header)) and apparently had the engine bouncing off
> the rev limiter (I think). It seemed like this was happening right
> under 6000 rpm, maybe 5800...even though the tach shows the redline
> considerably above 6000.
>
> So,
> A: what actually happens to cut the revs...is it fuel or spark
> controlled?
>
> B: what should the redline be...is it possible that the tach is
> miscalibrated? or is the rev limiter miscalibrated.
>
> C: If its not a rev limiter causing the car to jolt at high rpms, does
> it seem like this is a syptom of some other problem i.e. could it be
> lack of fuel pressure/delivery?
>
> A pretty quick search through Bentley last night for "rev limiter"
> turned up nothing.
>
> TIA,
> -Keith
>
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