2.2 rev limiter
03-23-2006, 01:34 AM
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2.2 rev limiter
My friend just bought a 2006 Cobalt base coupe and just installed the Injen SRI on it. After we were done installing it I told him to give it a few revs to see how it sounded. When he did he revved up to about 3500 rpm first time and then went to rev a little higher but the car would not rev past about 4500 rpm. My first thought was the car wasn't used to the intake yet, but we took it out on the road and when in gear and floored the car went past 4500 rpm just fine. When we returned, he revved it again in Neutral and same thing won't rev past 4500 rpm. My question is: Is this normal, does the car have a "free rev" cutoff? I've never noticed this on my 05 LS but then again I've never tried to rev it past 4500 rpm in park or neutral. Anybody got any insight on this?
03-23-2006, 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by r@z0r
Is the car a manual or auto? Most of the auto's have rev' limiters...but I know my 2.2 base will rev past 5k in neutral...
Its an auto.
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03-23-2006, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by HackAbuse
I wanna remove that auto rev limiter on mine, or at least boost it up to 6k RPM, its stupid not being able to intimidate people in neutral 
if you want to intimidate, figure out a way to get a v8 under that hood
03-23-2006, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by CivicKiller98
haha you are going to need to do a little more to intimidate people, its still a 4 cyl.
if you want to intimidate, figure out a way to get a v8 under that hood
if you want to intimidate, figure out a way to get a v8 under that hood
Those suck. And FYI, I think manuals are better until like 12.0, then an auto is better/faster.
03-23-2006, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by IonNinja
not the auto trannys equipped in 90% of most cars 
I'm driving an auto now, I hate it, I want my Suckah back
03-23-2006, 09:49 PM
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Thanks for all the info guys.
I thought someone said the auto drivetrain was good til about 225 hp. Anyone back me or RedBaseBolt up on this?
Originally Posted by RedBaseBolt
The Auto trannys in our 2.2s are good to 190 HP and 200LBS of Torque without modification don't forget.
03-23-2006, 09:58 PM
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To stay on topic...
Yes, you hit normal neutral rev limiter.
You would hit it at 6500 RPM if you were in gear.
There are other things that will cause it to operate as well. For instance, I have a 3000 RPM stall torque converter. Your car will stall at about 2400. When I try to stall my converter, the limiter kicks in at about 2700.
Yes, you hit normal neutral rev limiter.
You would hit it at 6500 RPM if you were in gear.
There are other things that will cause it to operate as well. For instance, I have a 3000 RPM stall torque converter. Your car will stall at about 2400. When I try to stall my converter, the limiter kicks in at about 2700.
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