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Old 07-05-2017, 02:51 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by krayzie View Post
IIRC there was a post on Temple of Vtec a long time ago where somebody's Razo shift knob cracked and the dude money shifted into 2nd gear and hit 11,000rpm. The engine survived but the gearbox blew.
That can be a result as well. A lot depends on the clearances and some engines can take it better than others.
I just used the 1,000 rpm as a sort of place holder number. You could go over 1,000 or 10,000 a hundred times with no issue or you could blow things apart at 950 the first time you did it. It isn't an exact science.
I miss shifted a drag set up Pinto once. The engine survived fine, the tranny had some minor damage and the u-joints all but blew apart.


As far as the OP here goes he is fine.
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