Stupid Question
 

Hi all,

got a stupid question to ask, as I really dunno how to do a search on this :

For 4AT, what's the highest rpm we can go which is within a safety range and not bust the engine?? Redline's at 9000rpm, but I get this feeling it's not advisable to push the engine to that level on a regular basis...

Thanxs in advance!

rotary engine is meant for high revving.... so its perfectly alrite to rev til red line.... that is 9000 rpm for us... having said that, i believe the auto caanot reach 9k rpm... the stick shift has no problem doing that...

Den AT can reach how much?? :D

The highest RPM you can safely go (at least the highest the Mazda feels you can go and not do any damage to the engine would be wherever your rev limiter kicks in (9600 for the Manual, dont know about the auto) No car maker would set a rev limiter at an rpm that will hurt the car....not just cruising around on the rev limiter is not wise, as this could overwhelm the cars cooling system, but bumping up against it now and this is no problem IMO.

Finally! A technical question me can answer! :D

Auto can hit 9k rev no problem - in every gear! Great fun :p Just flip it to tiptronic (or whatever the hell it's called)

Heard/read :confused: that tests show RX can rev to approx. 30k safely due to design of the rotary :D

Great fun to hear the red line buzzer - DING DING DING :p

Note to me insurer and potential buyer of me X - the above was NOT derived from me personal experience :rolleyes:

The JDM 6-speed is more fun than our auto cos u can DING in SIX gears! :D

to ding it in the last 3 gears means you're travelling very fast already man! :eek: so far i only heard my car ding twice and the first time was done by my friend when he test-drove it - yes it's you Orr-Beh!

Me also heard twice on my 8, first deep @ about 90 - 100 then sec deep @ :p :o :eek:

Hmmm... at least now I know I can "Ding" when I need to!! Heh heh heh....

from my experience if you put in tiptronic you can go higher than 7000rpm but at about 7500 there will be a fuel cut.
You can continue to drag the gear more, I have not tested the limit but the most i did was bout 8200 cause i didnt want to risk causing any permanent damage.
Torque converters dont come cheap as far as i know so if you are going to blow one, might as well do it when you FI your ride rather than purposely trying to spoil it IMHO.

I brought mine auto to about 8K... beep like hell.

4 gear...6 gear...all nvr mind...i no need gear, car already ding ding ding ding dinggggg....cos nvr put on seat belt. hee

Your car does 'ding' when u dont put on seat belt???

Mine dont...
:confused:

yeah man...ding slowly for first 30 secs...then ding ding ding ding very fast for the next 30 secs...then DINGGGGGGGGGGGggggggggggggggg....damn irritating...cannot off..so must guai guai put on seat belt then she will keep quiet.

I did asked MM if they can remove this ding, but they said if u do something to the speaker wire (speaker not working) and not put on your seat belt it will affect the operation of the airbag.

But The ding sound can be get rid off by hot wiring it.

Onces its hot wired. the car will think that the seat belt is always on.

Aiyah bro,... take it as a safety feature lor... with the power of the 8, good choice to have your seat belt on... :)

but alot of time I only need to drive to the market which is only 1km away.

and some times when I get in and out the car very often, example looking for a particular place.

So during that moment I just hate to hear dingding.