Rev engine in park or neutral
 

Sorry for the stupid post, but was curious if you guys rev your engines in park or neutral. Was also wondering if it was bad to rev your car in park. Thanks

oh god :smash:

^ sorry you must have been born knowing all.

give the car back to daddy. You're gonna break it.

LOL Common guys, be nice.

I believe it is ok to rev in either park or neutral. The engine is totally ok with this given that the temps have reached a comfortable level. What is known just for wear-down sake, is NOT to rev past about 4000 rpm in park or neutral. Beyond this, for extended periods of time, may cause some undesired wear and heat.

i thought the tranny wouldn't let you rev past 4k even if you tried while the car is in P or N.

can it really be that bad to rev while in park or neutral as long as the car is up to temp? people do it all the time for videos on what the car sounds like with this pipe and that header and this tune.

I am not sure if the limiter kicks in at 3500 rpm or 4000 rpm, but it will eventually kick in and prevent you from blowing up the engine.

It's ok to be insecure, that's what internet forums are for. :y

Is that just a myth or is there really a REV limiter? I'm not sure on that one...

Thanks to everyone who was mature about it. I was just making sure for peace of mind. Since i've seen many vids of people revving and wasn't sure if they were in neutral or park. I've been lightly revving it in park to about 3k rpm and wanted to see what others were doing.

I occasionally rev it in Park to show off the thunderous sound to friends. The revs are in short bursts just to hear the exhaust rev up and down- sounds amazing! No problems what so ever and no rev limiter kicking in.

You're welcome. You'll have to excuse the few on here that have no patience when an exceptional piece of engineering gets into the wrong hands.

Not a myth.... there is actually a rev limiter when in Park or Neutral. When you reach it, you should see your rpm dropping back down to lower speeds. If you keep doing it, the limiter will keep bouncing you off that rpm value.

no load on motor...very hard on it...not a clever thing to do.

Umm yeah are you ok? Did daddy just touch you or something and you feel the need to release it on the internet. :nix: I've driven manual cars all throughout my life so i'm not sure what the proper way was on a high performance car with auto. Do you even own a c63...

Yeah.. even in my 04 c32, car wont let you rev past 4k in park or neutral.

It's weird but sometimes I can rev above 4000 rpm in park. It could be that if you done some hard driving, the rev limiter shuts off.

I don't care about breaking the car because I don't intend to keep any performance car for a long time. What's the point any way? In 5 years, this car is gonna be "slow".

+1. I bought my C63 already thinking about "what's next" lol

My car has no rev limiter in N or P. I've revved it all the way to 6-7k before when showing off the sound to friends. Who cares.

Just don't Neutral-Drive it. Eg, rev in N, push it into D for a hard launch... haha. So many memories of doing this in ****boxes though... :P

Here is what I have determined.. through experimenting :)

While the vehicle is at a stand still in P or N, you cannot rev past 4k
If the vehicle is in motion (shift it to N) you can rev past 4k for a short period of time.

I did not maintain pressure on the pedal, these were quick bursts, as noted previously to just showcase the monster engine :) the pops when the engine revs down is awesome.

That leads me to believe that the system is limiting based on motion, and not necessarily what gear (or position rather) you are in on the tranny.

With ESP ON you can rev the car in P or N onyl to 3500rpm.

With ESP OFF you can rev it to 4000rpm. Can't go above that.

WHAT THE HELL!

I have been doing it wrong...


I do it in "R"

I thought it stands for Rev

does the Nos work for you when you have it in "N" :zoom:

I own a 2007 300C AMG 6.4 litre. I guarantee you I'm not okay. I touch your mama fortnightly.

[quote=Jeffield;4207536]WHAT THE HELL!

I have been doing it wrong...


I do it in "R"

I thought it stands for Rev[/quote


:y

Sorry you just killed it for yourself.


If you are used to driving a manual car then have you rev'd it in Neutral?

if so then and it works then do it.

It's stupid to make a thread like this just looking for to get bashed.

DERP DERP