rev limiter

29th April 2009, 12:59

hi, has anyone on here fitted a rev limiter to there saxo and if so is it a diy job or is it hard to do?

does anyone know of any good ones or all they all pretty similar?

cheers, thanks given.

29th April 2009, 13:01

They come with a rev limiter standard

Do you mean make it higher?

If so then there is no point, as there wont be hardly any power after about 6700k revs

29th April 2009, 13:01

lol? every car has a rev limiter. Its the ecu. If u want a higher rev limit... then its standalone managment.. but unless youve cam'ed your car.. no need to raise the rev limit because the powerband drops off before the limiter..

29th April 2009, 13:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by saxova

lol? every car has a rev limiter. Its the ecu. If u want a higher rev limit... then its standalone managment.. but unless youve cam'ed your car.. no need to raise the rev limit because the powerband drops off before the limiter..

Pretty much what i said

And you dont need a standalone to raise the rev limiter. Can be done with a remap as far as i know.

29th April 2009, 13:05

my limiter is at 7800, but as mentioned there is no point raising your limiter if your on a standard profile cam as the power band is at different RPMS

29th April 2009, 13:06

i mean like on omex limiter where theres an analogue dial to change it. if you catch my drift.

29th April 2009, 13:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by DOYLEVTR

i mean like on omex limiter where theres an analogue dial to change it. if you catch my drift.

Why would you want to?

The standard one is there to stop you damaging things, take it off or make it higher and you will most likely damage your engine.

OMEX do launch control, do you mean that?

29th April 2009, 13:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by DOYLEVTR

i mean like on omex limiter where theres an analogue dial to change it. if you catch my drift.

never seen one of these so i cant comment

29th April 2009, 13:08

think he means launch control

29th April 2009, 13:10

Omex do limiters and shift lights. Mainly for cars with a dizy and carbs, i.e no standard limiter

29th April 2009, 13:14

i will be getting an Omex Rev limiter soon, with launch control.

Basically you can set the redline to where you want ( 2k - 7k etc)

Launch control just basically keeps the revs at a set limit on full throttle while the button is pressed, so approx 3.5-4k on my saxo.

Also when you hit the limiter it cuts the spark instead of the fuel so you get a nice bit of pop bang

Not really that expensive, but i will be getting my hands on one.

As for fitting, im sure i got quoted aprox £50 from an auto electricians

29th April 2009, 13:15

they seem like a fun

Have seen them in Demon Tweaks for about £130

29th April 2009, 13:17

http://www.omextechnology.co.uk/Revl...evlimiters.htm

im going for the limiter with launch control and i think it was around the £80-£90 mark

29th April 2009, 13:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saxo_89

i will be getting an Omex Rev limiter soon, with launch control.

Basically you can set the redline to where you want ( 2k - 7k etc)

Launch control just basically keeps the revs at a set limit on full throttle while the button is pressed, so approx 3.5-4k on my saxo.

Also when you hit the limiter it cuts the spark instead of the fuel so you get a nice bit of pop bang

Not really that expensive, but i will be getting my hands on one.

As for fitting, im sure i got quoted aprox £50 from an auto electricians

cheers.
thats what i was on about.

29th April 2009, 13:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by DOYLEVTR

i mean like on omex limiter where theres an analogue dial to change it. if you catch my drift.

the saxo rev limit is controlled by the ecu. you'd only need 1 of them if you fitted carbs.

29th April 2009, 13:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saxo_89

i will be getting an Omex Rev limiter soon, with launch control.

Basically you can set the redline to where you want ( 2k - 7k etc)

Launch control just basically keeps the revs at a set limit on full throttle while the button is pressed, so approx 3.5-4k on my saxo.

Also when you hit the limiter it cuts the spark instead of the fuel so you get a nice bit of pop bang

Not really that expensive, but i will be getting my hands on one.

As for fitting, im sure i got quoted aprox £50 from an auto electricians

just wondering how you are going to do that? unless you are fitting carbs?

29th April 2009, 13:35

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Originally Posted by williamsvts

just wondering how you are going to do that? unless you are fitting carbs?

well i will be fitting bike boddies before i get one of these.

but i did email omex last year (dont have email anymore) and they give me full details on it etc and said ti would be fine to run on a standard engine as well as a tuned one

29th April 2009, 13:37

still wont work with bodies, as you would need standalone ecu.

you can only use 1 of them when the ecu does not control the rev limit, with carbs.

29th April 2009, 13:38

hmmm well i spoke to omex and they said you could

Could email them again and find out the crack....

Still unsure if i want to run standalone with boddies, need to find out the crack with wayne first as it may be better to just get a predator ECU

29th April 2009, 13:44

predator is a standalone, wayne doesnt want to give any info out. phoned him twice and wont give me any info on it.

your ecu controls the rev limit.
it will work on any ENGINE, but that depends on what you have controlling the engine, in your case an ecu controls the engine. and unless your fitting carbs that is useless to you.

29th April 2009, 13:53

hmm i see...

About wayne, why wont he give any info out..??

Bit stupid that, what happens ifi have everything and want him to do it, is he not going to tell me what he will do....

Not very good customer realations that like

29th April 2009, 13:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saxo_89

Still unsure if i want to run standalone with boddies, need to find out the crack with wayne first as it may be better to just get a predator ECU

I dont get why you are unsure of running a proven method of engine tuning over a method which many people have stated potentially isnt as detailed being 'limp mode' mapping.

29th April 2009, 13:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan

I dont get why you are unsure of running a proven method of engine tuning over a method which many people have stated potentially isnt as detailed being 'limp mode' mapping.

well now considering wayne cant even bother himself to give any details of how he does this i will probs go with a predator standalone

29th April 2009, 14:01

its probably because as ryan said, its a bit of a 'bodge' job so doesnt want people to know.

im just going to go for predator ecu one ive getting an engine sorted.

29th April 2009, 14:03

lets face it, if mapping OE ecus for TB's was the better method to use, do you think companies like omex, emerald, DTA etc... would still be in business?