Redlines

[Chickenman]

Ok this is mostly so I can find out the factory redline of a st185 3sgte but be interesting to see where other Toyotas are supposedly heading for trouble.

1990 Corona = 6grand

[92GTApex]

20valve = 7600
cut out = 8300

3.8L commodore about 3500

Logan

[Adamal]

3S-GE in my 90 SW20: 7000rpm. But thats like a thin red line up to 7250rpm, then its thick red all the way up to 9000rpm

[Snoozin]

My 2K Starlet didn't have a rev counter, so I couldn't tell you what redline the mighty 2K had.... iirc it makes its whopping 45hp at around 5500rom, so I imagine redline isn't far past that!

Once I had 80km/h out of it, absolutely screaming it's nuts of in 2nd.

Alfa redlines at 6000rpm, but thats for the old 1.5l engine, the new 1700 redlines at 6500rpm, and makes maximum power at 6300rpm. Alfa tend to set fairly timid redlines on the tacho, but when I did have a rev limiter, (mechanical, centrifugal device in the dizzy rotor - now replaced by a Mk4 Cortina rotor without such a limiter) it cut in at 7200.

[Bling]

20valve (blacktop) 8,000

[Dell'Orto]

Factory redline is at 7 grand in the MR2, with factory rev cut at 7,200. Mine is currently at 2 grand

[DXTACY]

haha brad, good on ya for settin it to 2, dont want mechanics etc takin it out for cane evry once n a while lol

[flygt4]

gen 2 3sgte once again... red lined at 7...but wuld go all the way to 7800 b4 it hit limiter if u were silly enuf...... apparently they sposed to cut at 7200.... but mine had no speed cut either so go figure.ecu was stock coz i pulled it out and had a play with it too.

[Girvs]

I think mines 6,750 it redlines (would have to check), although as soon as my car hits red line, you get that nice bouncing sound going and the lack of power after that point.
Engine is a 2JZ-GE

[Chickenman]

Looks like I'll have to twink some of my red out Be hard to get used to... hang on, I used to change at 7 grand in first and second anyway .

[Jools]

gen 2 3sgte once again... red lined at 7...but wuld go all the way to 7800 b4 it hit limiter if u were silly enuf...... apparently they sposed to cut at 7200.... but mine had no speed cut either so go figure.ecu was stock coz i pulled it out and had a play with it too.

Same with my old factory ECU, no speed cut and no rpm limit (well none that i was game enough to find )

[Al]

flygt4, thats crazy 7800rpm with a ct26?

that would have been wheezing like a an old hag with emphysema

im surprised it made it past 7200rpm

[ants_ae92]

4age 16v 7200rpm. My model doesnt have a rev cut out or speed cut out. Found that it had no rev cut out on the dyno as the dude who drove it reved it to 8grand.

[Dell'Orto]

Hmmm, perhaps the ST185's dont have cuts, as Garth (Al knows him ) reckoned his never cut out, but I dont think he ever tried to bounce it off the limiter.

[matt dunn]

4age 16v 7200rpm. My model doesnt have a rev cut out or speed cut out. Found that it had no rev cut out on the dyno as the dude who drove it reved it to 8grand.

I think you'll find that all 4age's with std ECU will have a rev cut.
From memory they range from 8200 to 8600 though.

Matt

[event2]

my gtz turino

red line 7500 cut out 8000
but no point taking it past 7000 cos its dieing by then
speed cut? havent found one yet

i think its a factory computer but yea goes too fast.

[matt dunn]

my gtz turino

red line 7500 cut out 8000
but no point taking it past 7000 cos its dieing by then
speed cut? havent found one yet

i think its a factory computer but yea goes too fast.

Will hit speed cut just after the end of the speedo, 190ish.

[Chickenman]

So the Toyota engines are getting up there aye? Coolness all around . I think I'll leave the redline where it is so my friends and mechanics think twice about revving it any harder.

[Jools]

FYI The Gen III 3S-GTE can be takin up to 8000rpm due to its shim under bucket design so i've read, but you wouldnt be making stuff all power up there without mucking with the cams i'm guessing.

[Rollux]

Mate's worked 4k pulls to 9000 regularly(like, every gear change)