Yes, I am the only owner and it is bone stock. I don't normally take it up that high, I just wasn't looking at my tach. I am a very low rpm shifter around 4 or 5 grand. Gas is too expensive now a days.

thanks for all the comments, I was stationary, but the clutch was not depressed.

 

or without valve springs and retainers :<

sure it can be done but don't plan on being able to do it as much as going to 7k

 

ya no kidding, even with my cams i get peak HP at 7000 RPM.

 

KO, yes, most Evos peak around 6800whp, which is why shifting at 6500 isn't smart, but shifting at 7000-7200 on stock cams IS smart, because the power falls off the table after that. When you shift here, it puts you back at 5500-5600 which is right smack dab in the middle of the meaty portion of the HP curve. Every Evo is slightly different, but I maximized my times for my mods/power by following this method. I now have to shift much ealier in CO due to the altitude, because it makes me hit peak WHP down around 5300rpm.

 

I wouldn't worry about it. Redlining 1st and 2nd everytime you leave from a red light or stop sign is beating on your car; not a couple hard pulls every other time you drive. And 5-6k is nothing.

Just don't redline your car every chance you get every time you drive your car.

Though there are people here who admit to driving like that and have '03's with no problems...

 

I didn't mean to go that high, it was an accident, I thought the rev limiter would kick in before damage could be done, It was a one time thing.

 

I would say you are lessening the life of your car by NOT driving it hard enough. Going to 5-6k regularly is nowhere near pushing the car. Going to 7500 regularly is when you're making full use of what you have. If you have never redlined your Evo, then I don't even know why you have one...

 

The rev limiter is at 7600, so that means you didn't go to 7800. You can't even see 7800 on your tach - there are no hash marks - so how would you even know without some sort of logging device. Anyway, the tach is rarely accurate, and the momentum of the engine can carry the needle past redline after you've let off the gas sometimes.

 

thank you, I feel more comfortable now,

 

5300 that's insane. I'm sorry haha.

But i totaly agree, 6500-7000 is weak. But shifting anytime after that needle goes past the 7000 mark is best (I doubt there is a consistant difference in 71 and 75); though yes shifting over 7500 can prove to be counter productive as well.

 

i drive my like a g-ma, but i open her up once and awhile to redline, then i go home and change my panties.

 

+1 to that brotha

 

on the evo brochure it says redline is 7000, whats up with that?

 

you wont hurt the engine at all letting it rev out, it mitsu thought it would they wouldn't let it go that high.

 

regardless the power still falls off way before 7800. its actually slowing you down even if it isn't hurting you (and in my opinion, slowing down is hurting you, whether it be times OR engine)