Hitting rev limit on 987 engine... Damage?

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06-14-2007, 10:34 PM

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Read in UK car mag about another car mag. writer (the UK story claims ...

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Originally Posted by roadsleeper

fast1 - Wow, I didn't even think the engine would survive to rev to 11,000 rpms without completely exploding... Thanks for the info!

... the other writer was French -- missing shift in Carrera GT press car -- went down 1 or more gears instead of up a gear -- and postmortem showed engine RPMs at time of engine failure were around 14,000.

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