badkarma

What's the redline on the 996? The Carrera I was driving would accelerate excruciatingly slowly out of tight corners and wouldn't go past 6500rpms. I suspect the car had some problems.

Loren

The fuel starvation rev limiter cuts in at 7300 RPM. Sounds like the car needs some work.

badkarma

Ok, good, it was the car not me. =) I couldn't figure out why all the other 996s I was driving with would kill me out of the tight stuff, someone said it was possibly PSM but I don't think I activated it.

Ed Newman

I'm thinking PSM. We're you driving it that hard? My car pull to the limiter and hits it like a brick wall.

996FLT6

Like Loren said- car should go to rev limiter at 7300 rpm but since I don't have PSM don't know it's behavior in track situations. Has anyone out there with PSM who tracks have this issue? I wuld have service check it out. What year is your car? Mike

Phil Rosenstein

I spent 11 days on the track with my 2000 C4 Cab this year. I left the PSM on as I'm just starting out and feel safer with it on. I never had any problem exceeding 6500 rpm. I did feel the rev limiter at 7200 a couple of times, but I agree that you should probably have your car checked out. 6500 sounds pretty low to me for the limiter to turn on.

Phil

badkarma

I was at the Porsche Driving Experience, I couldn't figure out why everyone kept pulling on me outta turn 7 and turn 10/11 at Road Atlanta, I'd be dog a$$ slow outta there and down the back straight after turn 7 it'd shutdown at 6500rpms and I'd have to shift. Mentioned it to Doc Bundy and he said it was probably the PSM... I was pretty sure I wasn't activating it though. Oh well.

Kent M. Wood

Porsche dealer tells me that the PSM is auto-activated when the brakes are applied...does that make any sense to you folks?

Kent

FTS

When you switch off PSM, it automatically reactivates itself if certain physical parameters are exceeded AND you press the brakes. It will not reactivate itself just because you are slowing down or coming to a stop and hit the brakes

ZBlue996Kam

I have PSM and track my car.
PSM should not come on in the straight unless its raining and you hit a slick spot on your driving wheel(s).

I do feel the simulated limited slip while getting out of a corner at or close to the limit (drifting slightly) accelerating hard. The engine would hesitate a little.

Waz996

7.3k over here.. and what a woooosh! I thank God smtms there IS a rev limiter, i just forget that the engine has reached its max limit, i guess the torque curve is flat at the upper rpms?

\\W//

ruey220

I took my car to 10k+ RPM when I mis-shifted from 3rd to 4th but went into Second...happened twice to me already. I think it did more damage to the tranny than engine. On cold mornings car pops out of seconds at times.

Rick_W

Ruey, I'd have the engine rebuilt while it's still winter - otherwise you'll be replacing the bent rods during a time you'd rather be driving.

1AS

Is it too late to buy an extended warranty? AS

Tom 77

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by ruey220:
<strong>I took my car to 10k+ RPM when I mis-shifted from 3rd to 4th but went into Second...happened twice to me already. I think it did more damage to the tranny than engine. On cold mornings car pops out of seconds at times.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">I dont belive you hit 10 k or you would be walking right now, but I do think you broke the tranny