jhbrennan

Someone must have over-reved unless maybe the DME is broken - see Coocha's post from a couple of days ago where he purposely did an over-rev and it showed up on his DME readout.

mitch236

You guys are aware that every other car is "tested" before it is shipped. It used to be every car was driven at the factory but that was changed. At least that's what they told me at the factory tour. So maybe that's part of the test. Running to redline.

MUSSBERGER

Maybe someone at the factory who drove it had the Monday morning blues.

Loren

I do not see anything wrong here.
If there were lots in the 4-5-6 range then I would some concern. (my 2 cents)

Le Chef

If you have warranty and only have over-revs in ranges 1-3 then what's the problem?

It's not a Q-Tip special, it's a sports car that's meant to be revved to the red-line.

Coochas

If you run the car to redline, there are zero overrevs by definition.
I still don't understand how the range 2 & 3 happen without downshifting into the wrong gears or if you have software which 'unplugs' the rev limiter function.
I've hit the rev-limiter a few times, as evidenced by fuel starvation, and my car has only registered Range 1 overrevs.

fast1

If you run the car to redline, there are zero overrevs by definition.

That's true. Porsche doesn't consider anything an overrev unless it's range 4 and higher. Nevertheless I would have concerns if I were buying a new car with several incidences of range 1s, despite the reassurances that I was given by those who know a hell of a lot more about Porsche engines than I do.

mitch236

I would think you could over rev simply by hitting redline while in first. That's why the car limits revs in first gear a little lower. The engine spools up so quickly, it can overrev before the limiter kicks in. That would be one way to overrev.