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Old 02-22-2009, 09:10 PM   #1
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Question 2002 Buick Regal RPMs

Ok, as I said in my introduction, I know nothing about cars. I was wondering. Is there something like a governor or rev limiter on an 02 Regal? When in park or neutral if I rev the engine up to about 4000 it starts sputtering and sounding as if it is missing. I know I probably should sit in park and rev it that high and usually I wouldn't. I had some work done on the cat and they replaced the converter. The car sounder a little louder and I happen to rev it some to hear a little better and notice it sounded as if it would die at 4000. The car seems to run like a champ driving and all. I am just wondering I guess is this something I should have checked or is it supposed to do this? You know to prevent a dummy like me saying "Wow look how much louder my pipes are! Boom!" (Blown engine lol)
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Old 02-22-2009, 09:38 PM   #2
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You probbably have a rev limiter in neutral gear...no idea why a buick would have this but many cars wont let you rev past a certain point in neutral, only under load can you go to full RPM. Does your car drive normally under load and go all the way to redline?
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Yes it runs absolutely fine when in drive. I just noticed it when listening to the pipes. So, what you think is it's something the manufacture did to keep dummies like me from blowing their engines then?
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Old 02-24-2009, 02:54 AM   #4
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Many newer cars have them, probably so you can't floor it by accident.
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Old 02-24-2009, 04:55 AM   #5
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Yea it's fine...I wish I had that system, I can redline my car with the clutch in which causes a TON of wheelspin/smoke/wheelhop
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Old 02-25-2009, 09:21 PM   #6
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Yea it's fine...I wish I had that system, I can redline my car with the clutch in which causes a TON of wheelspin/smoke/wheelhop


Which is usually fun.
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