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• RE: 2.1l beyond red line
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 7 Sep 1996 11:23:57 -0500
  Hi Tim What happened to the rev limiter. My '86 has a computer controlled rev limiter set to about 5600rmp. Seems that the computer...
• Re: Rev limiter????
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:09:32 +0000
  ...On my '88 I decided to try the rev limiter and the Tach spun all the way to the end of the red zone...
• Re: '72 Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Ted Matsumura
  Wed, 31 Aug 1994 16:00:10 -0700 (PDT)
  ...you're getting your rev-limiter for $35? I have a '78 3.0l engine and the rev limiter is not working, I'd...
• Rev Limiter?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 21 Nov 2000 15:54:25 -0500
  I could have sworn my '86 had a factory rev-limiter built into the Digifant system. It cut fuel delivery or ignition or something...
• Re: Rev limiter????
  Historical mailing list - KARL WOLZ
  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:38:54 -0700
  ...Rev limiter???? I was driving my 1983.5 vanagon 1.9L after changing the antifreeze, it is starting to look like winter down here...
• Re: Newby Question
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 22:24:25 -0600
  I use a pressure limiter on the city water connection. This has an added benefit--you can twist the pressure limiter easily since you...
• Re: Rev limiter????
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:24:38 -0500
  The rev limiter on my '85 works at "about" 5500 rpm. I know because, having both an automatic and a 4 speed, I have...
• Rev limiter????
  Historical mailing list - Airic
  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:47:28 -0600
  ...out, similar to other vehicles I have driven when the rev limiter is hit. I looked at the rotor, and it did not seem...
• Re: Rev Limiter? - 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:10:12 EST
  In a message dated 11/22/00 10:57:56 AM, macmillan@HOME.COM writes: << The Digijet has a limit too >> The rev limiter...
• Re: Rev limiter????
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:40:55 -0500
  ...out, similar to other vehicles I have driven when the rev limiter is hit. > > I looked at the rotor, and it did not seem...
• Re: Rough running after hitting rev limiter
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 16:00:47 -0500
  ...Rough running after hitting rev limiter My '84 will rev smoothly until it hits almost the red area of the tach, then shudder and...
• Re: Points and rotors
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 10:27:56 +0100
  ...Bosch 1 234 332 215 Rotor, no rev limiter, 5=87 resistance. Bosch 1 234 332 303 Rotor, rev limiter >5400rpm (stock rotor for...
• Rough running after hitting rev limiter
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 15:59:47 -0500
  ...then shudder and lose power (I assume there is a rev limiter in the digijet system that does this). After this, it runs rough...
• Re: Rev limiter????
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:09:25 -0500
  Hi Airic, Just how high were you revving it?? I know that the FI aircooleds have a built-in rev limiter function in the...
• Re: Rough running after hitting rev limiter
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 14:10:39 -0700
  ...Rough running after hitting rev limiter > My '84 will rev smoothly until it hits almost the red area of the tach, then shudder and...
• Rev Limiter Problems
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 30 Aug 1994 13:15:04 -0700 (PDT)
  I am posting to this list because some of you have vanagons w/rev-limiters or have 911 motors in them with rev-limiters...
• RE: Governors (i.e.-rev limiters)
  Historical mailing list - UTORInfoCommons
  Fri, 3 May 1996 14:42:38 -0400
  i don't know the last year that rev limiters were offered but i _guess_ it was 67' these doodads sit right below the...
• Re: '86 Westy Oil light flickers briefly...other basic ?'s
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 08:57:05 -0600
  ...Red line and Rev limiter are two different things. Red line is the max recommended operating rotation The rev limiter kicks in when you...
• Re: Rev Limiter?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 07:56:22 -0500
  I was close! It shuts down at 5600 rpm. Digifant only. Jay
• '72 Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 31 Aug 1994 09:53:16 -0700 (PDT)
  ...get me a new one, when I realized that the rev-limiter's demise should not be causing the car to not run. The...
• Re: Rev limiter????
  Historical mailing list - Airic
  Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:42:22 -0600
  ...I know that the FI aircooleds > have a built-in rev limiter function in the ECU, but I'm told it > doesn't kick...
• Re: Rev Limiter
  Historical mailing list - Craig Spaeth
  Fri, 24 Nov 2000 09:06:44 -0800
  If you really want a Rev limiter you can install an MSD ignition. They have chips so you can vary the rev limit. It...
• Re: Rev Limiter
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Fri, 24 Nov 2000 09:29:30 -0800
  ...Rev Limiter > If you really want a Rev limiter you can install an MSD ignition. They have chips > so you can vary the rev...
• Re: VW V-8 engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 08:59:49 -0600
  I think the ECU's speed limiter cuts in at 115 mph. --------------------- Clip -------------- I'm think that you're right. That serpentine belt must...
• Re: shift points
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 12 Oct 95 11:00:42 PDT
  ...Your 1700 may or may not have the rev limiter installed <it's a $30.00 distributor rotor>. But 5400 may be a good...
• Re: Rev Limiter? - Revisited
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:31:01 EST
  << The Digijet has a limit too >> The rev limiter on the 1.9L of which I have knowledge is in the form of a...
• Correct Throttle tension
  Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:31:26 -0700
  ...I noticed that there are two limiter screws on either side of this thing, one to set the beginning of it�s travel and...
• Throttle switch; Valve Float
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 18 Apr 95 17:18:18 PDT
  ...engines have a limiter built into the injection control unit. Dave
• Re: fuel pump relief valve?
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:19:55 -0500
  ...so it works sort of as a rev-limiter, in a way: can't go too fast cause you can't get too much...
• Re: Correct Throttle tension (diesel)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 14:40:03 -0400
  Dave, don't touch the limiter screws, Especially to adjust a 'slack' cable. the proper Throttle cable adjustment is in under the front end...
• Re: Redline (the speed,not the oil) (was: with all this talk about prices...)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:27:42 -0800
  Yes, Vanagons have rev limiters. The ECU will turn off the fuel injectors when max rpm is exceeded. This may not save the engine...
• Re: TOP SPEED
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:04:26 EST
  I know that in the 1.9 the engine speed limiter kicked in at about 95-98 mph, would the 2.1 do the...
• Re: Rev limiter????
  Historical mailing list - Burdett, Jean-Pierre
  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:25:18 -0500
  Straying from the subject somewhat but has anyone added an aftermarket tach on their AC? Or is this too much hassle - forget it an...
• Re: squeaky shifter
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sat, 21 Mar 1998 22:53:54 -0500
  ...What you are hearing is the lowermost part of the shifter contacting the "motion limiter" in the metal box. I've lubed mine several...
• Re: '85 Vanagon with alternator problem
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Mar 1997 18:14:20 PST
  ...I have invoked the rev limiter many times but have never noticed the lights coming on. I think you have an alternator that is...
• Re: Worst thing you ever did to your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:26:58 -0500
  ...Realized eventually that it had been up against the rpm limiter. One case where those VW engineers may have saved me from myself. Larry...
• RE: Governors (i.e.-rev limiters)
  Historical mailing list - No Quarter
  Fri, 3 May 1996 19:32:37 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I've never seen/heard of a rev > limiter on a VW engine, excpet for an ignition-cutout plunger on a > special rotor for...
• EV Automatics, "EV Needs a home"
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Dec 1995 21:42:25 -0500
  ...they move from back to front, but there is a "rev limiter" in the computer to prevent serious damage.... Happy New Year and have...
• Re: Correct Throttle tension
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 22:59:08 -0500
  ...I noticed that there are two >limiter screws on either side of this thing, one to set the beginning of >it�s travel and...
• Re: Redline (the speed,not the oil) (was: with all this talk about prices...)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 17:48:54 -0800
  ...Todd '88 Westy mark drillock wrote: >Yes, Vanagons have rev limiters. The ECU will turn off the fuel >injectors when max rpm is exceeded...
• Re: What is rpm @ 70 mph? -Reply
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Fri, 17 Oct 1997 23:52:44 -0700
  On at least three occasions I had my 84 GL's speedo past the 100 mark, then the rev limiter kicked in. Of course...
• Re: Rev Limiter
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Sat, 25 Nov 2000 23:43:41 -0800
  Depending on how much you want to do to your vanagon, you can also install a rev limiting tach. These are available at most...
• Re: Rev Limiter?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:19:25 EST
  In a message dated 11/22/00 2:08:05 PM, macmillan@home.com writes: << incorrect rotors can easily cause a high speed miss...
• Re: Redline (the speed,not the oil) (was: with all this talk about prices...)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Vermillion
  Sun, 12 Jan 2003 01:47:50 -0500
  I once drove quite a distance (10-15 mi.) banging against the rev limiter in my dad's 85 West. Wolf. that was loaded...
• Re: nasty AMC exhaust valve, photos here
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 24 May 2009 15:59:24 -0400
  ...when you wanted >fourth, you WILL over-rev your motor - the limiter has nothing to >say about it. Or coming downhill, say... Gotcha. I...
• Re: That "peppy" 2.2L
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:36:17 -0600
  "Glad to hear about the lightening the load and raising the rev limitertaking care of business with the 2.2. Be what does th...
• Re: Engine stalling at high speed
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 16 Apr 2016 11:39:19 -0600
  ...wrote: > The engine behaves like it has a very extreme rev limiter in place. If I > press in the clutch it dies. From there...
• Re: fastest vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 16:28:23 -0500
  An indicated (estimated) 103 mph, rev limiter in 4th, '87 Wolfsburg, 2.1L waterboxer, 205/70R14 tires, stock tranny. BTW that's over the...
• Re: Speed
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng.
  Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:58:20 -0500
  ...You see the rev limiters kick in at the top of the rpm curves: http://www.bostig.com/files/speed.gif Jim ________________________________________ Bostig Engineering...
• Digifant II quirky issue. 3000 RPM rev limit?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 10 May 2017 10:46:17 -0400
  ...The engine acts like it has a rev limiter at 3000 RPM. Tacho function is good, idle is good, power is good until it...
• WetWesties & speed... (will be gone Friday)
  Historical mailing list - Brian Tipsword
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:51:45 -0800
  ...Injety in his 2.1 wolfy he runs at the rev limiter down the freeway(I've been with him at 90). Such a...
• throttle flat spot
  Historical mailing list - Airic
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 17:15:05 -0600
  Hello 1983 vanagon 1.9l waterboxer I thought it was the rpm limiter kicking in, but it happens on the highway too. It varies...
• Re: Brake Power?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 19 Sep 2002 18:10:57 EDT
  ...You can get the 1.9L up to about 96 before the rev limiter shuts down the fuel injectors. But, you need a big...
• Re: Sliding window idea
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:16:15 -0400
  ...The passenger side silding window has the danger of a guillotine effect when the door opens, but a mostion limiter would take care of...
• Re: Redline (the speed,not the oil) (was: with all this talk about prices...)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 19:26:22 -0800
  ...do Vanagons > >>have rev limiters? Or was this guy just letting it coast down a mountain > >>and letting gravity take it well over redline...
• Re: Fast German Auto chip and rockers
  Historical mailing list - Charles Hokanson
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 23:21:21 EST
  ...everything, from the ignition curve, to the injetion to the rev limiter -- or at least thats what the product infor said -- and if a...
• Re: cruising speed
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 May 1996 14:52:54 -0400
  ...green zone on the tach fades out at 4500rpm the rev limiter is set at >about 5200. Top speed is about 85mph. Don't...
• Re: VW V-8 engine
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 00:01:11 -0500
  ...I think the ECU's speed limiter cuts in at 115 mph. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "...we're not getting...
• Re: Rev Limiter?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 07:52:05 -0800
  The Digijet has a limit too, fuel pulses are shortened when the upper rev limit is exceeded. I've accidentally tested it, unfortunately when...
• Re: Engine stalling at high speed
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sat, 16 Apr 2016 14:19:17 -0700
  ...wrote: > > > The engine behaves like it has a very extreme rev limiter in place. If I > > press in the clutch it dies. From there...