'02 WRX - RPM limiter

[Dundo]

Is there some sort of RPM limiter on '02 WRX? What I noticed last
weekend while driving was sudden drop in RPMs after shifting from 4th to
3rd and hitting roughly 7500 RPM. I could even call it an engine stall
as revs dropped sudenly to approx. 5K RPM....It basically happened by
accident just before a sharp curve and surprised me a bit knowing that
redline starts at 7K.

 

[2 Stroke]

I believe the rev limiter on the 02 USDM WRX is fuel cut at 7200 RPM.
You can find it by accelerating past redline while watching the tach,
but I'm not saying that you should. :-|

 

[Ned Pike]

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Is there some sort of RPM limiter on '02 WRX? What I noticed last
weekend while driving was sudden drop in RPMs after shifting from 4th
to 3rd and hitting roughly 7500 RPM. I could even call it an engine
stall as revs dropped sudenly to approx. 5K RPM....It basically
happened by accident just before a sharp curve and surprised me a bit
knowing that redline starts at 7K.

Yessir, you've found the WRX rev limiter. I've hit it once or twice, but
only on hard pulls and in first gear. My foot timing was off a wee bit and
the engine computer was gracious enough so as to save me from grenading the
motor.

 

[NitroTrike]

As far as the engine "grenading" it wont happen...thats what the limiter is
for. UNLESS you do what you did before, like downshifting. Like the other guy
said, its fuel and ignition cut when revving. If you were to do that (downshift
into a lower gear when your already at 7k) again, and the engine did grenade
(due to the trans simply overspinning the engine), dont plan on the dealer
replacing your engine for free. They CAN retreive the max redline from the ecm.
If it is past the factory preset redline, they know what happened and WILL tell
you to hit the road...Trust me on this. Also what the heck were you doing
downshifting at that rpm anyway??

 

[Henry Paul]

Personally, I wouldn't want to put that kind of wear on my engine, but
that's just me.

 

[Dundo]

Slowing down just a bit. I was too fast to pass that curve and didn't
want to step on brake, just doubleclutched and downshifted. I can't tell
the RPMs at downshift since I had my eyes on the road but it was too
close to the redline and went over the rev limit...I noticed it jumped
between 7 and 8K when limiter kicked in...that sudden stall didn't feel
good though. It's not nice losing the power at that moment...