I have a question about running the 360 at high RPMs, and am wondering if the tech gods here could offer me some advice... Does hitting redline every once in a while do damage to the engine? Or is the 360 designed to run at high RPMs regularly (a la an F1 car)? I ask because my wonderful 360 is also my workhorse, as I run an exotic rental company and the car obviously sees its fair share of "spirited" driving on a very regular basis. Would it be a good idea to install an aftermarket rev-limiter to keep the engine from revving over, say, 6500 or 7000rpm (which is still plenty of fun)? Are there any such products on the market for the 360? Thanks in advance for any advice! --Noah
"Does hitting redline every once in a while do damage to the engine?" Of course not. The entire RPM range up to redline is your's for the enjoyment. I routinely run to redline before shifting. However, there is one huge caveat - the engine oil should be at normal operating temperature (oil temp, not just coolant temp) before you run at higher RPMs (say over 4000). I doubt if anyone renting your Ferrari is going to know enough or care enough to worry about this. Good luck.
Ok, that's what I thought. I suppose that means the rev-limiter already there does its job as it's supposed to. Actually this I did know, and it's something I specifically go over with all clients on the "check-out ride" ... Obviously it's going to happen from time to time, but you'd be surprised how careful people can be when they know that if "you break it, you buy it" ...
"you'd be surprised how careful people can be when they know that if "you break it, you buy it"... " Yeah, but unless they spin a bearing or something, the damage won't be apparent till they're long gone. Maybe the average Ferrari renter is more conscientious than the average car renter you run into at airports...
One item of note is that banging into the rev limiter a number of times in short succession will actually trigger the check engine light.
Interesting. Is that something that will clear itself automatically after a few starts (and keep a stored code) or will it have to be manually cleared with the SD2? Either way, that's a good thing for me...evidence is always better... nlh
Now that I don't know, every check engine warning I've had (which on my previous 360 were quite a few) needed to be cleared with an SD2...
If you look at the oil data thread, you will see that oil temp has a bigger effect on longevity than RPMs. So unless you are operating with oil in the 285 dF range, a wrap here and a wrap there will not hurt the engine whatsoever. Stay down in the 225 dF range and you probably can't measure the change in longevity. No, there is PLENTY of RPMs beyond redline before parts start to break. If you stopped the engine at 7000 RPMs you will have subtraced abut 70 HP from the driving experience.
Dan, Has this happened to you?? I have never seen a redline run throw a check engine light, unless another part had failed/or is failing.
I have a friend who's got a Euro Spider and he gets it up to 9000 RPM before the limiter kicks in. Mine happens a little over 8500. I dyno'ed my 360 and the HP graph shows a steady climb to 7750 and then an almost flat curve from 7750 to 8500 RPM. Peak HP still happens at 8500 but the difference between the peak HP and the HP at 7750 is less than 2% or 6 HP (340 and 334 HP respectively). I am not sure if it is worth pushing the car to the rev limit. In my car from 7000 RPM to 8500 there are about 40 HP left, now that's significant. That's the difference between out dragging a corvett or getting whipped badly. By the way, the HP numbers are at the RW so they will be about 14% or so more at the crank. Cheers, Matt
