This isnt something i do, but im trying to use this manual mode on my automatic 2012 g37 journey and i got some questions.

i notice when on DS mode or even D and i put the pedal to the floor some gears make it to redline but some dont.

so my question is, which gears is it okay to almost hit redline when in manual? i notice when i do it in 1st or 2nd it just feels wrongs, is it okay to do it in these gears?

but on 3rd and 4th it feels good to almost redline, it feels like how it normally does when i just punch it in DS mode.

another question, i have never done donuts in my life and in a safe place i want to try it, from what someone told me i want to do it in manual mode to better control everything, correct? if so, when i punch it in 1st gear and its almost at redline, is it safe to stay in that gear as im doing donuts? or should i switch it to second gear mid donut?

 

I drive my car hard almost every day.. so yes I redline in the first 3 gears and 4th on the freeway sometimes..


why would you want to do donuts in this car??
your on your own with that

 

wow that sounds really aggressive, i should be asking you "why would you want to do that". isnt that really bad for our engines?

because ive never done a donut and i want to someday lol. i atleast want to know how, so i do it correctly.

 

that's the way I drive..i make power all the way to redline so I use it.. especially with the 4.08 gears..


had my car for 5 years and have 0 issues with it!
if the motor goes it goes ill replace it with another one until then ill drive it that way..

 

I would like red lining in 6th gear lol

and our engline love to get rev

 

There's a rev limiter for it not to put the engine in harm, it's okay to drive these cars to redline nothing will occur.

 

I see redline multiple times when I drive. No issues. Granted I have had the car since July/August, but on my g35, I beat the hell out of that motor and she just kept asking for more.

@Chukie311, I see you're tuned through EcuTek. Did they keep the factory rev limit or did they raise it?

 

I raised the rev limit by 200 rpm...if I'm going to do cams I'm going with a Nismo oil pump to raise the redline to 8200rpm


but I have been looking at the stoker kit lately going to talk to my tuner about it.. if I'm going to drop the engine might as well build it!!


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So cool! I checked but didn't see, do you have a build thread?

 

nope no build thread someone wanted me to do one.. maybe one day.. don't feel like spending a few hours in front of the computer writing it all down.LOL

 

wow awesome.

So i can redline 1st 2nd and 3rd without doing harm on my engine. I'm kind of shocked to hear you guys do it often. but if these engines are this beastly thats sick.

 

Yes have fun! Just make sure you always keep you maintenance up to date, change your oil etc and you'll be fine

 

Sorry for being off topic. I noticed you have the ARK with the Berk HFC. Is their hiss / rasp? I'm looking for the *deep* tone exhaust and I've been reading ARK paired with some type of HFC / RHFC (berk, FI) will accomplish that compared to say other exhaust combos. I mean, it wont be as deep sounding as a GTHAUS, but is the Ark paired with the berk sound deep?

 

They all have some rasp, just not as loud as others.

I red-line the car once a day also. LOL

 

here is my car on the dyno no rasp but with the berk HFC you do have the hiss about 2k or so
and yes it is very loud i can be heard from blocks away.

click link below

http://vid22.photobucket.com/albums/...1/IMG_1770.mp4