All I can tell you is that when I hit 2nd gear I was also standing on the
brakes which was decellerating me at the same time the reve limiter kicked
in. I think those two factors together helped me out.
>From: Andy Cost <andycost@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: Andy Cost <andycost@earthlink.net>
>To: Andrew Murphy <solex675@hotmail.com>, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Singing the praises of the rev limiter
>Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 14:41:48 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
>
>Did I miss something? A rev limiter won't keep the motor from over-revving
>when improperly downshifted. Your motor will spin as fast as the wheels
>will turn it. The only thing that the rev limiter does is limit the
>acceleration of the motor by cutting spark.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew Murphy <solex675@hotmail.com>
>Sent: Aug 3, 2004 12:46 PM
>To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Singing the praises of the rev limiter
>
>Hey All,
>
>A couple weekends back I took the roadster out and drove to one of my
>favorite roads- Harbor Drive in Dana Point. It's a four lane road that runs
>along the harbor and has some great sweeper turns on it. I like sweepers as
>I find that balance point where I can hold the turn at a constant rate of
>speed and test the grip of my yokos. Great fun.
>
>On this trip I was doing a left hander at about 75 MPH and I was in the far
>right lane. Up ahead I could see a car pulling out of the yacht club and
>making the left that would put him in the same direction as me. Now as I
>was
>in the right lane I assumed he was going to take the left lane as it was
>open. He didn't. He was an elderly man driving a mercedes and he was going
>so slowly that he was actually blocking both lanes by the time I had to
>make
>my decision as to what to do.
>
>I was in 5th and quickly downshifted to what I thought was fourth but I
>missed it and put into second instead. I know- the 5 speed transmission is
>self-centering and I should have just let the shifter find fourth but I was
>a little panicked due to the looming collision so I pulled harder than I
>normally would have. I hit second gear at about 65 mph.
>
>Luckily for me, my MSD 6AL has a built in "Soft Touch" rev limiter that
>kicks in at 6000 RPM. It reduces the intensity of the spark and also fires
>every other cycle to ensure that fuel does not build up in the cylinder.
>Worked like a charm. The thought of what might have happened if I did not
>have it in place scares me. Well worth the money I paid for it considering
>the price of a rebuilt head.
>
>So for those of you considering a Gary Boone EI dizzy (great product), you
>may also want to consider a MSD 6AL. It may just save your engine someday.
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