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maybe he has 2 E34s? maybe he is posting to throw us a loop...LOL
95 E34 530I V2.37
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3 Grand Master
That's rough!
You must have dropped the clutch to go into 2nd... should have felt it before fully engaging 2nd. But that's in the past
I know in the Passat, a stupid downshift like that would be rev protected... I guess not in these fellows.
On that note, had a broken belt a long time back which basically destroyed all of the valves. Hope that's not what happened to you!
Grand Master
How? Even a rev limiter can't help if the engine is being driven above redline by the road wheels.Originally Posted by Qube
I know in my 20 year old Toyota, I would not have been able to get the lever into 2nd. But I guess the BMW's syncros are just too good./
3 Grand Master
I was under the impression that a downshift overrev would cut on the VW... of course I never tried it as the wheelspin would make you think twice already... which leads me to my point whereby the clutch must have been dumped fast!How? Even a rev limiter can't help if the engine is being driven above redline by the road wheels.
I know in my 20 year old Toyota, I would not have been able to get the lever into 2nd. But I guess the BMW's syncros are just too good.
... or perhaps the high-speed downshift protection I'm thinking of only applies in autos... which makes more sense
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The rev limiter wont brake your enginespeed, it will only cut fuel or spark
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This is VERY common on the e36 M3's. Most of them at some point will be "money shifted". I got lucky with mine and never did, but the guy that bought it from me did it and blew the top half of the engine. I was ddriving home from the track with a buddy in a '95 when he blew his trying to shift from 4-5 and hit 3 at about 112mph.
1988 M3 - Track rat
1989 325iC
1995 530iM
2000 323iT - UUC BBK, PSS9 Coilovers
2005 GMC HD Crew
Grand Master
A friend was driving my 535 back from a long day mtn biking...I was too bushed to drive. He was having fun with it and missed 5th gear and hit 2nd instead.
Car did a forced overrev and we both looked at each other with that -oh sh*t- look. Turned out to be fine but it was not a comforting thing.
Bellevue WA
90 535iM - not much stock remains. 3.7 liters, ported head, cammed, 3.73 diffy, M5 brakes, MAFed, yadda yadda yadda
86 Porsche 951 - Track Toy
Big, Big Time Poster
im assuming he tried from 4 to 5? how did he end up in 2?
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Mirror dyslexia? 5 | 2
Anthony
03/64 production
'91M5 - 11/90, was mine, it's Jim's now.
I meant to say that it is a 530i 5-speed. I simply pulled straight (or so I thought) back into what I thought was 4th gear. It went into 2nd gear just as easily as it would have been going into 4th. No grinding, noises, etc. and it was to late to do anything because before I even knew what the hell was going on the tach needle was way down into the mpg gauge.
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