Stock or increased rev limiter?

[andrewrswilson]

I am about to buy an EAT chip for my 525 but im not sure whether to go for the stock or raised rev limiter....is their a benefit for raised revs? (more power) or will it hurt the engine?
Thanks
Andrew

[McWatters]

I am about to buy an EAT chip for my 525 but im not sure whether to go for the stock or raised rev limiter....is their a benefit for raised revs? (more power) or will it hurt the engine?
Thanks
Andrew

also thinking about eat chip but i heard Mark D is not replying to emails?? any news on that , that i might of missed?



J.McWatters

[Ross]

Revs kill motors.

[califblue]

Buy the Revs ( i did) just in case you need ...you don't have to use it all the time ya know my.02

[wjbell]

The rev limiter is there for a reason. Respect it and go with the stock limit. I'm sure the BMW engineers (who are probably the best of the best as far as automotive engineers go) had a good reason to limit it where they did. What is the stock limit, 6500 RPM? Do you need to rev higher than that?

If and when you get to the stock limit...

...shift.

[Felixdacat]

I have been thinking the same. I have been told that the automatic benefits from the stock rev, and the manual will benefit from the higher rev, depending on your driving preference. Do a search, and you will see alot of discussion on this topic.

[KenB]

I have an EAT chip on a manual w/o the stock limiter. I know I've never had a reason to go beyond 6,500k RPM. I think the power band flattens beyond the 6K mark anyway and you're just stressing it by making it scream.

I just took mine up to around 6K a little while ago in 2nd gear, just had new Mobil1 oil change yesterday and it's running as good as ever with 178K miles, I would like it to last another 178K.

[Evan]

does the rev limiter limit top speed?

[genphreak]

does the rev limiter limit top speed?

Yes, but as power is dropping off on the i6 at that speed, it can- it probably depends on wind direction... a head wind will hold you from a higher speed.

[jbraswell]

I have the eat chip with the 6800 rpm rev limit... I have never had it that high and there is really no reason to. I usually rev my car to about 6k when I get on it, you end up right in the middle of the powerband in the next gear. I can't really see any point in reving much higher than that, there's not much up there