Rev limiters and carb'd engines

[bmxdave]

Can you fit those little rev limiters to carb'd engines? I want to limit my revs to 6500 or wherever the peak is when i do a dyno run.

 

Do they work by cutting the spark?

 

If so do they wire in to the main feed to the coil?

 

Easy to fit?

[kevmk2]

You can get a lumenition rev limiter or an omex one, and there are plenty of other ones on the market.

Easy to fit, just connects to your coil. Yeah and they cut the spark

[bmxdave]

So when the engine is warmed up a bit you can get some healthy flames when you hit the limiter

 

I think ill be getting one.

[MK2Ed]

I've got one fitted and they no sweat to wire in - but didn't know it produced same action for flames when you hit the limiter .

 

Cos I thought the kits you can buy interrupt the ignition system and unburnt fuel passes through the exhaust and hits a spark plug(s) mounted in the exhaust tail pipe then creating flames.

 

Anyone know?

[Mr Sam]

depends how much fuels being thrown down the exhaust and how free flowingyour exhaust is i spose

[bmxdave]

Itll be coming out of a very short straight through unsilenced exhaust. Itll probably spit flames on over run. My Triumph used to.

 

Kids used to put spark plugs on their exhaust tips to make flames on their 1.0 corsas.

[marky4]

i got an omex clubman rev limiter and it's very good

[Mr Sam]

Kids used to put spark plugs on their exhaust tips to make flames on their 1.0 corsas.

 

i sent a good few thousand volts up my arm trying this

[orionmojo]

Kids used to put spark plugs on their exhaust tips to make flames on their 1.0 corsas.

 

i sent a good few thousand volts up my arm trying this

 

you can but the kits, its basically a coil in your boot, a spark plug at the end of the zorst and a switch on the dash.

 

ting is, they're never that good when your parked up and when your driving its onlyeveryone else who can see them!

[surfingturnip]

autolock do a rather good one, along with various other usefull bits and pieces

http://www.thehoffmangroup.com/autoloc/ ... nwU35DAADF

[capriluke]

ive got a rotor arm from a 1.6i escort/orion

 

limits at 6500rpm (on my 2.0 pinto with carbs)

 

pops bangs and flames when you hit the limiter

 

and it was the second best price .... free!!

 

(better price = profit!!!)

[MK2Ed]

ive got a rotor arm from a 1.6i escort/orion

 

limits at 6500rpm (on my 2.0 pinto with carbs)

 

pops bangs and flames when you hit the limiter

 

and it was the second best price .... free!!

 

(better price = profit!!!)

 

Nice one - I mean the "pops bangs and flames when you hit the limiter" bit...

[Johnson]

ive just got the omex rev limiter with launch control

[bmxdave]

I dont know wehich one to go for. Too much choice. Its a shame you cant get one with launch control and the 4 lights.

 

I think ill get the one with the red light to stick on my dash.

[Mr Sam]

ive got a rotor arm from a 1.6i escort/orion

 

limits at 6500rpm

 

intresting i knew VW's had this feature

 

 

im guessing these are bosche type dizzy's ?