Mercury XR6

Does anyone know where the redline is in the BA XR6 N/A Manual? It sure as hell isn't on the dials but I'm wondering what the actual redline is? The owners manual says that the auto upshifts at 5800rpm but I can't see a reference for the manual. Any ideas?

__________________
Mercury Silver BA XR6, T5 Manual, Red Trim, Premium Sound, Tinted Windows, XR Mats

XR6 Uterous

Answer is simple, it doesn't have one! The computer will stop the engine going much past 6,000rpm and doing any damage, so the red line is superfulous to requirements! :-)

Cheers

Dave_B

I am pretty sure the redline for the six is 6000 RPM. I think this is where the engine limiter cuts in.

Mercury XR6

Well you don't want to be be accelerating until the limiter kicks in very often though do you?

__________________
Mercury Silver BA XR6, T5 Manual, Red Trim, Premium Sound, Tinted Windows, XR Mats

YOOT

What you actually want is max power, and shift gears at that rpm. i think its 5500 roughly, but you'll need to find out for sure.

__________________

XR6 Uterous

OK, here it is. Max power in theBarra 182 is produced at 5000rpm and maximum torque occurs at 3250rpm. People that I spoke too at my dealership assure me 6000rpm will not damage the engine with occassional use.

Hope this helps.

Cheers.

YOOT

SO start making your shift at 5000rpm, by the time you get it done she won't have passed 5500, no danger of hitting the cut out and you using 100% of the available power.

__________________

BA_XR6T

excuse my ignorance, but how would hitting the rev limiter damage the engine

YOOT

It won't, its just a pain in the arse when your trying to go fast and you hit it because it slows you down.

Apparently some of the XR's weather its just the Turbo/V8 ones its a dynamic rev limit so you never quite know when you going to hit it.

__________________

zetecr

My XR8 seems to cutout at 5800 or thereabouts, and haven't encountered the alleged "variable cutout". Someone posted in an earlier thread that the engine won't rev past 4000rpm in neutral, but haven't bothered to try it myself...

__________________
My List of Quintessential Performance Fords:
GT40 MkII (1966); Cosworth DFV V8 (1967); Boss 429 Mustang (1969); Escort BDA (1969); Falcon GTHO Phase III (1970); ..yawn.. (1971-1984); RS200 (1985); Sierra Cosworth RS500 (1987); Ford GT (2005)?