james,
i got a stock l20b with mild cam, once its warm i frequently take it to
6000rpm 1st, 2nd and 3rd, and its never given me any hassels. should be
fine. ive taken it 7000rpm but its pointless as u get nowhere and it pulls
much harder in the next gear change. but this is also with a 240k carby. i
got the l20 carby back on and i notice its doesnt wanna rev as much as the
240k.
anyway hope this helps.
but also i have had the head rebuilt under 10 months ago too.
Ryan
>From: "James Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: Redline for L20B
>Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 13:37:03
>
>Ok thanks Terry,
>that's what I wanted to know, it's just the cam is rated to 6000 so I
>thought I should at least take it that far, like I said it wants to keep
>going after 5000, I mean it only really starts pulling hard at 4000.
>I guess I'll have to do a little experementing to see when's the best time
>to shift to give the best acceleration. Probabably will do that with 2nd
>to
>3rd shifts, cause 1st to 2nd happens pretty quick, bit hard the judge when
>the rpm is going up so quickly.
>
>Thanks again,
>
>James
>
>>
>>James,
>>
>>It should be safe to take it to 6500 rpm but most stock L20B's I've driven
>>are only making noise above 5500 rpm anyway. I've found that they will
>>actually pull better in the next gear, there are exceptions like the S2
>>Bluey engine does give good power in the higher rpms.
>>
>>regards
>>Terry
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James Cox
>>Sent: Saturday, 19 May 2001 3:30
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: RE: Redline for L20B
>>
>>
>>Terry,
>>
>>Ok, well I know that the motor was reconditioned about 8 years ago, head
>>was
>>reconditioned 2 yrs ago, (ok so it's not new but at least its not 20+ yrs
>>old) anyhow to stay on the safe side do you think it is wise to keep it
>>under 6000? or do you think it is safe to take it to 6500 on occasion. I
>>just don't want it blowing up, it is my daily driver and I can't afford a
>>blown engine right now.
>>
>>Much thanks,
>>
>>James
>>
>> >
>> >James,
>> >
>> >The Nissan factory redline of most L engines is around 7000 rpm but the
>> >stock L20B sounds like it's going to explode when taken over 6000 but
>>they
>> >very rarely do.
>> >
>> >regards
>> >Terry
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James Cox
>> >Sent: Saturday, 19 May 2001 12:09
>> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >Subject: Redline for L20B
>> >
>> >
>> >Hello list,
>> >
>> >Can somone tell me the redline for a unmodified L20B? I am asking
>>because
>> >according to the manual it doesn't recomend going over certain speeds in
>> >each gear so I've been going by that, just today I got a taco for the
>>car
>> >was supprised to find that this supposed limit was only 5000rpm. Anyhow
>>I
>> >have a 74deg cam, twin sus, extractors and free exhaust, the cam is
>>rated
>> >from 3000-6000 rpm and someone told me that you should shift 500rpm
>>after
>> >the cam runs out (eg at 6500) but is this safe with a stock motor? Well
>> >what's the redline for a stock motor basicly.
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >
>> >James Cox
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
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