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Nov 20, 2012 | 09:13 PM

Truck-mutt

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Rev limiter questions

This is my first time on these forums and I just purchased my first diesel and manual vehicle! I've already tuned my 05 F250 with a livewire ts tuner and it runs like a champ but I was concerned about how far I can go with it. When I first purchased the truck i noticed i had no rev limiter and even after tuning it its not stopping where I set it (3600rpms) is there any way to set a limiter on a manual 05 f250? Or am I just missing something?

Nov 20, 2012 | 09:21 PM

william_04_x

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Your rev limiter should be set somewhere around 4100RPM's. 6.0l's spin pretty fast. Above 4500, and a rod will eventually go through the block. Have you asked your tuner about changing the setpoint?

Nov 20, 2012 | 09:37 PM

davbeisner

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Get ready to replace your head bolts with ARP studs and put new head gaskets in there if you're running a tuner! May want to bulletproof it too, while you're at it... The stock 6.0's don't stand up to tunes all that well from what I hear...

Nov 20, 2012 | 11:07 PM

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Above 4500, and a rod will eventually go through the block.

Reall!? I can take mine up to 4,400 rpms and not worry???

Nov 20, 2012 | 11:22 PM

King-bRanch

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Subscribing...I too have wondered how fast the Diesel can safely spin

Nov 21, 2012 | 05:09 AM

npccpartsman

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Reall!? I can take mine up to 4,400 rpms and not worry???

I wouldn't say don't worry, but mine has seen 4500+ more than a few times on the dyno.

Nov 21, 2012 | 05:14 AM

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Your rev limiter should be set somewhere around 4100RPM's. 6.0l's spin pretty fast. Above 4500, and a rod will eventually go through the block. Have you asked your tuner about changing the setpoint?

Like I said I set my tuner to stop around 3600 RPMs but the truck will blow past that point. It doesnt seem like anything is limiting it.

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Nov 22, 2012 | 12:14 PM

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I ended up going stock and still had no limiter. I proceded to put the performance tune back on and still nothing (I set it to 3600 rpms). But the fact that its a manual transmissions has absolutely nothing to do with it right?