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Originally Posted by mdrums
Either pdk or 6speed will not over rev by simply pressing
the accellerator pedal and rev it up to redline. The rev limit will cut
fuel and save you. The way you over rev a car is by downshifting
to a lower gear and mechanically cause the engine to turn past redline.
Pdk will not allow this to happen.
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This is really not true. There is so much momentum established with running up to redline in first gear, for example, that you will exceed the rev limiter's cut out and mechanically you will exceed 7300 RPM, the designated redline of the 997 engine. This is another method of exceeding redline other than the usually suspect "money shift" when selecting an inappropriate gear below your current choice.
Driver's should not believe for a moment that the rev limiter will keep you entirely out of trouble with upshifts. The Sports Chronometer option also somewhat exacerbates this, with it's much more aggressive rev cutout.