Stock redline on your car...

[Land Shark <lndshrk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lee asks:

>Last night I "sharked" my 88 '635, according to TMS, I can run this thing up
>to 6,800 rpm now, my question is that knowing that the original redline was
>6250... is this a smart thing to do with 153,400 miles on it? Is this not
>considered abuse? Oil leaks blown heads... etc.. I would be pretty upset if I
>blew the thing up!

 Gee, Lee.. then don't rev it all the way to 6800.. 

 In all reality, the only way you would "blow the thing up" is with a missed 
 shift or a mechanical weakness in the engine.. neither of which have anything
 to do with the chip.

 The same motor in the 5 series has a stock rev limit of 6450, and we have 
 countless motors running 6800 with no problems

 Of course, with what I see as a predisposition towards thinking the chip is
 "abuse" I would have advised you to leave the car stock, rather than think
 it's responsible for "oil leaks" on a vehicle with 153+k miles!

 Jim C.

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