Rev limiting

[James C Patterson]

On Tue, 16 May 1995, Craig Pugsley wrote:

> I'll re-ask the question, Is having sparks cut out 'randomly' likely to
> be capable of causing mechanical damage to the engine, especially when
> it's happening at/near maximum power RPM range?

For what it is worth most of the aftermarket rev limiters use a random 
spark drop out.  This drops out the spark to random cylinders, but not to 
the same cylinder twice.  Works very well without the sudden drop in 
power a fuel cutoff has.

James Patterson
james at uclink.berkeley.edu