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      05-10-2020, 07:09 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by lunar View Post
Is it possible to over rev and damage the car in this way, like a mechanical over-rev aka money shift? Or will the car protect itself?
If you downshift by mistake while near the redline, or if you downshift in such a way that when you go down a gear, theoretically, the car will over-rev, it will not let you go down a gear even if you use the downshift paddle. Basically, the DME prevents money shifting.
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