Was tuning and coding a car a few days ago overseas. I usually check to see if the customer has existing fault codes and the number of times it has seen redline before tuning.
What I saw on this car suprised me....
It hit 9,985 RPM.
Now I've seen 9,300 before, and other high numbers. Even an E60 M5 V10 up to 9,100. But almost 10K?!? Never.
You'll notice under the maximum rev recorded that it shows the reference RPM at vanos at 125 RPM. Ususally this number is very close to the RPM measured at the crank. Sounds like something broke.
And to top this all off - this is a DCT car. We've tuned roughly 200 M3's in the last few months, and I have never seen a stock DCT car record a rev higher than 8,600 unless it had a raised rev limit.
My car has seen 9K before. Certainly not going any higher than that!