What does the term red lined mean?

Question

I know its to do with racing/performance but whats the real meaning of somthing thats been red lined?

Answer 1

Red lined in racing is when your engine goes over the maximum    R.P.M's (revolutions per minute) . Every engine is set to turn at a maximum of so many rpm's if you exceed that you have red lined .

Answer 2

its when your rpm hit the red line on your cluster

Answer 3

The redline is the maximum recommended RPM for the engine. The term is used because the car tachometer will have a red line around the outside of the dial in the area that is over that number - for example my Honda has a redline of 7000 rpm, so if I rev it above that number the needle on the tach will be in the red section.

You should shift before you get there, generally.

Answer 4

Flat out, top speed, maximum RPMs for that vehicle!

Answer 5

When the tachometer reaches the red line, like 6000 RPM?

Answer 6

like going top speed i think.

Answer 7

That's the max amount of RPMs your car will go before it explodes into thousands of tiny particles.