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Originally Posted by CuRiOuSfIsH
I dont mean to be an *** or anything, but how can someone mistakenly downshift to 4th in a Civic? I would understand if it's like Miata, S2000 style, but on a Civic without a short shifter.......... hmm.......
haha, I guess I am really lucky I have done that twice. The first time I was not thinking and downshifted from 3rd to second doing around 70 scared the hell out of me. The second time was just the other day and I went to shift from 5th to 4th while argueing with my gf and hit 2nd. My car seems to be running ok how can you tell if you have messed up your valves??? both times I hit the clutch fast and was only at around 8k for a second
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Okay, I can understand missing the gears and hitting the wrong gears, but why are you people in 3rd gear driving at 70 mph ????????
Everyone here said something similiar... Is this normal driving for you guys ??
Your driving around $15,000-$18,000 (Sometimes More!) you shouldn't beat the heck out of your Car.
I don't want to seam like the old grumpy guy yelling "GET OFF MY GRASS YA PUNKS" but seriously your going bring an endless amount of repairs on yourselves.
Sorry for the lecture I'm Done.
Everyone here said something similiar... Is this normal driving for you guys ??
Your driving around $15,000-$18,000 (Sometimes More!) you shouldn't beat the heck out of your Car.
I don't want to seam like the old grumpy guy yelling "GET OFF MY GRASS YA PUNKS" but seriously your going bring an endless amount of repairs on yourselves.
Sorry for the lecture I'm Done.
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Rep Power: 0 i beat the hell out of my car cause im an iresponsible kid. but it makes me happy, so get of my back!! j/k Its not like im driving that way everytime im in my car i just do it once in a while. If there are people out there that redline their civic's in every gear every time they accelerate, we have a special name for them RICER!
Originally Posted by Boilermaker1
Ummm yeah, the valves and the piston got a little too friendly with one another. Chances are, the valves left an impression in the piston and the piston bent the valves.
In otherwords your engine is ****ed.
The valve springs don't have enough force to close the valvetrain quick enough at that speed.
Honda is going to scan your computer, figure out pretty quickly it threw an over-rev code, then charge you to rebuild the motor.
In otherwords your engine is ****ed.
The valve springs don't have enough force to close the valvetrain quick enough at that speed.
Honda is going to scan your computer, figure out pretty quickly it threw an over-rev code, then charge you to rebuild the motor.
there was an integra type r in my dads shop for this... we had to rebuild the engine but if your lucky you just gotta replace valves probably pistons
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