Logan

Dang it! I was on my way back home from my girlfriend's house last night and I was on I-75, passing through Atlanta. I was really tired and wasn't paying attention, but I was in a lane that was exit only and when I realized it, I had to punch it hard to get out of the way of the traffic and get back in. To make a long story short, I wasn't thinking (once again, I was really tired after so much driving last night) and I dropped it into 2nd gear and stepped on the gas for a split-second...at 75 mph!!!!!!!!! My tach needle shot way off the gauge for a second . I quickly corrected myself and turned off my radio so I could listen to the engine. I wasn't getting any rattling or any dubious noises, but I am still skeptical. I need this engine to last me a while...and my transmission. I had been driving for over 2 hours already when this happened, so the engine was warmed up fine. How many of you have made a mistake with shifting gears like that? It's pretty frightening.

flotsamm

iTrader: (1)

Odds are your fine since we have a rev limiter. But yah never know... maybe take is slow for a while and see if anything seems wrong. Later if everything checks out, start driving normal again.

noname

lol I did that when I first got my car....Like you just for a split second too, but unlike you I wasn't tired nor sleepy lol just stupid

Sweetpants

iTrader: (1)

yea ive accidently missed 3rd and watched the tach go past all the red ....wasnt very good. dont know why the rev limiter didnt kick in

4drcivic2k1

iTrader: (2)

REV LIMITERS DO NOTHING WHEN YOU DOWNSHIFT!!!!

The wheels are turning the engine not the other way around! The rev limiter only works under acceleration...

white2K2EX

I mis-shifted once in my dad's old car. It was a 6-speed, I was in fifth, and didn't realize how hard you had to push it to the right to get in sixth. So, needless to say, I hit fourth. But I wasn't at too high of RPMs, and he traded the car in a week later. So there wasn't any problem. I've never made another mistake in shifting.

PESTLNC

Correct, the wheels turning will force the engine above the rev limiter. Good think you fixed it fast...another second and you might have found yourself coasting to a stop.

TACHITUP

you still could do a # on that engine EVEN with a rev limiter. my friend's S2000 bent the valves downshifting from 5th to 2nd when he was looking to grab a hold of 4th--ouch!!! rev limiter only helps when accelerating in a gear -- not when you stick it into a gear like that

kjgracing

iTrader: (3)

Try shifting aggressivly from 1st to second.
If you hear a grunt like grinding sound, you burned up
your sychros...take it to the dealer and get a new tranny.
That's what I had to do.

white97ex

when shifting from 5th to 4th or 3rd to 4th use the back-hand method...you will never mishift and i actually think its faster.

sadboy916

happend to me once downshifting once and i sneezed like 3 times lol i heard a grind

white2K2EX

Whats the back-hand method?

PwN3d

some bogus method. you really arent supposed to grip the shift in road racing in the first place.

Grey

iTrader: (61)

Yeah, I did it on purpose once. Going past the rev limiter in 2nd gear. My car screamed like a beast. Good acceleration too. Only lasted for a second or so though. Nothing wrong with my engine. I'm sure that it would take a good minute or two at higher rpm's before you noticed bad things happening.

NeoMagus

I blew a K20A2 in my old Type S going to 4th and instead grabbed 2nd.

2 bent valves and a blown cylinder...have them check it out next time your car is serviced just to be safe

AR

iTrader: (2)

yeah but for how long?

it happens to us though. one thing i did that going like 45, but i mean the car only jumpred to like 5500 rpm. reguardless ihad a good excuse: i had a cast/splint over my right hand, which made it hard for shifting. this was when i first bought the car.

NeoMagus

what do you mean for how long? How long was the car engaged in gear?

literally a second- two seconds at most. Clutch in, shift to forth, release clutch, oh **** grabbed 2nd, tach spins past 9, hit clutch, engine dead.

9191rpm@69mph is what the ecu said it died at

leadfoot78

If you revved way too much the valves might have hit the pistons and got bent, you might also have some piston ring damage but that is less likely. If any of the lower block bearings were messed up it will probably be a gradual failure. Best thing to do is buy or rent a compression tester and do a compression test. It will let you know if you have bent valves, or bad piston rings.