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WEll, I was on the top of 3rd gear at about 6800, and then I accidentally shifted into second! I think the rpms went way past 8500, but nothing happen (knock on wood) . Anyways, I let off as soon as I saw, it was not even for a second. Could there be anything wrong?!? It drives fine, but I am worried about fried pistons or vavles. I checked, and the head gasket has no leaks that I could find for now. What do you think?

 
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If your car runs fine and there are no weird ticking noises (messed up valves) coming from the engine, I think you're ok.

 
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fhheeeew, no ticking noises I think. Well, I want to take it to Honda and have them hook it up and see what I actually revved to? Wonder if it is a bad idea?

 
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better safe then sorry. ive never had the misfortune of over-reving, just a few ground gears here and there from trying to shift too fast. :-\

 
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Wrong Forum...going to Street Forum

 
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You have no idea how jealous I am of the Honda/Acura motors...I would give my left nut to have a 7k or 8k redline.

 
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we are jealous of your torque and hp!

 
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You should be ok. If you were in 4th and went to 2nd, then there would be a problem. You will kill the engine and computer if rpms go over 10 or 11000 rpms. Just be more careful next time.

 
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Hmm... I have never done anything like that, but wouldnt the fuel cut keep the engine from going over 7500 RPMs? And the computer doesnt lock the shifter from entering 2nd??

 
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fuel cut has nothing to do with the gear making the engine turn that fast. computer locking out shift gates? umm...?

 
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lol.. well that goes to show if there are no problems... then we CAN hit higher rpms stock.. people.. reset your rev limiters.. lol

 
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well, it seems fine. I never gave it gas, I actually just let it grip the high rpms (accidentaly of course) and threw the clutch in faster than a fat man running from healthy bar. bad joke. ANyways, shift at 9200, bc that is what I hit. The dealer hooked it up, and said it was impressive but dangerous. I still have a warranty, wait, nope, the no2 is there.

 
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Long time ago i did that too but i was in 4th going into 5th. But my car does have a ticking noise. Is that bad? I think there my lifter ticks going out.

 
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naa u just need a valve adjustment. take off the head if u have the tools to realign it, otherwise take it to honda.

 
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The torque and hp is a nice feeling but having to shift so many damn times when running someone really sucks. I get owned by my friend who has a 2000 SI with i/e all the time. He is still in 2nd and I am shifting into third. The power doesn't kick in until about 5k RPM's for our car, so until them it is a very slow death.

 
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Let's hear it for VALVE FLOAT

It's times like this when you should be VERY happy that you have a low displacement 4 cylinder engine with lightweight parts. Because if you did that to most other cars, you would float a valve faster than you could say "oh sh*t".

 
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Im not sure. If you shift quick enough, the car's computer cannot stop you. Ive seen people blow their engine because of that.

 
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thats a huge piece of misinformation if i ever saw it. computer has nothing to do with the actual gear forcing the engine to turn above 7k (caused by a misshift)

 
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back when i first got my car, i raced some kid in a 95 civic with altezzas and a few tv's, i was beating him thru 2nd, thru 3rd, went to shift to fourth and accidently went back into second, i was speechless because i've never heard my car scream like that before. I pulled over, listened to it for a minute or two, decided nothing was wrong, and that was the first and last time that will never happen. Its been well over a year and the only problem my car has had was a defective tranny.

 
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Sure it was defective

 
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get a compression test kit for $40. it will be your best friend, and it will tell you if anything is abnormal.

 
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lol K20 yes it was defective, there was a faulty "throttle release bearing" and the transmission needed to be replaced. Honda took care of it under warrenty only because i looked in the extended warrenty booklet and saw that the part they were talking about was covered

 
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BumpinCivic2k1 where can I get a compression test kit?

 
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dood, i let a friend of mine drive my car, and he hit red line first, second, third, then went back to second , i knew he could drive stick, but he screwed up terribly this time. ever since then he hasnt driven my car again, anyways, i saw the needle go soooo far past the 8 grand mark, if u were looking at a clock the hand was at about six o clock, crazy, but my engine was fine, no smells weird noises. so i pulled his *** out of the car and drove the rest of the way home.

eric