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Rep Power: 0 Raced a V6 Accord with atleast E
Well, I was on my way home today when I ended up behind a V6 accord at a light. It was around a 1999--2001 model he had atleast an exhaust from what I could tell then. Light turns he takes off so I follow suite. I slowly begin to pull from my one and half car disadvantage that I had in the begining. I switch lanes into the inside and pull all the way through second. By the time we hit third we are into a sweeping turn and I have the inside so I begin to pull more. Then I see a car turning left infront of me and I can not tell if they are in the center turn lane and there is no way I would have time to stop. Everything sort of slows down and I find my self looking for ways out (I actually thought about going around to the left of the car that was turning left and then relized that was a stupid thought ). Then I realize that they are in the turn lane and I am going to be ok. At that same instant I realize that I am dead even with the accord and I hear this god awful sound. I then realize that that sound is me banging off of the rev-limiter it third repeatedly. By this time we are out of the turn I then shift into fourth and procede to pull about a car before the next light. We stop and with a very suprised face he asks what I have in my car, but I am to shaken by the near miss, that and he has a turn arrow so I don't even get a word out.
So as I am sitting the light smelling by burning brakes, I am wondering what makes me do this stupid ****. Now I am sitting here wondering just how bad I fvcked my car up, I must have been on the rev-limiter for atleast 5-10 seconds. the cost of brakes and a engine to beat a V-6 accord
So as I am sitting the light smelling by burning brakes, I am wondering what makes me do this stupid ****. Now I am sitting here wondering just how bad I fvcked my car up, I must have been on the rev-limiter for atleast 5-10 seconds. the cost of brakes and a engine to beat a V-6 accord
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Rep Power: 270 Well just watch out with **** like that thats how people get hurt. I don't think it will hurt your car maybe in the long long run but other than that i think you are good to go. Watch out next time and if your gonna race in the streets race where you don't endanger innocent lives.
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Rep Power: 314 as gearbox said, valve problems. I hear ppl on another Honda forum talk about "valve floating" on D16 when boucning off the limiter too often and too much.... but zzyzx and a few others on here are in that situation often.
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Originally Posted by Michalo187
Well just watch out with **** like that thats how people get hurt. I don't think it will hurt your car maybe in the long long run but other than that i think you are good to go. Watch out next time and if your gonna race in the streets race where you don't endanger innocent lives.
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Rep Power: 295 Floating valves don't really hurt the car unless the slugs hit them. Braking a vavle spring would be bad, but that takes time too. Honda engines are extremely squared motors, they can take a beating. If it make you feel better, I bounced my rev limiter the other day too, except my red line is at 8000 RPMs.
Nice kill anyway, although (not to steal your glory) that generation of Accord is known to be slow. Try a new V6, it's a little different story. Nice kill anyway, any time a 4 banger beats a V6 is a kill.
Nice kill anyway, although (not to steal your glory) that generation of Accord is known to be slow. Try a new V6, it's a little different story. Nice kill anyway, any time a 4 banger beats a V6 is a kill.
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Rep Power: 279 rev limiters are put there for a reason. you should be able to keep that thing bouncing off the rev limiter for a long time with out ruining your motor. the reason they limit the rpm's is to prevent damage so anyhting under the limited rpm should be safe on the motor. i hit my limiter every so often in both of my vehicles. as a matter of fact my 2.2l 4cyl s10 that is a much shyttier design i bounce off the rev limiter when at the track to heat up the tires. the truck only makes about 100whp stock and its moving a 3200lb truck. so i launch hard to keep the revs up and also keep it in 1st in the burn out box because it loses too much power in 2nd to keep the tires going unless im on the brakes. realistically you should be able to hold the rev limiter for minutes not just seconds before anything happens. youll be fine and so will the motor
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Originally Posted by familycar
rev limiters are put there for a reason. you should be able to keep that thing bouncing off the rev limiter for a long time with out ruining your motor. the reason they limit the rpm's is to prevent damage so anyhting under the limited rpm should be safe on the motor. i hit my limiter every so often in both of my vehicles. as a matter of fact my 2.2l 4cyl s10 that is a much shyttier design i bounce off the rev limiter when at the track to heat up the tires. the truck only makes about 100whp stock and its moving a 3200lb truck. so i launch hard to keep the revs up and also keep it in 1st in the burn out box because it loses too much power in 2nd to keep the tires going unless im on the brakes. realistically you should be able to hold the rev limiter for minutes not just seconds before anything happens. youll be fine and so will the motor
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