How bad is it to rev your car
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How bad is it to rev your car
ok well i started reving my car alot reciently not sure why..i think i just got hooked on the way it sounds but everyones been telling me that its going to kill my transmission/brakes/torque converter but i keep doing it anyways. how bad is reving my engine for my car? i know its not good but is it really that bad?
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Originally posted by sCoTtEh
ok well i started reving my car alot reciently not sure why
ok well i started reving my car alot reciently not sure why
that pretty much wraps it up.
btw, rev ur car dont hurt it
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if revving your engine damaged it..youd have to make a u-turn at the next light on your drive home from the dealership. If you go beyond redline and keep it there you will have heat problems...other than that...rev away..youre just wasting gas 
It won't hurt it, but be sure to put on some stickers, because stickers really add performance and it will make it sound better! Stickers = performance and revving = performance.
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you still shouldn't go past redline whenever u get a chance to.
obviously reving more than necessary adds unnecessary wear to your engine.. but the car's meant to be rev to get anywhere anyway.
that doesn't mean you should hit redline whenever you get the chance to. if you apply extra stress, you'll need to do more intervals of preventive maintenance.
if you constantly hit 7,200 or before the rev limiter or go past redline... you'll eventually bend a valve or hurt something else.
anyway, if you're just revving it for no reason. you're kinda being a jackass, and you're just wasting gas too.
so if you respect your 16k investment, be nicer to it.
you still shouldn't go past redline whenever u get a chance to.
obviously reving more than necessary adds unnecessary wear to your engine.. but the car's meant to be rev to get anywhere anyway.
that doesn't mean you should hit redline whenever you get the chance to. if you apply extra stress, you'll need to do more intervals of preventive maintenance.
if you constantly hit 7,200 or before the rev limiter or go past redline... you'll eventually bend a valve or hurt something else.
anyway, if you're just revving it for no reason. you're kinda being a jackass, and you're just wasting gas too.
so if you respect your 16k investment, be nicer to it.
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Rep Power: 0 haha dang...wtheck..some people have been telling me some honda urban legends or something i guess...i heard that it messes your transmission and cuts your engine life in half..but either way gg.
dude im tellin ya, get some yellow stickers .. like some big massive ones on your hood, like a huge yellow honda logo, then you would have the most badass car on the site, everyone would be like 'damn you're cool'
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Rep Power: 0 why rev it so much if you have an auto? when do you even need to go in neutral? sure, i shift to N when i get to lights just cuz it's not as harsh, but if you're revving and then dropping into gear while the RPMs are still high, then you're DEFINITELY gonna mess up your transmission. neutral drops will kill your tranny pretty quickly...
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Rep Power: 326 Originally posted by blouisgod
you can take the d17 to 7200, just before the limiter kicks in...
you can take the d17 to 7200, just before the limiter kicks in...
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Reving The car Does'nt Hurt The Engine, In The Morning when It's Cold you Have to Rev It In order For the Engine To Fully Warm Up.
Reving The car Does'nt Hurt The Engine, In The Morning when It's Cold you Have to Rev It In order For the Engine To Fully Warm Up.
.The car should warm up at idle then rev away(if thats what you like)
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Reving The car Does'nt Hurt The Engine, In The Morning when It's Cold you Have to Rev It In order For the Engine To Fully Warm Up.
Reving The car Does'nt Hurt The Engine, In The Morning when It's Cold you Have to Rev It In order For the Engine To Fully Warm Up.
The engine is most starved for oil when you just start it since it all drains out of all the nooks and crannies it gets into when it's running. Before multi weight oils, this was really bad because in the colder climates, your engine would be basically running without oil till the oil heated up enough to flow.
Hope this informs some of you.
reving doesnt hurt the car.. and u can go into 7000 and 7200 range if u want because the purpose of a red line is so u dont hurt your car.. it really doesnt allow u to hurt it... so rev away great white rever
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Rep Power: 0 you need to wait until your oil pressure and oil temperature are high enough so that the motor oil flows through the engine efficiently.
as well, your VTEC will not activate if your oil pressure is not up at a certain level.
the best thing to do is let your car warm up. ie. look at temperature gauge on your cluster. after a while, you'll know when your car is ready to be pushed. Be patient, on colder days it will obviously take much longer to warm up.
as well, your VTEC will not activate if your oil pressure is not up at a certain level.
the best thing to do is let your car warm up. ie. look at temperature gauge on your cluster. after a while, you'll know when your car is ready to be pushed. Be patient, on colder days it will obviously take much longer to warm up.
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Rep Power: 315 you should check your oil...
actually change it to amsiol full synthetic 5W30
also add in engine oil heat reducer or
a oil cooling kit.
THis will hep so that the viscostiy does not break down causing
more friction that will ruin the internals... also you should get
the valves hardened and upgrade the spring in the engine.
Get the K&N FIPK II to give your car not only better airflow,
but also a deep growl instead of your purrrr.
actually change it to amsiol full synthetic 5W30
also add in engine oil heat reducer or
a oil cooling kit.
THis will hep so that the viscostiy does not break down causing
more friction that will ruin the internals... also you should get
the valves hardened and upgrade the spring in the engine.
Get the K&N FIPK II to give your car not only better airflow,
but also a deep growl instead of your purrrr.
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Rep Power: 0 Revving while cold is a very bad idea! Unless you have the money to get valve work done I dont suggest it. Neutral drops. (revving in Neutral then shifting in to Drive) is also a very bad idea. It will cause your transmission to need a overhaul and that cost around $2500 (I shopped around and thats what I paid. (I use to do Neutral drops but its not worth the $2500) And if you need transmission work I sugest take it to Eagle Transmission (http://www.EagleTransmission.com) They do really good work and have a 1 year warenty on their work (But they will void the the warrenty if they can find traces of racing or neutral drops)
