Is doing 110 for 4 hours straight hard on the engine? We drive back from Vegas doing about 110 the whole way, sometimes hitting 130 comming down hills. We were in the middle of the desert so there wasn't really anyone around.

Just wondering if this was a bad idea.

 

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Just wondering if this was a bad idea.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Flamebait

I don't think your engine cared at all.

-Chris

 

My caR would think thats going easy

 

Stock FD? No problem. I wouldn't do that with an ATS.

 

even then I would not worry.

 

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In an ITR? I don't think that's possible. You would run out of gasoline before you hit the four hour mark...

 

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In an ITR? I don't think that's possible. You would run out of gasoline before you hit the four hour mark...
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I would agree....but technically not counting stopping for gas i would say yes!

 

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lol. Good point.

 

Oil temps would be the only concern in my book

 

im gonna do 110-130 all the way to expo, 20something hours so we will see what happens

 

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WoW, no flames yet...

If i were you i would do 120 or maybe 130, you'll get back faster

 

Flames??? why I'll be doing the same thing 200ft behind him

 

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Just wondering if this was a bad idea.</TD></TR></TABLE>


done it many times....

phx to vega
la to san fran
salem or to san fran

never had a problem

 

ur oil temperature would raise dangerously high... im sure u know the consequences of that.

 

the longest I did was 100 for about 45 minutes

and I think my car liked it as much as I did

*non-vtec if it makes a diff

 

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Why ?

 

it's a honda motor, reliability is super. however, i would like to be monitoring the oil temperatures to be safe.

 

NY to TPA in 13.5 hrs... I had no problems staying above 100 for hours on end.

 

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Then Opie, then Jon, then Nishant and then and then....

 

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Then Opie, then Jon, then Nishant and then and then....</TD></TR></TABLE>

w3rd

 

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where do you get this info???

how??

i freaking DO ENDURO's where i average90 plus mphs for 3.5 hours....300 milesin3.5 hours.....

THERE IS NO WAY MY OIL TEMPS GET DANGEROUSLY HIGH&gt;....

gezzz man know what you are talking about instead of being a jackass

 

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where do you get this info???

how??

i freaking DO ENDURO's where i average90 plus mphs for 3.5 hours....300 milesin3.5 hours.....

THERE IS NO WAY MY OIL TEMPS GET DANGEROUSLY HIGH&gt;....

gezzz man know what you are talking about instead of being a jackass</TD></TR></TABLE>

he might be referring to the fact hes traveling in the desert....

but never the less, i dont see the issue with a properly maintance vehicle.

 

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where do you get this info???

how??

i freaking DO ENDURO's where i average90 plus mphs for 3.5 hours....300 milesin3.5 hours.....

THERE IS NO WAY MY OIL TEMPS GET DANGEROUSLY HIGH&gt;....

gezzz man know what you are talking about instead of being a jackass</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, my oil temps seem to get to a "steady state" after 15 minutes, and they don't really go much higher after that. Cruising at 110 is a lot less work for the motor than whipping around a track at WOT most of the time.

Of course, in a 3.5 hour enduro, I'd need to stop for gas three or four times and get oil in two of those pit stops.

YMMV

 

It's more than fine... as long as your oil was in decent condition and you didn't overheat.

 

No problem at all, I'm doing it all the time on highways. Ask Germans about their autobahns