so is it bad to rev a 92 integ wit 160,000 miles and race it once in a while? all input it welcome.

 

no not really it should be aight.

 

It all depends on the circumstances. "Reving" and Racing are 2 different things...

If you're Reving the motor at a stand still, that's very bad...

Racing a car....if you mean driving the car hard at high speeds and rpms, it can be bad for a car. You're appplying large amounts of stress onto the car and engine. Thats when things break and go faulty.

At the same time, Hondas/Acuras are not piece of **** cars....they can take a bit of abuse.

With that in mind, drive your car the way you want. You didn't buy a teg to just cruise at speed limit, i assume.

 

how long have you owned it ? (since how many miles on the teg), it really depends how well the previous owner took care of the beast.

 

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Those words need to be at the top of the fourm...

 

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from my experience with Hondas that shouldnt be a problem at all.

 

Shouldn't be a problem as long as the car is maintained very well. Hondas love to rev and are built to do it over and over.

 

I beat the living **** out of an '84 prelude up until 200,000 miles. Regular oil changes, etc. When I was younger and stupid I'd keep it floored in 5th for a 50 mile stretch of highway coming home from college (90 uphill, 120 downhill... ha!)

I sold it to a friend and the tranny went, bearings or something. But the motor was fine!

So-- yeah, burn it up!

 

^^^ I agree. The major japanese players; Honda, Nissan, Toyota... all build their engines to very high tolerences out of quality parts (hense the higher resale value over domestics). I think your save to rev the **** out of it every day if you wanted too. Go nuts...engines can be replaced if the blow anyways

 

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*cough cough* or built and b00sted.

 

192k on mine and I still give it a few runs to redline anytime I see a empty onramp...

 

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*cough cough* or built and b00sted.</TD></TR></TABLE>

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

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HAhaHAH...RIGHT ON! I do the same, even with my mileage...

 

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u mean like car is not in gear and then REVing is bad??..just for old cars right?

 

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my winter '91 accord is at 473,000 and infact today i gave her a few trips to redline. runs so strong

 

you guys are out of control...wha do you mean "is it bad to rev to redline ?"

Its not really "good" to rev any car to redline, in the sense that the more revolutions per minute your motor sees, the more wear and tear you see on your motor, and the shorter it will last.

With that said, my gs-r has 191,000 miles on it, and I race it every weekend ( it sees redline, anbout 10 times in any given week), including a few 9000 rpm overrevs on the stockl valvetrain.......no problems at all.

Beat on your car a little, but take care of it alot (always keep on top of oil changes, anitfreeze, fluids, etc.) and you will be fine

 

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What are you talking about ? how is revving at idle, any different than revving during load ? if anything, i would think that revving during load is worst for your car.....

 

**** no. Obviously there is more risk of a higher mileage car blowing out if you give it **** rather then a low mileage car due to wear and tear. But my teg has 220,000kms on it and I thrash it all the time. Still going strong.

 

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what do u mean during load?

 

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When you're reving at idle, your engine components are freely spinning at very high rpms. You cant "Rev during load" technically, but you can punch the throttle and let go, if thats what you're referring to. The engine at a stand still reving at 3000 rpms is harsher than driving at 3000 rpm in gear. Correct me if I am wrong, please. I dont want to throw false information if I've misunderstood.

 

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I have heard this too. Personally I think it's BS. On the other hand, I don't sit and let the car bounce off of the rev limiter in neutral very often.

 

from what I know, sitting at idle, when you rev the motor the Tach is measuring the amount of crank turns generated by the belts and pullies. Once under load, the Tach is now displaying a measurement of wheel revolutions. Thats why when you run a larger overall diameter wheel, the tach is off a bit since it has been calibrated to the OEM tire size.

 

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WHAT? where did you get that information? the tach signal is sourced from the distributor. period.

 

It's not really very good for any engine new or old to sit revving the **** out of it, or to take it to the redline in every gear all the time, but at the same time its no harm to clear out the lungs so to speak from time to time . Giving an engine a good hard drive from time to time can actually be good for it...Often when cars fail emission tests by only a minor amount, taking it up the road and giving it a good drive will sort out the problem! But one thing that is certain it is EXTREMELY BAD for any car to rev the engine cold, this is when the most wear takes place.