Not to sound ricey but, I jsut love popping my car into neutral, rev it up to 4000 RPM and pop it back into drive jsut to hear my tires squeal. It's the closest I can get to a manual. If I had to do it all over again, I'd prolly would have bought a 5spd instead of settling for this temporary fix LOLZ.

So is it true ? does it really hurt the tranny if did what I decribled on top. Thanks guys.

 

Reving the trans in neutral won't hurt anything, but dropping it in gear before the rpm's drop can (and will) break something.
Doing that can break:
CV Joints
Axles
Motor Mounts
Differential gear set
For just starters

P

 

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i really wonder about some of you guys and the decisions you make,,,,make sure you have a fat wallet if you keep that up,,,,,

 

Man. I never knew that. My days of reving and poping it into drive is over haha

 

Unfortuantely, i don't so I quit haha

 

Hey, you didn't know; now you do.
Back in the days (boy, does that make me sound old) of Automatic transmissions like either the GM TH350 or the TH400 and their Ford and Chrysler equivilents, you could get away with that activity for quite some time. In fact, you could specific build them with additional clutch pack plates, high pressure pumps and high stall Torque Converters and do hole shots and burn-outs all day long.
But in todays' world, with front wheel drive with the emphasis on smaller and lighter and more and more of everything; they've had to design the gear train smaller, just to fit eveything inside the transmission case - and it's weaker because of it.
Honda makes good products, and their products live long, productive and issue free lives; as long as they're used as intended. Their cars can go like stink when they're massaged correctly, and their factory cars hold their own quite well (Thank You). But you've got to ask yourself; When was the last time you spotted evidence of a burn-out on Japanese streets?

P

 

just do a motor swap then burn em all day if you want.
But what P said is gospel. I've replaced a few tranny's because of actions like that.
I remember my old Volvo 244 DL I did that all the time. And if the car didn't feel like doing it nothing would happen when i droppped it back into drive but as soon as it got around idle it would drop right into gear and go.

 

are you running summer tires?

If you are, then your just burning the tread off those too, and speeding up the tire wear process. Not sure how often you want to go replacing those, or have the tread wear unevenly.

One question, and I guess I am slightly guilty of the same thing, but I only do a burnout when I'm having with fun with a friend at a stoplight, which is rare, because I'm only burning the tread off my yoko's and I'm not in any mood to go replacing them early. I have an automatic, I've noticed that I can keep the revs at 2k while keeping the brake fully depressed and launch just as well as I would by keeping the revs at 3-3.5k in neutral and dropping it into drive. Will this also do anything bad to the axle's or brake system?

 

you guys are hurting the auto tranny a lot
yes, it can "handle the abuse" but not at every light and not every day

unless like mentioned above, you have a thick wallet

holding your brakes and gas acceleration wears out your pads, rotors, drive axels and puts strain on the tranny

here's a problem solver, swap a manual f22 tranny

 

i mean i already had the parts and everything setup for a manual tranny into my car, but my parents (who still own the car for another 2 months, argh) decided that they didn't want me "wasting" my money on something that in their mind was unnecessary, so for the moment I will remain an automatic transmission person.

 

if you guys want to do burnouts in an auto then pull the ebrake as tight as it will go and give it a little gas until it catches, then have a field day. Just don't blame me when you pop a tire, fry your tranny, or snap your ebrake.

 

trans is most likely damaged. be prepared to spend about 3K to fix it...............soon..........

 

yeah, neutral dropping it can do serious damage to alot of stuff you dont want to replace, or pay to replace.

 

isnt the alternative to neutral drop is to hold the brake down as press the gas and get the torque converter going around 1500-2000 rpms and the releasing the brake and going.

will anything bad happen if one dose that??

 

As long as you don't do it longer than 10 seconds it's ok.

 

i went from D4 to neutral on the freeway (by accident) because i thought i was still on D3 thinking that i was going up to D4 but instead it was neutral. then i switch back to D4 from neutral. i was going aprx. 50mph, will this TOO effect my tranny??

 

If that happens again just take your foot off of the gas and as soon as it's close to idle put it back in gear and once the rpm's rise again then get back on the gas. If you do it like that it's ok.
As long as you arent being stupid MOST Honda transmissions will not let you do something that will damage them.

 

Even when I was 16-20 years old I didn't do **** that stupid. Common sense tells you you're going to break somethling dropping it in drive like that. No repect for dad's money. And people wonder why they have transmission probems, and broken motor mounts.

 

i hear loading up the torque converter is ok to do, but dont do it often

but i was under the impression that neutral dropping is the absolutely worst thing u can do to an auto honda...some guys here are say thats true, some are saying its ok for 10 seconds, etc...wtf
its not ok to do it at all!

 

If you were paying attention you would have seen I said you shouldn't "powerbrake" for more than 10 seconds... Note who I was replying to

 

It's all abuse. If you drive your car like it was intended, it will last a long time. If you put unnecessary strain on the engine, brakes, trans, etc. they won't last. Simple. Drive safely, and Happy Hondaing

 

whoops...i'm still finding my way around this site...its much diff than vbulletin forums

 

yea i know that, i'm restating what i read from magazines, sites, etc...
i mean my accord is my DD and i usually dont drive like its a sports car like i see these damn maniacs in philly do...if anything, all i do on occassion is mash the gas and let the tranny do the work like intended...not that 1&gt;2&gt;D3&gt;D4 bs
the accord is meant for cruising, at least thats the way i see it, esp since its a big heavy car

 

ahha advantage ov any accord V6....stomp and go no need to power brake or neutral drop it

 

isn't it called torque braking or some crap? either way, i hear it's bad to do.