Here's what happened... I was racing an ITR a few months ago, my 5th Gen had 6700 miles on it and I blew up my tranny speed shifting from 3rd to 4th (probably went to 2nd instead).

The Honda dealer (still under warranty ) found 8 loose bolts on my flywheel, bolts stripped out of my crankshaft, and my clutch had exploded.

Got it all done under warranty but the car still idles kinda rough, almost as if I had cams in it. It shakes as if I had urethane bushings on my mounts.

Can it be some bent valves? Before I took it to the dealer, it sounded as if my valvestrain had took a dump. I never even suspected that it was my tranny.

The dealer says its fine but the shake was noticable to pretty much anyone that sat in the car.

I'm gonna get a compression check soon but whats normal readings for such a new motor? Its got like 15K miles now.

I wanna try and get it warrantied.

 

im pretty sure with bent valves you would know. your cars still under warrenty... i would get it checked out at honda again... or get a second opinion on it.

 

did they replace the crank or just re-thread the holes. if they only re-thread it it could be off balance.... just a thought

 

I work for a honda dealership myself i have seen this 3times on preludes.More then likely you do have bent valves. Do you have studder from 1900 to about 4000 fullthrottel then seems to clear up? And the fly wheel bolts didnt strip out mystlikely then just backed out mostly likely because of the over rev. I would take it back and have them do a leak down test. You prolly have bent valves if you did enuff damage then ty could have hit the piston hench a brandnew longblock from honda free of charge depenging on the dealer I have a few h22a4's because of it so i don't complain to much. Good Luck

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CHK4TIX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did they replace the crank or just re-thread the holes. if they only re-thread it it could be off balance.... just a thought</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, they did just re-thread the crank.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by md23vtec &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Do you have studder from 1900 to about 4000 fullthrottel then seems to clear up? </TD></TR></TABLE>

No, it doesn't studder at those revolutions. Only at idle. And would a leak down test be accurate enough for them to pinpoint something as little as a small leak between the valve seats?

 

yes, a leak down test will show bent valves.

 

yes it will.

 

why dont you learn how to drive your race car without destroying it then asking the dealer to fix your screw up!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by All Motor 831 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why dont you learn how to drive your race car without destroying it then asking the dealer to fix your screw up!
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**** off *******.

Way to make a great impression here.

 

umm... why you flamin? You a mechanic at a dealer or something? ShutdaFcuk Up! I'm just trying to ask a tech question here.

Everyone ***** up once in awhile. It doesn't mean that I don't know how to race. I've been on the tracks since 1995. How about you? Dick :middle finger:

 

hey ive got my stock valve train for sale..100bux

 

does that include cams?

 

You could have also made your counter balance shaft belt jump a few teeth also.i have seen that happen also,and the vibration from it is very noticable at idle.

 

Imma technician for a honda dealership.

 

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Isn't yours for an H23, though?

 

i did the same thing except i was going up against another prelude...took it to a shop and they said i had bent valves...at first it wouldnt even idle but now it idles but it just idles lower then normal so i dunno.

 

sometimes, I just sit there and say to myself, "At least I beat the ITR." It was all worth it. I think.

 

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wish i could say the same

 

some ones jelous they dont have warrenty <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by All Motor 831 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why dont you learn how to drive your race car without destroying it then asking the dealer to fix your screw up!
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Isn't yours for an H23, though?</TD></TR></TABLE>

opps yeah sorry i didnt know he had h22...anyways no it doesnt include cams if anyone is interested