ok...i have a 1989...honda accord Lx...5 speed...its a carb....the dash red line says 6250.....I have went to 7000...just messing around...i have put a free flow header on it and exhaust system....nice sound and everything...how long will my car last shifting at the 7000 mark.....and also if not long what is a good shift number and also does my car have a revlimiter/what is it

 

put the car in nutral or first gear and give it gas slow till the rpm gauge starts bumping off your rev limiter than when you know what that is. i would say it would be ok to shift right befor you hit it.
also it is hard to answer ?'s about how long car last because they are all different

 

Not in neutral dude!!! You don't want those kind of RPMs with no load. Doesn't sound like this car has a rev limiter if it can hit 7,000. If it does have a limiter, bouncing off the rev limiter in second gear is fairly benign. 7,000 is already sounding high for that engine and if you keep hitting it you'll certainly be having problems.
Honda rev limiters are usually 100~300 rpm past indicated redline, so you don't want to be going past 6,500 rpms.

 

taking into account that the car is over a decade old, you should take it easy...not to say if it was any newer you should be playing around inthe 7k rpm zone, but ease off a little, and maybe itll be here for another decade...

 

When you start revving past your redline, your really not making any more power either.. Actually less.. Your better off shifting to the next gear to build speed on the rising power..

 

exactly! you need to look at where your powerband over your rpms and see where your hp and torque curve is at shift points and where your hp and torque will be when you shift into a higher gear...

 

damn...this is the coolest site ever...you guys are so much help...i have noticed that when i hit about 7000 rpms it is no different in power gains from the 6500 mark which is about 200rpms over the red....thanks guys...hey another question...my friend has a 1991 arctic white honda accord ex....and he is selling it for 800.00 is that an alright deal...there are 3 problems that everyone is telling me...for one it has 212000 miles on it....it smokes a little bit (white smoke) i personally think it has too much oil in it..and the starter is about give out on it..let me know my people...cause i really want fuel injection...**** on this carbureted crap.....(89 accord lx)

 

it's nice to know that someone appreciates us...

 

i sold my previous car, a 1992 midnight blue accord coupe LX with over 204k miles, hard driver side door damage, crumpled hood, chipped paint, no antenna, leaking radiator fluid, for about $1500....your friend might be able to get more..

 

If it's constantly blowing white smoke, even just a bit, it most likely means water/coolant are getting into the combustion chamber, usually a bad head gasket. It could also be oil getting there, usually getting past the piston rings, this gives a bluish/gray smoke. Either way, these are pricey to repair.