Does anyone know a person that blew their RSX-S engine? I've heard from two different people, one on this forum and one of my friends who inspired me to buy the RSX-S, then he blew his engine.

My friend was going a 120mph (claiming) on 4th gear and he accidently shifted to 3rd gear and let go of the clutch. I could understand why the warrenty did not cover his blown engine.

But on one of the forum topics I heard a person blew his engine by taking it to the rev limiter, i'll have to find out for sure.

But are there ways to avoid blown engines or prolong the life with reinforcements or fluids?


I'm the type of person that tries to keep it under 5000rpm on all gears <U>now</U> !


-Vouth

 

Practice driving? Not trying to be mean, but I don't think it's as easy as everyone says it is to miss shift in an RSX. I have never miss shifted, and I've been driving an S then an R for over two years now and nothing....

 

Agreed. Learning how to drive is the best way to preserve your motor, not to mention the rest of your car as well.

 

cool, thx

Vouth

 

Another thing is when you get a new car. Try to get comfortable in it. don't just rip it when you get it. learn the characteristics of the car.

 

You cannot blow an engine by taking it to the rev limiter. I've seen company take a RSX-S motor up to 9K rpm safely, but they had some upgraded valve springs to prevent float. Just pay attention when you driving and you should be good.

 

only dumb *** blew their engines. I see some people go way ahead of what they can actually handle. heard too many mis-shift at high speed stories. My question is, what were they trying to do at that speed anyway?

 

A motor can blow for a number of reasons, and over-revving, of course, is one of them. Though I've now had my Type-S for over half a year, I am still getting used to the six-speed. I am not surprised that there are reports of tragic miss-shifts. With so many gears it's relatively easy to make an error, especially in the excitement of a race (and with the RSX's somewhat sub-optimal gearbox).

The rev limiter really can't help in a miss-shift. It's too slow and even it it were quicker, it couldn't do a thing against the mechanical impact of a sudden downshift.

I wouldn't be too concerned about revving a K20a2 engine. My fuel cutoff is set at 8600 rpm and I feel very confident that the engine can handle it. The stock Type-S cutoff comes just when the engine really wants to go on for a few hundred more rpm, and setting the cutoff a bit higher fixes that.

Will my engine eventually blow? Who knows. I don't think so. I used to take my old CRX to the limit all the time, and after 120,000 miles it ran like new. Honda makes good motors.

 

you can blow a motor by miss-shift? could someone explain to me...

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Vouthanack &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
My friend was going a 120mph (claiming) on 4th gear and he accidently shifted to 3rd gear and let go of the clutch. I could understand why the warrenty did not cover his blown engine.


-Vouth</TD></TR></TABLE>

accidently downshift and let go of the clutch? i thought downshifting is how u stop.. hmm what the hell am i talking about lol.. id ont even know how to drive manual.. does anyone have time/patience to explain to me?

 

Yeah I don't know a whole lot about manual, this is my first manual car. What my friend did was shift to third from forth at 120... I guess he thought he was in fifth. At that speed there is a lot to worry about and he made a mistake with the shift.

 

mmmmmm i still don't understand how downshifting can blow ur motor..

 

shorti, very easily. it goes like this usually

person pulls up to a redlight. ricer civic pulls up next to him, revs the fartcan. it's on. green light GO!!!. 1st gear, redline, shift to 2nd gear. 2nd gear redline, shift to 3rd. 3rd gear redline. shift down into 4th release clutch. ohh **** that wasn't 4th that was 2nd. tacho goes to 10,000rpm. blown motor.


rev limiter doesn't prevent the wheels from spinning the engine faster. it only prevents your engine from spinning itself faster.

 

OOOH i get it... cause 2nd gear can't handle such a high speed (mph) right?! ooooh okies hopefully i will never be stupid enough to misshift..

just wondering.... what happens if ur in 2nd gear.. and supposably ur suppose to switch to 3rd.. but u went to 4th? anything bad happens? tia

 

i dont think anything would happen except you'd feel yourself going slower and the rpm dropping

 

yeah, the 4th gear miss...2nd gear at about 80+ mph, not good.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">OOOH i get it... cause 2nd gear can't handle such a high speed (mph) right?! ooooh okies hopefully i will never be stupid enough to misshift..
just wondering.... what happens if ur in 2nd gear.. and supposably ur suppose to switch to 3rd.. but u went to 4th? anything bad happens? tia</TD></TR></TABLE>

How would you shift from 2nd to 4th accidentally? That would involve pushing it up into neutral, then back down again into 4th, a highly unlikely occurance without first putting it in third. If you accidentally go too high of a gear, I doubt that there would be any damage, besides the wear to the clutch that happens when the engine speed would try to match the wheel speed, and the nasty transmission shunt that would accompany that. The engine would bog, but come out relatively unscathed.

 

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How would you shift from 2nd to 4th accidentally? That would involve pushing it up into neutral, then back down again into 4th, a highly unlikely occurance without first putting it in third. If you accidentally go too high of a gear, I doubt that there would be any damage, besides the wear to the clutch that happens when the engine speed would try to match the wheel speed, and the nasty transmission shunt that would accompany that. The engine would bog, but come out relatively unscathed.</TD></TR></TABLE>

no no no.. not 2nd to 4th.. he was shifting TO 4th from 3rd.. and notice 4th is on the BOTTOM MIDDLe and 2nd is BOTTOM LEFT.. he probably pulled down+towards himself..

 

i work at ACURA and we get many RSX's with messed up valve trains from overreving

if the car is moving to fast for the gear it's in it WILL overrev

 

There is a max speed for every gear based mainly on the gear ratio. You exceed that speed in any particular gear, and you're going to have problems. The worst case scenario being: you blow your motor and cause damage to your tranny. Many people have gotten away with just a blow motor or bent valves, but it's still an expensive *** mistake.

 

Acura should put out a warning label "Under-age and inexperienced drivers do not apply" I seen too many Kids trashing the rsx. Some of them didn't even drive a stick before in their lifetime and they are out there doing stunts and racing on the streets.

 

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i was going to say, my friend bent his valves at 8500 in his type s

honda was retarded with the valvesprings. ive taken my b16 motor to 9100 on stock springs, not smart, but the B can handle it.

 

Any1 who cant feel the gear they r putting their car n2 1 should not have a RSX or even a new car they need 2 learn on either a Ford focus or a stock 95 or older civic b4 they hop their dumba$$ n2 a Type S, but then again I guess that's what rich little kids start off with but n the long run it bites back.

 

miss shift and blow ur engine ....
if you cant even shift properly why race it ? it is so stupid. it's like you can walk but you try to run..... good warranty dont cover for your own fault

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GettaluvR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">miss shift and blow ur engine ....
if you cant even shift properly why race it ? it is so stupid. it's like you can walk but you try to run..... good warranty dont cover for your own fault</TD></TR></TABLE>

you can walk or you can't walk? lol

 

what gets me is they(honda) based the design off of the civic chassis and they didn't add gear lockouts like they had on older model civics. that would've prevented alot of the warranty issues from people who don't know how to drive the car properly.