Is it hard on the car to drive around at 5-6k rpm's (it's a b16). Is there a possibility of doing any damage to the car by staying in 2nd gear and driving like that?

-Derric

 

you would be putting a lot of stress on the motor. why would you want to cruise around with the motor reving up that high.

 

its a good question..i mena 2nd gear there is no point how ever if your on the hiway or what not

took my car on its first trip with the usdm h22 tranny and smaller diameter tires then stock and around 75mph its almost at 5000rpm......
kinda makes me wonder how bad it is ..

its an f20b and you cant even tell its up there

 

My reason for this is because my tranny is slipping going into 3rd gear and I can't afford to repair it at the this time, just wondering it is ok to drive around town in 2nd gear. I still take it easy and try to keep the rpm's around 4K when I can.

 

skip 3rd and use 4th for in town
hell i use 5th most of the time

 

It's an automatic, I don't think I can do that.