I have asked a family friend, whom works for honda, if its killing my engiene to drive it into the high rpms( over 5k),
he told me these engienes were made for it, as long as the engine is healthy (oil, temp) drive it however you want
because it won't over rev with the rev limiter.

 

LOL @ 5k ..... I hit 7k almost every time I drive it!

 

haha i was a newb, i was alwayse told to shift at 3k. So i assumed my engiene would suffer any higher
then thinking for myself i deceded to redline and drive fast.

 

Haha I probably won't experience that anytime soon, but I'll keep an eye out for that the next time I go to the track.

What kind of gas mileage do you get then? I saw a drop in about 5 mpg when I started taking mine to 5k rpm everytime I was the first car at a red light and most of nonresidential stop signs. To me going to 7k almost every time is just crazy, but I guess that's because I don't like the idea of redlining in the first place.

 

LOL .... I get about 18-22 mpg. I don't redline every time, just at sometime on most drives. If I floor it, the TCU will hit 7k in second gear on its own, but I think it's actually trying to shift a bit sooner. My engine revs a little quicker than stock.

 

y?

 

Probably cause some of the mods he has?

 

I have I/H/E plus lightened underdriven pullies, and a V-AFC controller ...... not to mention a throttle body spacer, lol.

 

yeah i just read ur "Kinda New Here" thread, nice. u said throttle body spacer, does that acctually help, ive heard it was crap then not

 

nah .... the TB spacer just makes noise I think ..... Velocifero is going to test it on the dyno. 2 runs with it and 2 without ..... we are all waiting to see the results!!! I mainly got it as a place to drill in a nitrous fogger without having to drill anything that I care about .... but that nitrous kit is taking some time to become reality.