when u redline in third and slam it into 2nd or even first u burn out the clutch oil. my mate did it in his piece o' sh*** fiesta 89 model. and the oil just burnt and cloud os smoke all around us coming from the engine. but other than that the car still worked after that. lol its still driveable to this day. but yeah another mate of mine redlined his wrx for like 3 mins and blew his engine. fu***** retard i know but blew his engine redlining for TOO LONG.
yet another noob question i bought this ek4 like last week and the engine oil it came with was 10-60 i was just wondering if it would be better to use 10-40? cause i see a lot of people using it.
i shifted an eb falcon from second gear about 90-100k an hour into first massive clunk and wheels locked no idea how it shifted into first i believe there is some mechanism to stop this unless ur almost stopped?
in our work van we used to thrash the shit out of it...we used to do about 80km in 5th then slam it in to 2nd then 1st (red line like crazy) nothing bad happening just locked up the tyres (think its called pressure locking) or something?? but yea dont think anyone on ozhonda really wants to find out if it does it to there car too lol
I recently misshifted from sixth to second at ~95kph (was aiming for fourth for a quick overtake, but missed). It wasn't too bad since i'd rev matched for 4th (but got second) and second gear is good for ~100kph@7000rpm anyway, but still scared the crap out of me.
from what i've seen on a friends RX-7 during a quarter mile run, he slammed it from red line in 3rd to 2nd cause he mis-shifted into 4th (still to this day do not know how he managed this) and all that happened was the rear wheels lock up until he realised wat had happened about 3 seconds later and put it back into 3rd.
after the run, we jacked her up, had a look and all was good from wat we cld see. got it back home and had it booked in to be inspected. no damage.
i think it may be due to the design of the rotary engine, like... if you mechanically over redlined a reciprocal engine something would blow, but since rotary engines just rotate in a circular motion... there's less chance something would blow if you were to over redline it
correct me if i'm wrong but thats what i think from my knowledge
damn, 3rd into 2nd.. i always though from 3rd to 4th gear is the easiest, straight motion downwards.. lucky nothing happened.. relining is ok, just not when its cold or holding there for too long. any excessive strain on the engine will shorten its lifespan though unless well maintained. cars usually stop making power before it hits reline anyway, so shifting 500rpm or so before it won't make much difference.
Originally Posted by NSPYRE
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