yellow gto
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The fun doesn't even start until 5500 rpm!
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BuiltorDie;167771 wrote:
Man you guys are girls, I beat hell out of my crx. That's why I built it was to drive to drive the piss out of it. I enjoy every second of it
Exactly, why buy/build a fast car if you're always gonna drive it conservatively? As long as you have good oil and a fully warmed up engine, I don't see any reason to call redlining your car "beating on it". Your car was designed after all to handle those engine speeds and not break. That is unless of course you bounce off the rev-limiter all day. -
This is true.
As I just told Jon via MSN, as I was starting to disconnect everything tonight, as soon as I took off the intake pipe, oil started dribbling out. That's not usually a good sign. If I get the time/motivation while I wait for my CA to get here (which I probably will have), then I'll see what all got fucked up when the motor shat itself.
-Peter
1991 240SX
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MisterCMK;167900 wrote:
No, sorry. Beating the crap out of an engine is not normal.Just cuz you drive a mustang and it can't take it, doesn't mean others shouldn't.
Go drive a buick.....
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inspector01;167902 wrote:
Just cuz you drive a mustang and it can't take it, doesn't mean others shouldn't.Go drive a buick.....
Yes, thats it. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that driving your car hard is a bad thing. I drive mine hard. Just being stupid and driving like the guy with the yellow GTO does is bad.
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94NDTA;167914 wrote:
I've got a buick for you...And i have a pontiac with the same engine i believe......congratulations.
MisterCMK;167919 wrote:
Yes, thats it. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that driving your car hard is a bad thing. I drive mine hard. Just being stupid and driving like the guy with the yellow GTO does is bad.I agree you shouldn't drive like this guy apparently does.....im just giving you shit.
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ruthless351;167710 wrote:
Why take it to redline? Most cars dont make power up there.I think you meant "most American cars with truck engines in them"
My old M5 sees redline multiple times everytime i drive it (unless its to move it). The italian tuneup is good for a well-made engine.
And never mind if you actually hit the track (not the "strip" -- a real track), you're seeing redline in 2, 3, and 4, on every lap, for 20-30 minute sessions. I've done this to both of my 20 year old, stock engine'd BMWs. No drama.
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It depends on the motor and the setup. I would never wrap my 302 out to redline as it sits because it doesn't make power up there. I wouldn't take the 75 T/A that my dad and I are building up there either because the pontiacs just don't make their power up high.
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I think CMK is still running the factory intake manifold on his car, which is like making that motor suck air through a tiny straw. Upgrade the valvetrain and get that thing breathing a little, and you'll go a little deeper than 5500 rpm.
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MisterCMK;167951 wrote:
Send me some cash to do it.Were you the one planning on buying my brother's Cobra intake? Sounds like he's going to reuse it.
Someone on TCS is selling an Explorer intake for $250. That'd be a good start for ya.
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