Dont' people who break rods very often do it at low rpms.
Usually if you stick too much boost to low right?

On the other hand when you do gas it low in the rpm band the car seems to shake and so forth a bunch more.

As for spinning like a top, that's good...
could also be like a marathon runner, if you've got him running, he can run forever, a nice brisk pace running quickly when he needs.
On the other hand, attach a heavy sled to him and make him tow it a block and BAM he's a dead man....

 

OT FTW!


Well I couldn't get the search to work so I browsed the first few pages last night and didn't see anything about this.

Yes I've lurked for a while off and on, but only really started lurking a lot this week.

I figured Honda had done their homework and revving to 8k or 9k wasn't really going to cause any damage. But I've been more of a V8 guy my whole life, in my TA I shift at 5800 rpm, so its kind of a different experience to be able to safely rev to 9k even if it is on a less powerful motor. Just something that makes me a bit nervous...

As for driving it at low rpm and giving it gas and the car shuddering if you guys are doing this STOP! Thats bad for any car, not just a Honda. If I stick my TA in 6th gear at 40mph I'm turning 1000 rpm if I floor the thing bucks kicks and jerks a lot, and its HORRIBLE on the bearings. On any vehicle if you're going to put your foot in it you need to be in the appropriate gear or maybe one gear higher would be ok. I've got quite a bit of racing experience and autox experience and thats a sure fire way to tear up a bottom end.

Thanks for the replies guys and more are welcome!

 

Someone calculated in an older thread that the two engines are actually moving the pistons at the same speed at redline even though they're at different RPM's. In other words, you'll see the same stress from revving the AP1 engine to 9k as you would revving the AP2 engine to 8k.

 

I get a little tired of everyone yelling "do a search", first the search doesn't always work, second if you don't like the question don't reply and it won't hurt you any.

If you want to be helpful instead of saying "do a search" why don't you link a thread if it's so easy to find?

OK, like it has been said, it seems like the S2000 can run a long time, I think some have over 170K miles.

You should let it warm up (3 bars) before you wail on it, probably let it warm up a bit more to be safe. Also check the oil often. I use about 1-QT every 2K miles, so I add a bit every 500 miles or so.

I use synthetic to be on the safe side, but it's not required.

 

The engine is working very hard at 9,000 rpm. Think about it, 9 thousand revolutions per minute, that's 150 revolutions PER SECOND my friend, if that's not working hard, then I don't know what is.

Bogging is bad for the engine, no question. Honda gives you 6 gears to avoid the bogging you are talking about.

The engine will consume more fuel and have a shorter life at 9,000 rpm than at 2,500 rpm, that is just physics and logic.

Fortunately most normal driving will not allow constant 9,000 rpm. The engine spends relatively little time up there, but every component of the engine is more stressed at 9,000 rpm gentlemen, pleassse.

 

That makes sense because its a stroked 2.2 if I remember right so you do get increased piston velocities.

 

Yea, every motor gets stressed as you get towards the redline. They're not balanced and built to spin much higher. My primary concern is daily driving and fun with the car. Lots of blasts into the Vtech will happen if/when I own one, but not necessarily to redline. Its like if I ran my car at 6k rpm all the time (my car redlines at 5800) then it'd take its toll. But it seems that honda, bmw and a few toyota's LOVE to rev. Running them hard doesn't seem to hurt longevity too much I guess thats what I'm really after, because if/when I get one it will probably be my daily driver/toy for 5 to 7 years.

 

Before the VTECH Nazi's come and get you.

It's VTEC.

 

i have a s2001 s2000 with 9 thousand miles and my rods went bad.... i guess i got bad luck.

 

Been here for 4 yrs

And although I said do a search, I still gave my .2 cents because I know the search engine sucks. Some days it works, some days it doesn't...