A few years ago I entered the S into Hot Imports Night in Anaheim. One of the requirements for entering the show was the car fuel has to be at or below 1/4 tank. I didn't know about this until I arrive and only had 2-3 hours left before they store the car in the convention center overnight I had to think of someway to empty the fuel. I went to several lube shops but they had people lined up from the show who were also having their fuel drained. After an hour of searching of a way I wasn't going to give up since I drove all the way from Bakersfield and had no plans of coming back the same day. The other option was to redline the car in 3rd on the freeway and yes I did have my AEM intake+testpipe+spoon n1 to back it up . After 30-40 mins the fuel light came on and I dropped the car off. The car didn't even flinch, the engine coolant didn't even move and best of all the engine was unharmed. But it's something I would never do again.

 

your engines lifespan probably got shortened by 10,000 miles...

 

I went down a dirt road. No mud holes or anything... just a flat dirt road. Wasn't very happy. I had just washed my car .

 

i believe he increased his engine's lifespan by 10,000 miles

 

Regardless of engine lifespan, car was sold 2 years ago.

 

Hmmmm...wonder if the new owner may be readint his?

 

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do, I don't know if could have done it though....

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought I read somewhere about the R&D of the F20C engine was redlined for 24 hours and when they checked the engine components there was minimal wear.

 

Drove it in the rain. After almost four years, I wasn't even sure if the wipers would even work.