For those with a hardtop
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Probably you sleep through it, but your ECU also gets messed up when daylight savings time changes. The car goes into limp mode during the "repeated" hour when you "fall back". No issues with "spring forward" though.
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Originally Posted by R3DS2K,Sep 4 2007, 06:21 PM
wouldnt a hardtop make the car stiffer... since you dont have a while in your roof
cuz cars with sunroofs dont handle as well as cars without..
cuz cars with sunroofs dont handle as well as cars without..
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Originally Posted by Doug1627,Sep 4 2007, 07:13 PM
How about this one....
Did not want to use SN, thought that would just be mean.
"I believe the magic number is 5.2 qts. Also, as long as you're oil level is a few X's above low you'll be fine. If you have low oil, the ECU will retard timing and basically go into limp mode. This happened to me on the way to the Dragon. I stopped to go to the head and the rest of the group was going about 85-90mph. I had to to 120mph for about 10 miles to catch up. My car burned oil during that time, and once I caught up I noticed my car wouldn't accelerate very much or hit VTEC. The ECU does this to prevent you from blowing up your engine. Once we stopped, I added a quart of oil and my car was fine."
Did not want to use SN, thought that would just be mean.
"I believe the magic number is 5.2 qts. Also, as long as you're oil level is a few X's above low you'll be fine. If you have low oil, the ECU will retard timing and basically go into limp mode. This happened to me on the way to the Dragon. I stopped to go to the head and the rest of the group was going about 85-90mph. I had to to 120mph for about 10 miles to catch up. My car burned oil during that time, and once I caught up I noticed my car wouldn't accelerate very much or hit VTEC. The ECU does this to prevent you from blowing up your engine. Once we stopped, I added a quart of oil and my car was fine."
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Originally Posted by erliuic,Sep 4 2007, 10:31 PM
Then does that go to say that the hardtop doesn't affect the rigidity of the S2k?
