i was behind this 00-01 mazda millenia and I could tell she wanted to race, so I started off with 2nd gear. The light turn green and by the time I knew it, I FORGOT TO SWITCH TO 3rd!!!!! The needle went PAST the redline!! (only for a couple of seconds) then i finally switched it to 3rd. I never in my life ever stayed in the redline for a couple of seconds because I know it's not good for the car. But I wanna know how much damage did I do to the engine?? <--- why is redlining not good for the car?? I let the mazda go cuz I was too worried about the engine.

when shifting from 1st - 2nd - 3rd -4th, do you let off the acceleration and then switch? or do you keep your foot on the pedal the whole time and switch??

Man....I shouldn't even raced her because after the little ordeal, I felt kinda bad for doing it and know that I shouldn't race, but when the adrenaline gets pumping and when your in the moment, it's real hard for me not to RACE people especially in 4-door sedans.

 

like everyone else who TRYS to race ther tl's. go buy another car if u wanna race. the tl is no race car. all these dumb asses with the 2nd gen tl talk of racing, sound so fukn dumb. ohh god!, and dont let one of em get a type s..they will swear they can smoke a vette. i dunno if u have a 1st or 2nd gen but cmon man either way tl's dnt need to be raced.

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and as far as the red lining being bad 4 ur car??? go do a couple lines of coke and see what happens to ur heart, same shit going on with ur motor when its in the red.

 

As My32TL pointed out, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Honda has a reputation for making engines that are bulletproof. They'll protect you from yourself. ;-)

Regards
-w

 

Cool, then i'm safe!!!! This was my first time redlining it too! It's interesting what DBOX pointed out!!! I think your right! Next time I get an urge, i'll think about what you said!! Maybe they wanna race me cuz their jealous of our cars????? LOL but anyway, thanks for the all the input.....

 

yeah, next time just let em hate...aint worth it man

 

that was a good synonym man..i agree why abuse the engine, messing with these idots out here

 

Agreed- TL is not a race car

As far as damage - your most likely fine. These engines have safe guards. Not sure what our TL has but other Acura's will shut off fuel injectors when the red line is reached(Integra). You most likely felt the engine start to sputter once the fuel mgmt system safeguards took over.

 

 

My '97 3.2 owner's manual says:
"...will enter into the tachometer's red zone. If this occurs, you will feel the engine cut in and out. This is caused by a limiter in the engine's computer controls. THe engine will run normally wen you reduce the RPM below the red zone."

HTH

 

under what heading in the manual did you find this?