RSX Owned!
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Hooray for Zoidberg!
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 491
From: Silicon Valley, CA
finaly my carppy transmision has a plus side.
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Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 191
From: Birmingham, AL
Originally posted by sweetprotege93
Damn that sucks! It also sucks that the car doesn't have that protecting thing that doesn't allow them to shift to a gear at that high of speeds!
Damn that sucks! It also sucks that the car doesn't have that protecting thing that doesn't allow them to shift to a gear at that high of speeds!
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Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 2,339
From: PA
Originally posted by KpaBap
Man, who fixed my title?!
Man, who fixed my title?!
That is some crazy and depressing stuff! The piston and rod are like ***** of melted aluminum! How the F did they get shaped like that? The oilpan shot is MONEY!
Wok the Wok
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 785
From: Calgary, Canada
Originally posted by Chastan
dumbfuck
that guy has a good question too...why was he trying to go so fast right before a school zone?
dumbfuck
that guy has a good question too...why was he trying to go so fast right before a school zone?
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Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 731
Originally posted by Funky Buddha
It's true that the shifter knotches are pretty close in an RSX and I can understand the mis-shift but speeding and blowing the engine apart...no sympathy here.
It's true that the shifter knotches are pretty close in an RSX and I can understand the mis-shift but speeding and blowing the engine apart...no sympathy here.
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Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 1,122
From: Dallas, Texas
Just for giggles, I did some math, assuming that the contents of the story were accurate...
Acura RSX Type-S with stock tranny and tires:
Speed @ 7000 rpm in 5th gear: 128.3 mph
RPM at 128.3 mph in 2nd gear: 16,190 RPM (!!!)
Even if he had shifted properly and hit 4th gear, the engine would have hit 8,720 RPM, and the results still might not have been pretty.
Acura RSX Type-S with stock tranny and tires:
Speed @ 7000 rpm in 5th gear: 128.3 mph
RPM at 128.3 mph in 2nd gear: 16,190 RPM (!!!)
Even if he had shifted properly and hit 4th gear, the engine would have hit 8,720 RPM, and the results still might not have been pretty.
formerly chastan
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 2,350
From: California, USA
Originally posted by Funky Buddha
I don't know how it is in the states but school zones only last till 5pm here in Alberta unless specified so the school zone wouldn't have mattered as the pic was obviously taken at night. It's true that the shifter knotches are pretty close in an RSX and I can understand the mis-shift but speeding and blowing the engine apart...no sympathy here.
I don't know how it is in the states but school zones only last till 5pm here in Alberta unless specified so the school zone wouldn't have mattered as the pic was obviously taken at night. It's true that the shifter knotches are pretty close in an RSX and I can understand the mis-shift but speeding and blowing the engine apart...no sympathy here.