Odds of blowing my engine?
#1
Odds of blowing my engine?
For some reason i'm always paranoid about how i take care of my engine and drivetrain, and always feel bad after i beat on the car. I currently have almost 38000 miles on the car. If i drive it hard at least once a day (to redline or just below) does that greatly increase the risk of destroying my engine down the road or does it just make it a tired, and less powerful engine. I would like to assume that as long as you dont use nitrous, blower, or go past redline that your engine should last fairly long no matter what you throw at it. Is this a safe assumption?
If im showing someone my car for the first time i usually hold it in first gear at 3k and then let it rip. Is this a bad idea or for the most part safe as long as i dont over rev?
If im showing someone my car for the first time i usually hold it in first gear at 3k and then let it rip. Is this a bad idea or for the most part safe as long as i dont over rev?
#2
RE: Odds of blowing my engine?
man i got 120k on my motor and still spraying. my new motor will be getting built soon forged internals and wat not. but just do basic maintnece and ur car will last u for a very long time
#3
RE: Odds of blowing my engine?
You aren't damaging your engine just by giving it a little gas once in a while. Assuming it's properly tuned of course.
Unless you removed or raised your rev limiter, you can't over rev. Thats what your rev limiter is there for.
You sound like you granny your car compared to me, and my engine is very healthy after 68,000 miles. As long as you maintain your car you've got nothing to worry about. I work at a shop and I'm not even really **** about maintnence on my car, but I'm not oblivious to it either.
If you stay up to date with your service intervals, drive your car ***** to the wall if you want to. I daily drive my Mustang, hard, and I'm planning to put up at least 150K before I pull the engine.
Unless you removed or raised your rev limiter, you can't over rev. Thats what your rev limiter is there for.
You sound like you granny your car compared to me, and my engine is very healthy after 68,000 miles. As long as you maintain your car you've got nothing to worry about. I work at a shop and I'm not even really **** about maintnence on my car, but I'm not oblivious to it either.
If you stay up to date with your service intervals, drive your car ***** to the wall if you want to. I daily drive my Mustang, hard, and I'm planning to put up at least 150K before I pull the engine.
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RE: Odds of blowing my engine?
ORIGINAL: Burtonsnow157
For some reason i'm always paranoid about how i take care of my engine and drivetrain, and always feel bad after i beat on the car. I currently have almost 38000 miles on the car. If i drive it hard at least once a day (to redline or just below) does that greatly increase the risk of destroying my engine down the road or does it just make it a tired, and less powerful engine. I would like to assume that as long as you dont use nitrous, blower, or go past redline that your engine should last fairly long no matter what you throw at it. Is this a safe assumption?
If im showing someone my car for the first time i usually hold it in first gear at 3k and then let it rip. Is this a bad idea or for the most part safe as long as i dont over rev?
For some reason i'm always paranoid about how i take care of my engine and drivetrain, and always feel bad after i beat on the car. I currently have almost 38000 miles on the car. If i drive it hard at least once a day (to redline or just below) does that greatly increase the risk of destroying my engine down the road or does it just make it a tired, and less powerful engine. I would like to assume that as long as you dont use nitrous, blower, or go past redline that your engine should last fairly long no matter what you throw at it. Is this a safe assumption?
If im showing someone my car for the first time i usually hold it in first gear at 3k and then let it rip. Is this a bad idea or for the most part safe as long as i dont over rev?
#5
RE: Odds of blowing my engine?
cool sounds good. the main thing that got me thinkin about this was that my friend has a mach 1 built by mustang magic here in town, they built the black snakebite cobra thats on youtube. the wife of the guy who built those 2 cars works with me and he came in one day and were shootin the sh*t for a few and about the 04 mach, andhe said
"yeah it used to do 12.1's, but now its a tired motor, probably looking at 12.5's"
so hearing it from the guy who built snakebite i was kindatook it as fact,but my friend just ran a 12.1 with it last week so i guess he was wrong about it being "tired"
you guys defare right though. ive been in nyc cabs before (which get driven to death) with like 290000 miles on them so i guess i'll be in good shape for now (they do have the same base motor right? hence the modular name?)
"yeah it used to do 12.1's, but now its a tired motor, probably looking at 12.5's"
so hearing it from the guy who built snakebite i was kindatook it as fact,but my friend just ran a 12.1 with it last week so i guess he was wrong about it being "tired"
you guys defare right though. ive been in nyc cabs before (which get driven to death) with like 290000 miles on them so i guess i'll be in good shape for now (they do have the same base motor right? hence the modular name?)
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RE: Odds of blowing my engine?
ORIGINAL: Burtonsnow157
For some reason i'm always paranoid about how i take care of my engine and drivetrain, and always feel bad after i beat on the car. I currently have almost 38000 miles on the car. If i drive it hard at least once a day (to redline or just below) does that greatly increase the risk of destroying my engine down the road or does it just make it a tired, and less powerful engine. I would like to assume that as long as you dont use nitrous, blower, or go past redline that your engine should last fairly long no matter what you throw at it. Is this a safe assumption?
If im showing someone my car for the first time i usually hold it in first gear at 3k and then let it rip. Is this a bad idea or for the most part safe as long as i dont over rev?
For some reason i'm always paranoid about how i take care of my engine and drivetrain, and always feel bad after i beat on the car. I currently have almost 38000 miles on the car. If i drive it hard at least once a day (to redline or just below) does that greatly increase the risk of destroying my engine down the road or does it just make it a tired, and less powerful engine. I would like to assume that as long as you dont use nitrous, blower, or go past redline that your engine should last fairly long no matter what you throw at it. Is this a safe assumption?
If im showing someone my car for the first time i usually hold it in first gear at 3k and then let it rip. Is this a bad idea or for the most part safe as long as i dont over rev?
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