jyeung528

thanks for sharing, never heard of this one.

Dave-ROR

You mean your clutch was slipping badly enough that the additional power just made it slip more and wasting the extra power....

REVZ TO9

ya I guess so. But overall, after a new $1000 stock clutch, everything felt great again

imnida

well.. driving home from work (about 12 miles in the distance)
i gave my engine a lil check again to see what up... it engaged well and full response was back... i dont think i warmed my car up enough yesterday

it was a concern for me though. does it normally not engage untill 2 bars on the oil (or engine) temp gage are present? well.... warmed up untill?

sorry for the false alarm guys. but it scared the sh** out of me when vtec didnt kick in, and the car slowed down more then sped up after 6500 rpm

RED MX5

On the AP1 you need THREE bars.

REVZ TO9

ya, if u dont have 3 bars, the car will "jerk" back and forth in vtec territory or you will feel no power at all, feels very wierd!

imnida

well, i didnt let it jerk back n forth... i switched gears immediatly..

still scared the hell outa me.. because an engine has never done that to me before.. so i immediatly thought of it as an internal problem.. serious one too

RED MX5

A surprising number of new owners make this mistake, and I've been guilty of suggesting (in jest) that the air bag should deploy when the driver tries to engage VTEC too soon. LOL, be glad I didn't design the car.

Always warm the car up thoroughly before running it hard. Also keep in mind that your car has "summer" tires that do not deliver full grip when cold. If you get on the car too hard before the tires are warm the back tires will spin far too easily and you could end up in a spin before you know what's happening. Warming up the tires takes much longer than warming up the engine, so be careful and warm EVERYTHING up before turning into Mario Andretti.

mikeyr

3 bars may be where the rev limiter goes out and lets you go into vtec but the oil is still cold. I wont go into vtec until about 15 miles past the temp gauge being hot since the water temp goes up long before oil temp...that means no vtec for about 20 miles. I am surprised people try to rev a cold motor.

At least that is the way I drive my 2 cars that go that high in the revs, I want both of them to last, first one is only 40 years and still sounds great at 8,500RPM, the S is a 07 and I hope it lasts as well as my first.

Rev em often, its called exercize and motors need it just like we do.

RED MX5

[QUOTE=mikeyr,Apr 17 2007, 01:07 AM]3 bars may be where the rev limiter goes out and lets you go into vtec but the oil is still cold.