View Poll Results: Does accelerating at 3000 RPM wear out the engine?
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Do 3,000 RPM revs damage the engine?
09-20-2006, 11:13 AM
#82
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I hit red line at lest once every time I drive it cleans stuff out. I live a cross from a Nissan mechanic (maxima owner two) and he told me they have never replaced a motor even with guys running nos and turbo so I think you are ok to light them up.
09-20-2006, 11:19 AM
#83
Hell... People have accidentally over-revved past 10,000 rpm with no ill effects.
One member of these boards got away with two years of hard driving with an 8,000 rpm redline before his oil pump finally exploded.
One member of these boards got away with two years of hard driving with an 8,000 rpm redline before his oil pump finally exploded.
09-21-2006, 05:56 PM
#84
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Originally Posted by d00df00d
Hell... People have accidentally over-revved past 10,000 rpm with no ill effects.
One member of these boards got away with two years of hard driving with an 8,000 rpm redline before his oil pump finally exploded.
One member of these boards got away with two years of hard driving with an 8,000 rpm redline before his oil pump finally exploded.
is great to read that!
09-22-2006, 08:18 AM
#86
Originally Posted by devilz05
I was just busting your ***** but here is what Im saying. You are at a red light with 15 cars behind you. The light turns green, you casually wipe the sweat dripping off your top lip and staining your dentures, gently press the gas, slowly but surely reach 20 miles per hour without a care in the world. Now im car number 11 behind your wrinkly a$$ and instead of driving to my destination im now car number 4 at the same redlight. Take your time when you're driving alone on the road, not when in traffic. 
Hehe
Hehe
lol ... nicely said ....
09-22-2006, 08:38 AM
#88
Scuba steve, that avatar is hilarious! Your engine at 3k is just fine. The car is designed to run and can run forever in cruise at 3k. I get great gas mileage on cruise at 77 mph which is a tad over 3k. Over 500 miles on a tank. It's not made of plastic, so rev the damn thing, the VQ wants to be revved!
09-22-2006, 09:04 AM
#89
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low and high rpms bad
It's equally bad to lug the engine (low RPMs) as to rev it high. At high RPMs the moving parts aren't getting lubricated as well. And there's a greater chance of overheating a cylinder. Yes, you can probably drive for 100,000 mi with lots of high RPMs, but if you want the car to last the longest time possible I'd stay between 2000-3500 rpms most of the time.
09-22-2006, 11:20 AM
#90
Originally Posted by TimDawg
It's equally bad to lug the engine (low RPMs) as to rev it high. At high RPMs the moving parts aren't getting lubricated as well. And there's a greater chance of overheating a cylinder. Yes, you can probably drive for 100,000 mi with lots of high RPMs, but if you want the car to last the longest time possible I'd stay between 2000-3500 rpms most of the time.
1. Greater mechanical stress on internals
2. Higher internal temperatures (as you mentioned)
3. Greater chance of knock/misfire
4. Greater stress on electricals
But you are right that it's equally bad to lug the engine. That can actually cause oil to be pressed out of bearings and such, which can drastically increase wear.
That's why, as you were also right to say, it's best to stick around the midrange: medium load, medium revs.
Incidentally, the better your oil is, the more you can stick to the low RPM/high load end of the range: it will have a higher film strength and thus be less likely to get pressed out. What you then end up with is better fuel economy because you're on the gas harder to get the same acceleration at low revs, which decreases pumping losses in the intake...
But yeah.
@ 2,000-3,500 RPMs.
10-19-2006, 03:42 PM
#91
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Originally Posted by Thorby
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Seriously now.. in the past few months I have been busier and have to get around faster so that now I rev up my car to 2500-3000 RPM often to pick up speed faster. Is that RPM range enough to wear out the engine or does it not make a difference?
For years because of excess of time and lack of gas money, I would never go beyond 2000 RPM to accelerate.
10-22-2006, 01:43 PM
#99
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Originally Posted by scubasteve
i pointed out the morons who voted it would damage the engine, care to elaborate on how im kissing anyone's ***? 
I thought it was a trick question.
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