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I floored it on accident once.
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That must have been on the dyno mark  But since it wasnt you who floored it, you're techincally ok!
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I don't think I have ever babied any of my cars. I don't ALWAYS floor it but I normally get up on that pedal to the speed limit and then go a little over. Then I cruise around in fifth gear.
BTW, this is my Honda *sees a clearing form around him*
Yea, buncha smack talkers. Anyway,
I do floor mine on a daily basis and more than once or twice or even three times. I've never had a problem with her and here is one thing of proof I guess you could say.
I just read up on the SeaFoam treatment. I bought a can of this stuff a while ago to help me crack some exhaust manifold bolts on my wife's old Grand Prix. [censored] worked like a charm. I then heard that you can use it in your intake manifold. I did mine yesterday and I blew smoke out of my 200,000 mile engine for about 15 seconds. I'm hearing about people blowing smoke for like 10-15 minutes. So whatever I'm doing, (flooring it) it's working.
BTW, I do still miss my old mystique and once this Honda's ticket is up, My butt is finding me an SVT.
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94 Accord LX 2.2L MTX Non-Vtec. Few bolt ons.
02 Escape XLT 3.0 V6 ATX. This thing has the CD4E in it?! What the hell was ford thinking?
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Originally posted by Ray:
Originally posted by Beachboy:
For me? Its NEVER been floored or taken over 3000 RPM. Don't believe in abusing machinery.
While I can commend you for the absolute change in driving habit it would take to drive in your manner at ALL times, I would have to state that I see "abuse" differently than you, I guess.
I can't imagine the gunk built up on your secondaries (never been opened, you say), the wear your car WOULD see IF you ever took her that high, now (never been broken in, old materials now would wear something fierce!!), or the mileage reduction you "should" be getting from LACK of use. Considering the powerband of this engine, I would think that you'd be doing ALOT more harm than good driving it beneath the major portion of the powerband at all times. (not saying that you are killing your car.. that wasn't a fixed point of reference, more relative, actually.)
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Well Ray, my engine is running just fine at 180,000 miles, and if its gunked up, I don't really care. I didn't buy it specifically for the power. To get the leather interior in the Mystique, the V-6 was mandatory. I drove my BMW 325 for 253,000 miles, never flooring it either or taking it close to redline, and it ran just great. I don't buy you guy's reasons to drive these engines to the extreme. To each his own!! Besides, I'm still getting 30 MPG on the highway. I bought this car purely as a compact economy car, and nobody is going to convice me that its anything more than that.
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You know, I rarely feel the need to floor it anymore, what with that uncomfortable-sounding faux-supercharger sound my car builds up after 5K RPM. Usually 3/4 throttle gets me the exact same results as WOT. Pathetic right?
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Originally posted by MadMerc97:
You know, I rarely feel the need to floor it anymore, what with that uncomfortable-sounding faux-supercharger sound my car builds up after 5K RPM. Usually 3/4 throttle gets me the exact same results as WOT. Pathetic right?
Lol, I did that the 1st few times just to hear the whine  What is that anyhow?? the Engine sucking in massive air, or the tranny screaming mercy
Anhow, I rarely floor it anymore...
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Originally posted by Ray:
Originally posted by Beachboy:
For me? Its NEVER been floored or taken over 3000 RPM. Don't believe in abusing machinery.
While I can commend you for the absolute change in driving habit it would take to drive in your manner at ALL times, I would have to state that I see "abuse" differently than you, I guess.
I can't imagine the gunk built up on your secondaries (never been opened, you say), the wear your car WOULD see IF you ever took her that high, now (never been broken in, old materials now would wear something fierce!!), or the mileage reduction you "should" be getting from LACK of use. Considering the powerband of this engine, I would think that you'd be doing ALOT more harm than good driving it beneath the major portion of the powerband at all times. (not saying that you are killing your car.. that wasn't a fixed point of reference, more relative, actually.)
Ray
Amen!
Cars are made to be driven.
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between every gear change.
and thats when the wife isn't with me.
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Originally posted by LocoSCZ:
Originally posted by 98 SE:
I used to get it up to 4.5-5K occasionally until my ATX started hesitating between first and second. Since that began (about a year ago) I've been treating it much nicer, although once in a blue moon I'll take it up again to feel the power of the V6 under my hood.
Only 4.5-5k? I take mine up over 6, sometimes 7k.  
I'm having a hard time believing you ... my ATX won't let me go past 6K and rarely past 5. Maybe your tach is incorrect ... but knowing you (in both mods/knowledge and driving style), it's more likely my foot's just lighter.
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Hi, my name is Chris, and I like WOT everyday
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