Was having a wonderful cruise over the weekend in sixth gear when suddenly I wanted to accelerate and missed a downshift. I notice the tach going to 8,000 rpm for a mila-second when I released the clutch. I then quickly caught my tach and shifted quickly to fifth then sixth. I didn't notice any change in performance the rest of the day. The engine runs as usual and their are no unusual noises since this instance. Members, am I o.k.? should I be looking for damage? if any what would it be. The car runs incredibly.

 

Anyone. Where are the engine guru's????

 

I think u r fine. The car has a rev limiter in it. I notice sometimes in first the cars rev limiter kicks in if I am to slow to pull 2nd. U r good

 

Rev limiter is only while climbing through the revs (i.e. acelleration) but will not protect a missed downshift.

Other than that you are probably OK.

 

Probably the only lasting impact is that the DME will register some overevs (search on this issue, plenty of info available). The other poster is correct in that if you are accelerating then the engine will cut out if you attempt to overrev but if you miss a shift (aka the money shift - at least on the track) the drive train will push the engine past its limits. Given the description of the situation I would doubt that there has been any engine damage, you may have to explain the overevs when you sell the car (some folks are very picky about this, some will be objective and may want to haggle some $) or if you have an engine warrantee issue, but I suspect that PCNA can tell the difference between abuse and a mistake or two.

You could ask a dealer to pull the overevs an see what happened (I would find a friendly local enthusiast with a PST2 tool first if possible).

Enjoy your car!

 

I think you're probably fine. My first "stick" car was an S2000. I wash driving it hard one day and shifted from 3rd to 2nd instead of 3rd to 4th. I over revved it like crazy until I quickly threw it in neutral. But it was too late, by the time I stopped at a light the car was shaking pretty badly and I knew I had some engine damage. My point is, I think you would have already have known if you have any damage. BTW, the Honda dealer actually covered it for me. Couldn't believe it!

 

I think I miss understood....Did u actually engage the missed gear or just miss the shift?

 

there is a reason they call it a "money shift"....

 

The gear was engaged but when letting go of the clutch slowly I quickly noticed my tach reaching 8,000 rpm and then quickly pushed back in the clutch to shift to fifth then sixth. Without noticing any change in performance it sounds from the member on board that I am lucky and I saved a "money shift" engine damage.