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Is it good to floor your car every once in a while?

Revving in neutral does nothing really. Occasionally running to redline in gear so that the engine has a load on it does help to clean some of the combustion buildup out.

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It's definitely not bad for the car. With RX-7's/RX-8's its almost required that you get on it at least a couple times a week. The same rules applies to me with my SRT-4, it loves to be abused every now and then. 🙂
 
Completely flooring it in my car gets me nothing but worn out tires and smoke until halfway through 3rd gear - which I don't do that often. Excessive acceleration, though, I'm all for it. It's what the car was built for. 🙂
 
I don't know that the manufacturer would allow the pedal to go all the way to the floor, or set the red line at 6k+ instead of of 2k, if it was bad 😀
 
Originally posted by: batmang
It's definitely not bad for the car. With RX-7's/RX-8's its almost required that you get on it at least a couple times a week. The same rules applies to me with my SRT-4, it loves to be abused every now and then. 🙂
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WHEEL HOP!!!!!
 
Short answer: yes.

Engines wear according to how they're driven. If you don't do the occasional spirited run, then your engine will wear tight and slow as opposed to loose and fast.
 
Originally posted by: Vic
Short answer: yes.

Engines wear according to how they're driven. If you don't do the occasional spirited run, then your engine will wear tight and slow as opposed to loose and fast.
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GUN IT!
 
REV ER UP!!!

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Originally posted by: jagec
Just a note, though, NEVER do this on a cold engine.
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why is this bad? because parts have yet to be lubed up completely? More friction from cold parts rubbing together because they haven't yet expanded?
 
Originally posted by: chorb
Originally posted by: jagec
Just a note, though, NEVER do this on a cold engine.
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why is this bad? because parts have yet to be lubed up completely? More friction from cold parts rubbing together because they haven't yet expanded?
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Oil temp. Oil needs to be up to temp before it lubricates optimally. Something like 90%* of all engine wear is done when the engine is cold.

*Number pulled from ass, but it's not far off AFAIK.
 
Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Originally posted by: chorb
Originally posted by: jagec
Just a note, though, NEVER do this on a cold engine.
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why is this bad? because parts have yet to be lubed up completely? More friction from cold parts rubbing together because they haven't yet expanded?
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Oil temp. Oil needs to be up to temp before it lubricates optimally. Something like 90%* of all engine wear is done when the engine is cold.

*Number pulled from ass, but it's not far off AFAIK.
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Yep, it's some huge amount.
 
I do it once every couple of months with my V6 Tundra every once in a while to clean out the carbon deposits and just for shits and giggles, but there is seriously no point in trying to accelerate quickly. My truck is very slow (0-60 in 10+ seconds, I timed it), and flooring it just wastes gas. In my dad's 07 Camry V6 (0-60 in 6.5s), it's a different story. It's simply fvcking fast in my experience (which shows you how slow my truck is, haha). My potential next car, 08/09 Mini Cooper S 6spd, should be a little faster (0-60 in 6.4s) but really fun to boot (awesome handling, light weight, awesome turbo, etc.).
 
I have never even closed to red-line my STi. Never feel the need to, but if it's good for the car then I guess I'll do it, under safe condition
 
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