I was doing about 80 on the highway in 5th gear. And then I did the O crap exit is right there, 3 lane change. So I went to throw it into 4th quickly and I accidently hit 2nd . When I started to let the clutch out it hit about 5000 RPM (only half/quarter engaged) and I realized I was in the wrong gear, so I put it back in and switched to 4th.

Did I do any damage to my engine?

P.S. please spare me the fact that I'm an idiot. I seroulsy thought I was going to cry. I was like O no. All I could picture was the engine picture in Forza 2 turning yellow!

 

You hit 5000 RPM.

Redline is 7500 RPM.






I think you're fine.

 

i think you'll be ok that happened to me once too mine was worst i left off the clutch completely my tires screeched and everything but nothing really happened

 

The engine could care less what gear you are in.

 

How much less could the engine care?

 

^^^

she is going to make it...

 

Yea but I was doing about 80. I think the redline in MPH for 2nd is roughly 70. So had I let off the clutch all the way I could have theoreticly been past the redline, causing damage to the engine. I guess since I didn't let the revs go past 5000 it doesn't matter, but it scared the bagebous out of me when I saw my tach needle shoot up in like .00000001 of a second with the clutch a quarter of the way out

 

its totalled.

 

 

Apart from a maybe mildy burnt clutch your fine. Double clutching is the way to go!

 

Please tell me you are being sarcastic??!! LOL

 

5K? hell...you should have floored that thing at that point d00d!

 

lol...

 

i did something similar in my S2000, almost exactly. it was fine. it all comes down to how high the revs went, and how quickly/how much you engaged the clutch. the engine could be damaged not only by an actual mechanical over rev, but also by the rapid and violent acceleration from, say, 3200 rpm to just over 5000. but it's probably fine, if it only jumped like 2000 rpm and never went close to redline. if you get any smoking or wierd tapping sounds...hmm....

 

hahahahaha

 

if you didnt pass the redline, your fine. I did the same thing two weeks ago accept I was going 45-50 in 6th (saving gas) to 2nd. My rpms jumped up to 5200ish also, scared the **** out of me, car is fine.

 

I put my car in reverse while going 58 on a highway, is my car going to be fine?

 

No, I'm serious. Much smoother down shifts No jerking at all, it's nice.

 

^ Lol

 

You get that advice from Vin?