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COmfort Inn North Colorado Springs......Snowed in for a second day....snow too deep for most small cars.....and my starter went out...Happy Holidays to all on CRX community
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How much snow did you get?
I have never ever been snowed in where I live.
Must have been allot...
I have never ever been snowed in where I live.
Must have been allot...
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K here are some pictures of the snow where I live. One thing I hate is how the city blows the snow all to the sides of the road so you have nowhere to park!
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And here is a propaganda shot!
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My neighbors 07 Civic.
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And here is a propaganda shot!
My neighbors 07 Civic.
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Sucks to hear about the starter!
We still have NO SNOW up here in Toronto... looks like its gonna be a green Christmas!
We still have NO SNOW up here in Toronto... looks like its gonna be a green Christmas!
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did someone say REVERSE DONUTS!!!!downest said:
the only thing good about the winter....that and AWD drifitng in the WRX
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I hope you realise that reverse gear at 6000rpm has a 7 minute life span... Anything after that is luck that it hasn't been destroyed. I took a class on nothing but gears and how to calculate life. Pretty sad sometimes what you hear about how poorly some companies design there gearboxes.downest said:
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my empircal data states that it must have a much much much longer lifespan then that.
either that or im the luckiest guy on earth.
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either that or im the luckiest guy on earth.
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Depends on the tranny. But the reverse gear is designed around low speed (thus low power and low rpm) use. It's a spur gear ontop of it all. They aren't the strongest nor most efficient. They usually are rated to use half for the average horsepower giving by the engine (D16A6 would make around 50hp average, so 25hp in the reverse). Now you can slam all 108hp thru that bad boy, but don't come crying to me when all of a sudden it doesn't engage properly and that whining sound is a lot nastier....that's the sound of your gear failing. Gotta remember that the reverse gears are designed to be used for 5% of the transmissions life on average.mattminerDOTcom said:
If I had a spare reverse gear from a D16A6 tranny I could figure out the known life left on average, but to be honest, it's not worth the time to figure it out. You just, shouldn't abuse a car like that. If you hit a dry spot at 60kmh in reverse, bye bye gear.
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ha i wish i could find all my videos of that car. i had it going pretty much tached out in reverse, whipped it around and did like 4 spins down the street. i guess im lucky to have spare si trannys lying all over my deck.
i can see what you are saying about shocking the gear by hitting some dry pavement, that could be bad for sure haha.
I also remember trying to run away from a crazy dude whos tarted kicking my boosted hatch...i think i hit at least 10psi in reverse before i j turned that thing. that was more of a "oh **** fear for my life" situation. glad my reverse didnt break then! that wouldve been horrible.
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i can see what you are saying about shocking the gear by hitting some dry pavement, that could be bad for sure haha.
I also remember trying to run away from a crazy dude whos tarted kicking my boosted hatch...i think i hit at least 10psi in reverse before i j turned that thing. that was more of a "oh **** fear for my life" situation. glad my reverse didnt break then! that wouldve been horrible.
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