Yeah so I was insanely late for work and making an illegal and probably dangerous/stupid passing maneuver and accidentally ran the engine to about 7400 rpm (I believe redline is 6800). Should I be concerned at all? [&:]

 

I thought that redline on a 98 ex is that of a 92-95 ex, 7200. I dont think if you do it once is going to hurt any thing, but dont' do it again. The real damage comes when you hit 8000, some thing called valvefloat takes place.

 

I agree, I don't think it's a problem if you do it once.

 

Beats me, peak HP comes at 6600 and the red on the tach starts just a smidge before 7k. I thought I read 6800 somewhere but maybe not.

 

You should be ok.. I did that racing from a rolling start not too long ago, i grabbed second and glanced down, and i was around 7500.. WHOOPS![:@]

 

Haha yep exactly what I did. I was so busy watching the road ahead for oncoming cars and checking my mirrors to see if I was safely ahead of the people I was passing that I completely forgot about the engine.

 

ya you sould be fine..unless u start hearing some weard noises, i hate when u drive stupied cuz your late..later you think about it and smak yourself over it

 

if you hurt anything, you would know it[:@] but dont do it any more. those things get worse with time.

 

did you remove the rev limiter? I have a 97 and I could have swarn I felt my rev limiter kick in once.

 

No I just had it in 2nd going about erm.... 65-70 mph or so I guess.