do u have any cels that would be the place to start

 

No worries on having our Acura cousins here - they're 'all Honda' under the hood, after all.

Dude, if you're pulling 6000 rpms and still creeping now matter what gear you're in, you have clutch and/or transmission issues - not engine issues. All of the potential timing, throttle, and induction issues everybody else is thinking of wouldn't let you make it to 6-Grand.

Your clutch is probably slipping, like 2000 Si Newbi says. Check the fluid level in the clutch master cylinder. If the fluid looks good, try bleeding the system at the slave cylinder. If still nothing, then look into a new throw-out bearing and/or clutch disc and flywheel resurfacing. If the car was abused by the previous owner, you may be discovering why they sold it. Also, if this has been going on for awhile, you're clutch and flywheel are probably toast anyway.

Another seriously long shot, make sure both half-shafts are fully engaged into the transaxle. Usually, if one of them is not fully engaged (i.e. spider gears not engaged and spinning the half-shaft), it'll make a grinding noise because of close proximity. But I'd still check this (since it's a free thing to do) because if only one shaft is engaged (and somehow the other one isn't making noise), the open differential will either not move altogether, or will very slowly get the car moving, depending on how much throttle you give it. But again - that's a huge long shot.

My money's on the clutch and flywheel... with the master/slave cylinder fluid being the cause.

Good luck and post results.

 

correction, i was mad, i didnt get it up to 6,000 RPM, more like 4500 and still creeping by, does this change anything?

 

also, i didnt pay for the car, it was a trade. we spoke about the issue the LS is havin.. he suggested the timing belt could be off a tooth and that, that could be robbing me of the power that the motor should be producing. Could this be correct?