Originally Posted by
Reelax
easily.
if your timing belt snapped or slipped while you were driving, the timing belt itself will be the cheapest part of the repair; since our engines are interference type, once the timing belt goes, the valves and pistons can collide and cause thousands of dollars in damage.
of course this may not be ur timing belt that went bad.
the reason i was asking if u had a manual transmission is that our automatic transmissions on the USDM 8G are INVECS meaning they are computer controlled, so even if your friend shifted you down to L, the computer would not allow the transmission to go lower than 2nd gear which would put u around 5000rpm at 35mph... that's nowhere near 6500rpm. your transmission would not shift all the way to 1st gear at that speed since the computer would not allow it no matter what the gear lever position was. even if your friend shifted the other direction to N, the rev limiter would keep your car from overevving.