RSX-S misshift. No, not that one, this is a different one *pics*

gts24 · 06-03-2003, 12:53 PM

*taken from offtopic.net .... if owner of pics wants them taken down, please pm me, and i will remove.
I never seen a nearly stock engine blown this bad

A couple of weeks ago, I was cruisin with my friend on a Sunday in his RSX-S. His only mods are: intake, exhaust, and a Hondata Flash. Well, he decides to drop the hammer and show me what his car has. He started redlining every gear. He was at about 7k RPMs in 5th, and for whatever reason, he decides to downshift into 4th. The gear box on a RSX-S is real close together and it's a 6 speed. So, instead of shifting to 4th, he accidentally shifted into 2nd gear right around 7k RPMs. All of a sudden, we hear a "boom" and it started to stink real bad. Right after that, we heard the chunks of the block falling out from underneith the car and hitting the chassis. The smoke got so bad we couldn't see infront of us, so he slammed on the brakes and pulled to the shoulder. We jump out of the car to realize his motor was on fire. Needless to say, we put the fire out before the fire truck came, and got a friend to pull us back home.

Warning: The pics are huge. I'm too lazy to resize all of them.

pic of his car a couple days before the damage...

The night of the misshift...
the trail of oil

parts of the block we found along the road

once we got it back home, we only could find this hole in the oil pan and one other small one.

We thought those were the only holes. That was BEFORE we took the motor out. Boy were we wrong...

pics of the motor coming soon.

chidoy · 06-03-2003, 12:58 PM

JUST KIDDING. SORRY bout the misshift. good luck with everything hope it's up and running soon.

Da Kine Guy · 06-03-2003, 12:59 PM

Pics like that make me glad I have a cast iron block sometimes.

gts24 · 06-03-2003, 01:00 PM

It's a total loss internally. I could literally see through the block.

Here's a ton of pics:

Engine coming out.

Still coming out.

Underneeth the car pic. It's the oil pan. We thought it was one of the worse parts.

Still coming out.

Another hole

A hole in the front

F35-JSF · 06-03-2003, 01:02 PM

Poor car. It looks beautiful!!! Hope he can sucker A acura dealer into helping but I doubt it.

gts24 · 06-03-2003, 01:05 PM

A hole in the back

In the front of the engine, right above the oil pan, with the starter out.
[IMG]http://webpages.charter.net/mroby/blown%20engine/New%20pics/DCP_0235.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/mroby/bl...s/DCP_0238.jpg[/IMG]

Here's what we got out of the oil pan
This is really art man... I call it cast vs forged.

Oil pan off

believe it or not, these used to be pistons.

Only 1 piston and rod combination survived

hellr · 06-03-2003, 01:06 PM

If people say a celica is easy to misshift a RSX must be 5x worse if you can go from 5th -> 2nd gear like that.

Da Kine Guy · 06-03-2003, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by F35-JSF
Hope he can sucker A acura dealer

"OMG I was driving down this back road having fun with the car and this damn squirrel, same squirrel in those geico commercials no doubt, jumped INTO THE CAR, grabbed the shifter and banged it into 2nd while his partner oberated the clutch pedal! Next thing I knew the car was smoking, the squirrels high tailed it outta there through the passenger side window, and there was a trail of oil following the car! So.......can I get a free new motor

"

bLaH1031 · 06-03-2003, 01:09 PM

That looks horrible. Hope the car is up and running again soon. The car itself looks good though. I love the RSX.

gts24 · 06-03-2003, 01:09 PM

A valve we found in the oil pan.

NoRulzAt140 Mph · 06-03-2003, 01:26 PM

omg

Downfall · 06-03-2003, 02:05 PM

those pistons are horrible!!!! ive never seen anything that bad before. Good luck with a new engine

WillyK · 06-03-2003, 02:05 PM

I wonder how many rpms he was turning when that happend. The pistons look like metal potatos.

F35-JSF · 06-03-2003, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Da Kine Guy

"OMG I was driving down this back road having fun with the car and this damn squirrel, same squirrel in those geico commercials no doubt, jumped INTO THE CAR, grabbed the shifter and banged it into 2nd while his partner oberated the clutch pedal! Next thing I knew the car was smoking, the squirrels high tailed it outta there through the passenger side window, and there was a trail of oil following the car! So.......can I get a free new motor "

come on, they could believe it........... But they wouldn't believe your story because you didn't include the part about the frogs from the beer comercial egging the squirrels on.

TRD StreetRacing · 06-03-2003, 02:17 PM

i would say about 15k+. by block looked similar w/ the littel holes. say

to that motor

LaW · 06-03-2003, 02:25 PM

lmao !!

That is awesome!!!! GREAT PICS!!!

TRD2000GTS · 06-03-2003, 02:47 PM

those are some great pics....so was the miss-shift 5th to 2nd?

DAYYYUUMM THAS GOTTA SUCK

-Dustin

Chiznarles · 06-03-2003, 02:48 PM

time to drop in an IT-R motor..

TRD StreetRacing · 06-03-2003, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LaW
lmao !! That is awesome!!!! GREAT PICS!!!

fill me in on the joke please?

Mistrimeat · 06-03-2003, 03:01 PM

Holy shyte! Too bad that happened to such a clean looking car. Those pistons remind me of wadded up aluminum foil. What a shame.

Fiero · 06-03-2003, 03:22 PM

Time to rebuild for boost...not that there is much left to use from that engine for the rebuild.

F35-JSF · 06-03-2003, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TRD StreetRacing

fill me in on the joke please?

Its his warped and twisted mind at work.

BoyRacer · 06-03-2003, 04:20 PM

i spent 4600 to fix my motor.....thats going to cost a HELL of a lot more than what i spent if he wants it warrentiable ever again. that block is frikken shreaded.

Da Kine Guy · 06-03-2003, 04:24 PM

Fix??? I wouldn't "fix" anything. Time for a new motor.

fLiP gT2k2 · 06-03-2003, 04:31 PM

damn that really sucks...such a nice and clean looking car...that's why i never show off my car i'm scared something like that might happen

Grifter_MP5 · 06-03-2003, 05:25 PM

Sorry to hear about the motor that really sux ass.

CreepingJeff · 06-03-2003, 05:36 PM

that sucks for him. i guess he learned his lesson the hard way. i'm sure he won't do anything that stupid again.

TRD StreetRacing · 06-03-2003, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BoyRacer
i spent 4600 to fix my motor

i spent only $650 for a whole new (9k miles) motor

u should have visited ur junk yards and ebay first

BoyRacer · 06-03-2003, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TRD StreetRacing

i spent only $650 for a whole new (9k miles) motor

u should have visited ur junk yards and ebay first

yes i did that, i still have a 1zz motor sitting in my closet on a pallet.

and yes it cost 4600 to fix. my block was scratched so i had it bored and resurfaced. i had the pistons and rods replaced. the crank was fine. the head was gone so i had to buy a new bare head.....i still have the stock head. i had to buy all new vavles, and buckets, and shims.

this is (was) the stock head.

it runs very very nicely now, very quiet. my vavles were ticking for awhile before the misshift.

oONoGoAutoOo · 06-03-2003, 06:03 PM

damn that sucks. sorry bout your car man.

RotorBalls · 06-03-2003, 07:03 PM

ahahaha That's the crazyest **** I've seen! Gotta love them pis...tons? lol

97gpGT · 06-03-2003, 07:13 PM

Saw that on 2gNT.com. Pistons -> shiny potatoes, damn that's crazy.

Toy Yoda · 06-03-2003, 07:52 PM

Oh scheisse....

That sucks...
Best of luck to the owner...

BRAK · 06-03-2003, 08:45 PM

OMG i cant sleep now, the nightmares! omg the agony of it all.
I feel for ya man, how about the ITR engine in there ... that is if ya got the cash and hook ups for it.

gnes100 · 06-03-2003, 09:45 PM

u can down shift 5th to 2nd in the celica tooo ... my friend did it .. just downshift gettin on the freeway ...

Keyshawn · 06-03-2003, 10:38 PM

That's one of the worse things I've ever seen done to an engine. I feel sorry for the guy and his poor RSX.

TRD StreetRacing · 06-03-2003, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gnes100
u can down shift 5th to 2nd in the celica tooo ... my friend did it .. just downshift gettin on the freeway ...

that's why i never downshift to 2nd or 4th. it's too risky. I always downshift to 3rd

iDRIVE · 06-03-2003, 11:26 PM

That looks horrible. Looks like he pressed the self destruct button.

sleepy celica · 06-04-2003, 12:41 AM

i downshift from 6 to 4th all the time on the celi. Damn I hope for the best for the rsx....my parents would kill me if it happens to me; ill dink twice before I'll do something like that again..

Griffin · 06-04-2003, 03:36 AM

Wow, that is some truly impressive engine damage.

And you guys bithc about some bent valves and the occasional bad head or pistons on the Celis.... sheesh....

Piece of Work · 06-04-2003, 10:19 AM

Can we say "grenaded"?

Hankwoo · 06-04-2003, 10:31 AM

That car is pwned....

Dealer Xing · 06-04-2003, 11:00 AM

Nice VIN number shot in one of the pictures.

Can I request a picture of the driver?

CelicaDetective · 06-04-2003, 11:26 AM

It looks like the metal guy from Terminator 2 melted inside the engine ... lol. Going from 5th to 2nd is pretty damn retarded. You're lucky the car didn't spin out and crash causing a firey death to both of you.

2002GT_Celica · 06-04-2003, 12:47 PM

People seriously need to learn how to drive. No excuse for mis-shifting.

sleepy celica · 06-04-2003, 01:33 PM

thank god, i got the 02 rev limiter. Now, I understand how safety must comes first to our engines. This will definately prevent the celi to redline and would probaby just have the car shut down instead. Better be safe than sorry at the end. Also, I think we know why the techs decided to alter the rev limiter; the RSX is just an example for a reason.

gts24 · 06-04-2003, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sleepy celica
thank god, i got the 02 rev limiter. Now, I understand how safety must comes first to our engines. This will definately prevent the celi to redline and would probaby just have the car shut down instead. Better be safe than sorry at the end. Also, I think we know why the techs decided to alter the rev limiter; the RSX is just an example for a reason.

This makes NO sense whatsoever. Decreasing the rev limiter even on this RSX would do NOTHING to stop what happened here. If he went into the wrong gear at 7k rpms, the motor will still shoot up to 13k rpms just like above.

Lowering the rev limit has ABSOLUTELY NO AFFECT on a dumb**** being behind the wheel of a car and misshifting.

Notice the 2003 Celica rev limit is back up to 8400. Because Toyota realized it was stupid to put it down to 7500

TRD StreetRacing · 06-04-2003, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sleepy celica
thank god, i got the 02 rev limiter. Now, I understand how safety must comes first to our engines.

very interesting concept

Downfall · 06-04-2003, 05:58 PM

the "rev limiter" wont stop an engine from winding up past its limit if the cars moving faster than a gear can take. Software(computer rev limiter) never beats hardware(car moving faster than a gear can take)

sleepy celica · 06-04-2003, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gts24

This makes NO sense whatsoever. Decreasing the rev limiter even on this RSX would do NOTHING to stop what happened here. If he went into the wrong gear at 7k rpms, the motor will still shoot up to 13k rpms just like above.

Lowering the rev limit has ABSOLUTELY NO AFFECT on a dumb**** being behind the wheel of a car and misshifting.

Notice the 2003 Celica rev limit is back up to 8400. Because Toyota realized it was stupid to put it down to 7500

I dont know, but it does seem a bit idiotic which doesn't make any sense at all of why they altered the rev limiter and then change it back to its original program. Having a 02 celica, i was angry myself that I couldn't exceed over 7800 rpm and explore the celicas full potential. If you guys do a search on the forums, i'm sure that you will find a lot of comments that the reason techs changed the 02 rev limiter is that a lot of people started to misshift and blowing their engines.

IF i were to say I misshifted from 6 to second gear, the fact is that it wont go over 7800 at all. No matter how hard you push ur engine, I dont think any 02 celicas ever exceeded their rpms over 7800 other than those with swap ecu's. If you do, please let me know; this is very interesting. The car will completely shut down if such abuse takes place, preventing any redlininq or harm to the engine. A long time ago i forgot about the rev limiter and it was a horrible experience. As I kept on accelerating the celica, the car jerk like hell at around 7800 and then completely shut down. Maybe production sales are not as high than 00, 01 so they decided to boost it up back the rev limiter??? I think the rev limiter helps...iono, just my .02 cents.

What are other people's opinion whether you think the 02 celica rev limiter would make a difference or not??

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06-03-2003, 12:53 PM	#1
gts24 white gt-s sold Join Date: May 2001 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 3,110 iTrader: (0)	RSX-S misshift. No, not that one, this is a different one pics *taken from offtopic.net .... if owner of pics wants them taken down, please pm me, and i will remove. I never seen a nearly stock engine blown this bad A couple of weeks ago, I was cruisin with my friend on a Sunday in his RSX-S. His only mods are: intake, exhaust, and a Hondata Flash. Well, he decides to drop the hammer and show me what his car has. He started redlining every gear. He was at about 7k RPMs in 5th, and for whatever reason, he decides to downshift into 4th. The gear box on a RSX-S is real close together and it's a 6 speed. So, instead of shifting to 4th, he accidentally shifted into 2nd gear right around 7k RPMs. All of a sudden, we hear a "boom" and it started to stink real bad. Right after that, we heard the chunks of the block falling out from underneith the car and hitting the chassis. The smoke got so bad we couldn't see infront of us, so he slammed on the brakes and pulled to the shoulder. We jump out of the car to realize his motor was on fire. Needless to say, we put the fire out before the fire truck came, and got a friend to pull us back home. Warning: The pics are huge. I'm too lazy to resize all of them. pic of his car a couple days before the damage... The night of the misshift... the trail of oil parts of the block we found along the road once we got it back home, we only could find this hole in the oil pan and one other small one. We thought those were the only holes. That was BEFORE we took the motor out. Boy were we wrong... pics of the motor coming soon. __________________

06-03-2003, 12:59 PM	#3
Da Kine Guy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 1,882 iTrader: (0)	Pics like that make me glad I have a cast iron block sometimes. __________________ 2001 Super White Celica GT-S \|\|SOLD\|\|

06-03-2003, 01:00 PM	#4
gts24 white gt-s sold Join Date: May 2001 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 3,110 iTrader: (0)	It's a total loss internally. I could literally see through the block. Here's a ton of pics: Engine coming out. Still coming out. Underneeth the car pic. It's the oil pan. We thought it was one of the worse parts. Still coming out. Another hole A hole in the front __________________

06-03-2003, 12:58 PM	#2
chidoy ni ho ma? Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Da Nati, Ohio Posts: 333 iTrader: (3)	JUST KIDDING. SORRY bout the misshift. good luck with everything hope it's up and running soon.

06-03-2003, 01:02 PM	#5
F35-JSF Retired from F.L.A.G. Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Oh Posts: 9,267 iTrader: (0)	Poor car. It looks beautiful!!! Hope he can sucker A acura dealer into helping but I doubt it. __________________

06-03-2003, 01:05 PM	#6
gts24 white gt-s sold Join Date: May 2001 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 3,110 iTrader: (0)	A hole in the back In the front of the engine, right above the oil pan, with the starter out. [IMG]http://webpages.charter.net/mroby/blown%20engine/New%20pics/DCP_0235.jpg http://webpages.charter.net/mroby/bl...s/DCP_0238.jpg[/IMG] Here's what we got out of the oil pan This is really art man... I call it cast vs forged. Oil pan off believe it or not, these used to be pistons. Only 1 piston and rod combination survived __________________ Last edited by gts24 : 06-03-2003 at 01:07 PM.

06-03-2003, 01:09 PM	#9
bLaH1031 Comfortably numb Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Arlington Hts. IL Posts: 1,671 iTrader: (0)	That looks horrible. Hope the car is up and running again soon. The car itself looks good though. I love the RSX. __________________

06-03-2003, 01:09 PM	#10
gts24 white gt-s sold Join Date: May 2001 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 3,110 iTrader: (0)	A valve we found in the oil pan. __________________

06-03-2003, 01:26 PM	#11
NoRulzAt140 Mph Nice to be back... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Philly!! Posts: 10,160 iTrader: (0)	omg __________________ Former: 2000 Liquid Silver GT 5 Speed - Fastest E/t: 15.688 @ 89.9 MPH (Sold - 2004) Current: 2000 Spectra Blue GTS 6 Speed - Fastest E/t: TBD (Purchased: 01/30/2010) - AEM CAI - TRD Exhaust - Lowered - Short Shifter -

06-03-2003, 02:05 PM	#12
Downfall Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Stuart, FL Posts: 16 iTrader: (0)	those pistons are horrible!!!! ive never seen anything that bad before. Good luck with a new engine

06-03-2003, 02:05 PM	#13
WillyK Cos Dash1t Join Date: May 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 8,320 iTrader: (0)	I wonder how many rpms he was turning when that happend. The pistons look like metal potatos. __________________

06-03-2003, 02:17 PM	#15
TRD StreetRacing NorthEast OG member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Hempstead, Long Island/NY Posts: 12,289 iTrader: (1)	i would say about 15k+. by block looked similar w/ the littel holes. say to that motor __________________

06-03-2003, 02:25 PM	#16
LaW STI Nut Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pewaukee WI Posts: 4,592 iTrader: (0)	lmao !! That is awesome!!!! GREAT PICS!!! __________________ 08 AW Subaru STI with a few mods

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06-03-2003, 02:47 PM	#17
TRD2000GTS Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Charleston, WV Posts: 2,074 iTrader: (0)	those are some great pics....so was the miss-shift 5th to 2nd? DAYYYUUMM THAS GOTTA SUCK -Dustin __________________

06-03-2003, 02:48 PM	#18
Chiznarles bored Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2,764 iTrader: (1)	time to drop in an IT-R motor.. __________________ 2004 Subaru WRX STI 2003 Yamaha YZF-R6

06-03-2003, 03:01 PM	#20
Mistrimeat I f*cked the Judds. Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Youstain, Texace Posts: 8,942 iTrader: (0)	Holy shyte! Too bad that happened to such a clean looking car. Those pistons remind me of wadded up aluminum foil. What a shame. __________________

06-03-2003, 03:22 PM	#21
Fiero RIP DSM Join Date: May 2001 Location: USA Posts: 369 iTrader: (0)	Time to rebuild for boost...not that there is much left to use from that engine for the rebuild.

06-03-2003, 04:20 PM	#23
BoyRacer Ménage à trois Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Melbourne, FL Posts: 4,393 iTrader: (1)	i spent 4600 to fix my motor.....thats going to cost a HELL of a lot more than what i spent if he wants it warrentiable ever again. that block is frikken shreaded. __________________ 2005 RSX Type-S www.pumpsand.com

06-03-2003, 04:24 PM	#24
Da Kine Guy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 1,882 iTrader: (0)	Fix??? I wouldn't "fix" anything. Time for a new motor. __________________ 2001 Super White Celica GT-S \|\|SOLD\|\|

06-03-2003, 04:31 PM	#25
fLiP gT2k2 rock star Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Beaumont, TX Posts: 216 iTrader: (0)	damn that really sucks...such a nice and clean looking car...that's why i never show off my car i'm scared something like that might happen __________________ pNoy in TX

06-03-2003, 05:25 PM	#26
Grifter_MP5 Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 266 iTrader: (0)	Sorry to hear about the motor that really sux ass.

06-03-2003, 05:36 PM	#27
CreepingJeff Shah of Sh1t Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Earf Posts: 1,478 iTrader: (1)	that sucks for him. i guess he learned his lesson the hard way. i'm sure he won't do anything that stupid again. __________________ .gifpuppy

06-03-2003, 06:03 PM	#30
oONoGoAutoOo JuiceBoxed³ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 19,600 iTrader: (22)	damn that sucks. sorry bout your car man.

06-03-2003, 07:03 PM	#31
RotorBalls Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 14 iTrader: (0)	ahahaha That's the crazyest **** I've seen! Gotta love them pis...tons? lol

06-03-2003, 07:13 PM	#32
97gpGT Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CT- the land of cops, potholes, and never ending construction projects Posts: 184 iTrader: (0)	Saw that on 2gNT.com. Pistons -> shiny potatoes, damn that's crazy.

06-03-2003, 07:52 PM	#33
Toy Yoda Out of Quarantine at Last Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: North of the 49th Parallel Posts: 1,275 iTrader: (0)	Oh scheisse.... That sucks... Best of luck to the owner...

06-03-2003, 08:45 PM	#34
BRAK Gods Chariots OWNER Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: ORLANDO,FL Posts: 1,788 iTrader: (0)	OMG i cant sleep now, the nightmares! omg the agony of it all. I feel for ya man, how about the ITR engine in there ... that is if ya got the cash and hook ups for it. __________________ 2002 Liquid Silver CELICA GT-S 6 SPD TRD Elegant body kit TEIN suspension INJEN C.A.I All red taillights V9 overlay Brushed aluminum dash kit power FC(comming soon)

06-03-2003, 09:45 PM	#35
gnes100 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: san diego CA Posts: 977 iTrader: (0)	u can down shift 5th to 2nd in the celica tooo ... my friend did it .. just downshift gettin on the freeway ... __________________ 01 Toyt Celica, Blitz supercharger, Trial header, Konig imagine's, Hotchkis sway bars, Trd Short shifter, Apexi power fc

06-03-2003, 10:38 PM	#36
Keyshawn Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Carson, CA Posts: 3,620 iTrader: (0)	That's one of the worse things I've ever seen done to an engine. I feel sorry for the guy and his poor RSX.

06-03-2003, 11:26 PM	#38
iDRIVE Ultraelectromagneticpop Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: IL Posts: 334 iTrader: (0)	That looks horrible. Looks like he pressed the self destruct button. __________________ "Looks fast, smells fast, grinds fast"

06-04-2003, 12:41 AM	#39
sleepy celica is unavailable Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: oakland, ca/sacramento, ca Posts: 1,854 iTrader: (9)	i downshift from 6 to 4th all the time on the celi. Damn I hope for the best for the rsx....my parents would kill me if it happens to me; ill dink twice before I'll do something like that again.. __________________

06-04-2003, 03:36 AM	#40
Griffin NoLonger Using NC.ORG Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nowhere Posts: 2,478 iTrader: (0)	Wow, that is some truly impressive engine damage. And you guys bithc about some bent valves and the occasional bad head or pistons on the Celis.... sheesh.... __________________ Its been a great couple of years!!! I'll see you around, G-Bye!!!

06-04-2003, 10:19 AM	#41
Piece of Work So #@$!#@ what?!? Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere Posts: 152 iTrader: (0)	Can we say "grenaded"? __________________