Wrong forum but I need help fast

Okay my 97 prelude sh is messed up. I let a friend drive it....Stupiest thing.
Anyways going about 95 and misses 4th goes to second. lets clutch out and something popped. Car still runs with no knocking but wont keep an idle or start without hitting the gas. There is no service engine soon light or anything. I know that someone has to be able to help me. I am going to take it to the honda dealer and have them scan it friday. Any ideas?
Mods I know its the wrong forum but the prelude forum is dead and I have no other source of info so please let this stay here.

sounds like it may have jumped time. hook a timing light up to it if you have one.

you also may want to do a compression test and make sure nothing hit or blew...

if he bent a valve it would be running like shit, from what he posted it sounds like it just wont idle.

haha santa man should stayed with the 4th gens....

Damn yO you u just bought the car and you or whoever ruin it already?! Sucks

Americanfeagle03 remeber that Karma is a real thing and that you really shouldnt talk shit I do remeber when u were a newbie and asked the stupidest and most annoying questions I think any of us regs have seen here in a long while. And still with all that BS on your car I would leave you on the line and never look back each and everytime.

Turns out there is a knock. A bad one. to be exact rocker arm/valve knock. Something about 9K and the strain on the motor since the tires basically locked up at 95. Anyways taking it to get it fixed tommorow. coming straight outta his pocket too. Im not too bummed could have been a piston or a transmission...

probably floated the valves and bent one. like you said, your lucky it didnt make the tranny shit itself.

Revving that high on a the prelude is just terrible.

mellow, I'v reved my 258 I6(thats 4.2 liter for the people who dont know) to 9500 before. I think I could hit 10000 with no problems, I'v seen people do it before.

Not on a prelude or any honda since its not built. The 258 is probably built to rev high?

yup. Highest reving honda motor I'v seen is the b16a. I should put that strait 6 in my civic... who needs a firewall.

LoL that would be dope. I love straight 6 motors. They even produce torque just like v8s !

yeah I havnt dyno'ed mine, but factory specs were 19something HP and 280ft/lbs torque. I'v had 10 inch slicks on it and it would spin all the way through 3rd (4 speed tranny) without powerbraking or poping the the clutch.

Yeh its freak'n crazy! It also pulls harder than the "v" motors.

yeah, it has all its power under 3000rpm

Thats the beauty of it :)

Americanfeagle03 remeber that Karma is a real thing and that you really shouldnt talk shit I do remeber when u were a newbie and asked the stupidest and most annoying questions I think any of us regs have seen here in a long while. And still with all that BS on your car I would leave you on the line and never look back each and everytime.


I agree that AmericanFeagle was one of the dumbest n00bs ever. But about you talking so much shit with your prelude....preludes arent that fast, I mean they arent slow but nothing too great, maybe high 14's.

I beleive he has a b20 in the works, that will walk your prelude all day long.

probably floated the valves and bent one. like you said, your lucky it didnt make the tranny shit itself.


huh... no shit perhaps thats why i said check the compression...

:shrug:

Damn is it me or everyone is cranky today?

not saying its fast. But let me spend the money on a b20 in my prelude and then yes I believe I could walk him. But who cares I am done working on shit. The car was taken to the shop today and the guy said he would start on it monday ot tuesday. I gave him $100 to change the timing belt while he was in there and I get the change back (will prolly let him keep it) and I went and bought a manual for it. Hopefully have it back by the end of next week.

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I beleive he has a b20 in the works, that will walk your prelude all day long.

Oh grow up!