flooring it

is flooring the engine every now and then to have a little fun on hilly roads all that bad for the car? what can i damage by doing that, etc, etc...

I consider that good exercise for the car...I do it around here.

Jeremy

Flooring your car isn't neccesarily bad, unless you were to do it too often. Obviously, when your generating more power at a higher RPM, you wear engine parts quicker - but you'll be alright if you don't do it all the time. You shouldn't need to redline it either - you should only be revving just past your torque peak.