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Originally posted by LadyNRedSi
whoa...don't mean to step on your toes but, your car is made to drive at high rpms. there i a reason why stock engine cut-off is 6800. if you mod your car right and then take out the limit restriction...you could tach out at 9000RPM! if honda didn't have performance in mind, they would have never created the EF9 JDM SiR b16. i would never hold a gear in a ford escort 
you don't even really hit the powerband until 4500rpm. try holding say 4th gear (that is a nice safe and not scary gear, hehehe) until 4500-5000 and you'll feel your car almost get a second wind. that's the power band. that is why stock v-tec activates at 4800rpm.
if you don't get enough rpm...oil pressure...fuel flow...yada, yada, yada...it is just like shifting in low rpm. it will get sluggish. so if you want to get to your girls house faster...set the vtec to kick in somewhere between 5000-5200. that is the "sweet spot"
shoooooot, have to hold a gear past 4500 if you want to catch me...muhaahaaha :evillaugh
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Well looking at his question "I just wanted to know if its ok to drive it about 5 grand" that has nothing to do with power. We are talking about wear and tear on an engine not acceleration rates at "X" RPM's.
Of course the car makes peak power way later in the RPM range. I believe somewhere around 5900RPM.
Again, the question had nothing to do with power and acceleration rates vs RPM. Hence, my response.