here is the plain fact reason most hondas last forever.

they make ~100hp and have miniture engines. less moving parts/less heat (HP makes heat)/less stress on the drivetrain (no power).

thats the reason. all the high revving engines honda makes will not last as long as you think a honda engine should. especially if noone adjusts the valves.

 

Hehe, he's prob. right, but I doubled my HP on my civic and didn't break anything, while I sold my 5.0 mustang b/c I broke 2 T-5 trannys in 6 months with a stock 5.0 motor ( with BFG drag radials, and cobra clutch ).

My friends GS-T has been though all that abuse for about 120K miles now ( they got it a 47K ) and its never seen less than 15psi. Not one motor problem ( minus the turbo needing replaced, which it now has a B16G ). In the mean time the door handles have broken off of both doors twice ( total 4 ), the windiws in EVERY DSM rattles like crazy, and there are many other "ford focus" type problems that the DSM have, yet the bad *** motor is built in Japan.
92+ hondas are built in the US I think.
My saturn is a domestic to the bone and it kicks ***, I beat the crap outta it, but the interoir and exteroir is going to ----.. But my focus is the oppisite, the motor/tranny sucks ***, while the interior is sweet.

 

usually revs are what wear on engines. those turbo dsms rev to like ~6500 right?

there are lots and lots of car & trucks that last forever. my grandpa has a 68 truck, with the same engines and tranny and 4x4 stuff in it. never had to do anything to it except and alternator. i dunno if he even changes the oil

 

dsm = 7000rpms like the d16a6.
The stealth TT cams and valve train are good till 8300rpms from the factory !!! Some guys upgrade the valve train and turn them to 9300rpms !!!! But that's a totally off topic thing...

Buicks redline at llike 5600rpms, but made 275Whp and 375LBS. of torque from the factory !!

 

buicks? not all of them :P

 

What the dash says and when it stops making power is too different things.

I speak of the only buick that matters of course the GN.

 

there are lots of old buick muscle cars that matter.

the 80s quad 442 is one of the faster 4cyl cars i've ever seen. i seen then run 14 flat/high 13s at the track all the time. with stock exhaust and everything. i was so suprised when i saw the 4cyl in there and they were runnin those times. GSR what?