I'm not one to talk "junk" on the internet, but your first response was absolutely retarded. If you put 15w40 or heavier viscocity oil in your honda you will put extremely excessive wear on your crank case, and possibly destroy your engine. It will also hurt your gas mileage. Plus Deisel oil is made for deisel fuel. Its just not made to stand up with all the detergents and additives that are put into gasoline. I own two oil change facilities and one all around repair shop and it is my life. As far as which oil is best. If you look-up any test by the API(american petroleum Instite) it will normally conclude that Amsoil Synthetic is the best. In a 2.0 Honda motor with less than 100,000 miles it is probably recommended that you use a 5w30 maybe as heavy as a 10w30. Any name brand oil that is certified by the API will work, but synthetics are superior, and AMsoil beats all others(including Mobil 1) in most test. With a synthetic, oil additives are not necessary. However many have been proven to help reduce friction(I sell TX7 at my shop). One of my vehcles is a 95' accord(my daily driver) with the H22A vtec. Its had an Intake, header, and exhaust. I dog it and have 200,000 on it and it runs perfectly. As far as your reving goes. I don't know off hand what the redline is for that specific block, but it is no problem to barely hit the redline somewhat often in a honda motor. Check on a honda message board(such as hondaclub.com) to find out your specific redline. The s2000 doesn't even redline till 8500. They make tight small motors with a short stroke so it can be reved. You don't wwant to go far past your peak horsepower, but the farther you go the father you are into your torque band when you shift to the next gear. Thankyou for your time.
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16 years ago