Towing on Interstate

[bushbean]

Can a second Gen (1992) Integra LS tow a 100-pound trailer and a 200cc Honda dirtbike for 100 miles at 70 MPH? The car has auto transmission and a freshly rebuilt engine. And I plan to make this trip once per month.

[2ndGenGuy]

Yeah, piece of cake. Just go easy on her.

[RAZR]

Can a second Gen (1992) Integra LS tow a 100-pound trailer and a 200cc Honda dirtbike for 100 miles at 70 MPH? The car has auto transmission and a freshly rebuilt engine. And I plan to make this trip once per month.

i wouldnt go 70 with a trailer on my car :)

[1813mdw]

no problem at all. how fast you can go depends on the size of the trailer tires though. trailers w/ tiny rims and tires get very squirrely(spelling?) at 70. but if you towed it before w/ another vehicle that fast i wouldn't worry about it

[Vanilla Sky]

Add in a transmission cooler and you should be perfectly fine to tow from California to Florida.

[bushbean]

I plan to buy the trailer with 12" wheel/tire from Harborfreight .


Add in a transmission cooler and you should be perfectly fine to tow from California to Florida.

I think all auto tranny cars come with a cooler, right? The thing in the radiator.

[A18A]

300lbs is like the weight of 2 passengers. I wouldn't bother with a cooler

[bushbean]

Harborfreight's spec shows the trailer is 100#. That seems low to me. Closer to 200 pounds, perhaps? A 200cc dirt bike weights about 250#. Then, there are accessories. I reckon I'll need to add some kind of rail system on the trailer and some plywood for flooring. There're also bike tools and gas cans. I reckon the total weight of the trailer and cargo to be closer to 500 pounds.


1090 Lb. Capacity 40-1/2" x 48" Mini Utility Trailer with 12" Four-Lug Wheels and Tires $250
http://www.harborfreight.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/370x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/i/m/image_2226.jpg

[bushbean]

I found the Curt hitch for my Integra. It looks wimpy.

http://i.ebayimg.com/06/!B+v!z3!EGk~$(KGrHqYOKi4EzV4HhgE3BN!m4emkNg~~0_35. JPG

[hammer3rd]

Don't buy the 12 inch tires,go with at least 14 inch. The revs of a 12 are crazy high,bearing life. As for the cooler yes ad it,cheep insurance and take it out of the factory radiator so you get a good temp on your fluid. But other than that go with it. 70 mph only depends on your cars suspension steering and brakes and how you have loaded the trailer. Load it to heavy in the rear and it will sway bad. Load it to heavy in the front and tha car will sway and move around. You want a little on the car but not too much,youe will learn over time. Good luck and be safe. and as for you doubters just look at accord b20a pulling a big trailer and another 3rd gen accord and I pull a 5x10 with a 900 lb mower with an auto.

[hammer3rd]

Found this!!!!!!! Post # 468 seeing as how I can't post a pictyre my self.
http://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63487&page=12

[charliekuney]

^ You can click the post number on each post and it will give you an individual link:
http://www.3geez.com/forum/showpost.php?p=937663&postcount=468

[Vanilla Sky]

The internal cooler is only adequate for everyday use with only passengers and some cargo. The automatics in our Accords don't even hold up to that without an added cooler.

Remember to put the aux cooler AFTER the cooler in the radiator. Don't use JUST the aux cooler either.

[2ndGenGuy]

I helped my dad put a trailer setup on his Civic (D15, Automatic)... that thing towed everything, everywhere. We did a few loads of shingles to the dump after tearing off a roof. Turned out we overloaded it a few times and had loads of about 2500lbs. Car pulled it like a champ though, we did use an F350 power steering cooler as a trans cooler on top of the stock cooler in the radiator. But for a car with 275,000 miles, it was amazing. I'm sure after all that abuse we put on that car, that an A20 Accord will hold up just fine with a few hundred pounds.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3440/3208789036_02a7749ae7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgturk/3208789036/)
Trailer Loaded up Finally (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgturk/3208789036/) by jgturk (http://www.flickr.com/people/jgturk/), on Flickr

I've got pictures of bigger loads somewhere. As long as you keep the load level, and keep the tongue weight down, you will be just fine.

[MessyHonda]

b20s!

[hammer3rd]

Been a while but wanted to add a little something. An automatic works best at around 125 degrees+/-. And everyone knows heat is the autos worst nightmare. And every 25 degrees above 125 you reduce life by 25%. So why would you want to leave your auto running through the factory rad so it can be heated to 150 plus. It is best to get one big enough to handle the auto by its self and completly remove it from the rad altogether.

[lostforawhile]

the reason the cooler is in the radiator is so the transmission fluid can warm up in cold weather, the fluid wont ever go above coolant temp, if you add an external cooler just run it in line with the factory one, the car will tow that little trailer with no issue, I towed one like that all over Georgia many times. oh and automatic transmission temps on most cars run between 175-225 degrees, thats pretty universal, 125 is like saying on a hundred degree day the transmission is only running 25 degrees above air temp. They are designed to run at at least the temp of the coolant

[hammer3rd]

Thats is exactly what it is saying. 125 is the optimal trans temp and the trans will actually warm up quicker than the engine so actually helping warm up the engin. The reason the factory uses the rad is it is cheaper than running 2 coolers.

[lostforawhile]

Thats is exactly what it is saying. 125 is the optimal trans temp and the trans will actually warm up quicker than the engine so actually helping warm up the engin. The reason the factory uses the rad is it is cheaper than running 2 coolers.

are you sure you dont mean Celsius?

[hammer3rd]

Very sure.