just wondering what other people with GSR's shift at...
is it just me or is it weird that all my shifts are around 4k...daily driving and not spirited...just to get the car up to speed
just had oil change done 600 miles ago...
just wondering what other people with GSR's shift at...
is it just me or is it weird that all my shifts are around 4k...daily driving and not spirited...just to get the car up to speed
just had oil change done 600 miles ago...
i had a 94 gsr as a dd a while back. i usually did it around 3 just to save gas
3-4k
i know that...its 3-4k , but is it usualy that 4-5k just to get the car going? feels ****in torqueless
because untill you get that car revving, the car is, infact torqueless. Took a ride in a Type R the other day, party doesnt get started till after 5kOriginally Posted by Benefit
lol hahah u drive a honda not a sr20 2.0 turbo =)Originally Posted by Benefit
Damn, torqueless cars must suck! I'd shift at 5k.
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An they say rotaries are tourque less! my rx7 1st gen with a 13b i would shift at 3k normal driving it felt fine to me, and sometimes i would shift befor 3k on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gears, wen realy pushing it i would shift at 8.5k i luv my car!:idb:
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hahah word!!! rotary FTMFW!!Originally Posted by chava_rx7
hahah i shift at like 3k and people think im driving to fast or take off to fast?
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for real it sounds like you are pushing them oround 4k but thats berly halve of my power band!!Originally Posted by 13Bracer
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hell yeah!!!! its the greatest!hahahaOriginally Posted by chava_rx7
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8.5 you say?? I do that in a honda.....Originally Posted by chava_rx7
regular driving, i shift at around 3K, its gutless when i do it though..saves mad gas
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Yea you can do that but can you hold it there for more than five minutes? I dont think so, or you will have a piston or rod up your ass, i can keep it up there for as long as i need to, and just cus i shift at 8.5 dont mean thats all it has my car reves to 10k is just that at those rpms my engine is not modefied to make any power, my power band starts to drop over 8k..Originally Posted by mxglory258
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lolol, we've run Honda's WOT at 8,500+ for 13 hours straight...mulitple times. I guarantee you more wankels don't finish an endurance race compared to Honda's.Originally Posted by chava_rx7
that's what i thought. thanks....5k in my 240 was crazy...5k in this honda is like...nothing
lol 5k in my car is like driving a civic i hate lag lolOriginally Posted by Benefit
Shifting 3-4K gets me putting around town pretty quickly.
I shift at 2k normal driving in the talon, and about 3-4 in the powerless miata...this thread makes me feel not so bad.
get rid of that geezer and get you a sr20 powerd car..youll feel the torque al-rite
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He had one, then he upgradedOriginally Posted by wunquikser
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I guess that's honda I4 power...torqueless. All the I4 engine I've driven from honda have to rev up to at least 4k to get power. Specially on the d series, the sound scares me when i rev up. Well, at least the engine last really long.
I usually shift at around 4k rpm from first to second, and go down from there. Do you have a lightweight flywheel? Lightweight flywheels will cause a loss of low end torque in most B series engine setups. Actually most bolt ons will cause a loss of low end torque in any honda... I know since I have built a variety of different honda's myself (civic, integra, and prelude)
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That doesn't sound right to me. I don't see how less rotational mass could make less torque.Originally Posted by allmotoronly
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here is the easiest way I can explain it without confusing people who already do not understand the concept.Originally Posted by coolcat
Why do you think that heavy V8 engines make so much torque? Part of it is because the crank, rods, pistons, and flywheel is so heavy.
Honda's lack in torque partly because the rotating mass is so light.
HP is a product of torque, and has partly to do with how fast the engine achieves max torque. Take away weight from the rotating assembly, and max torque is achieved quicker (less torque, more HP). Now when you add bolt ons such as intake and exhaust, you gain HP and torque because the engine is able to turn quicker (by flowing more air and gas in and out of the engine) and achieve max torque faster without decreasing the weight of the rotating mass.
It is pretty complicated. Think about small light engines, and how they almost always have more HP than torque, and then think about the huge big block engines and how they almost always have more torque than HP, unless they have a very lightweight rotating assembly (Ex: Ferrari enzo engine 6.0L, 600hp, and less than 500 torque due to the fact that it uses the lightest materials in the rotating assembly of the engine.)
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You are part right, but in another part, more displacement means more torque, no matter what (just look at b-series engines). More cylinders also helps as there are more things making power like you says.Originally Posted by allmotoronly
well yes more displacement means more torque because it is pushing more air and fuel in and out of the engine with each turn. Also larger displacement engines usually have more weight in the crank, rods and pistons. Weight and the rate that the engine can pump air and fuel in and out are where torque is made. I was simply stating that just because an engine is a 7.0L V12 does not mean that it will make more torque than a smaller engine with heavier internals. We both know that the ferrari engine is built with the highest amount of technology and the best light weight alloy parts parts, which is why it can rev so high and so fast. That doesn't mean that it will make more torque than a 350 Chevy with bolt ons.Originally Posted by chituntang
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I shift the si, at around 4-5k, 1st-2nd, and then go down from there...before I know it i am going like 90. lol
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^ yep I did the same with my SI & GSR but their fun when they get into vtec......
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lol funny thing is I dont have v-tec....my brother's em1 si, when he had it was insane. Had vtec controller in that bish...Originally Posted by Turbodude06
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Did you run 10s and unlock 100whp from the vtec controller?Originally Posted by 00_Rusty™
Yep that's true!Originally Posted by speedminded
PS, I shift low 3k in mine.
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lol no.... It was just cool that HE had it in HIS SI. My car has a sohc zc non-vtec in it.Originally Posted by spacelion
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^it will when taking off but yea not in having to shift higher....
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I always shift my SR at about 2.5k rpm. Just not really like boost kicking in during DD and of course fuel just disappear as soon as the boost kick in, even at stock boost (need a tune anyways). For a GSR, in DD mode, I would do 3k as I drove my friend's teg.
I shift at 3500 on my Z6 Hatch and I am always way ahead of traffic.
lol its just weird taking my gsr to anything past 6k...on my SR the shift light would come on at 5k and by 6k i was already going fast as hell...
i dont think i can build up enough courage for 8k lol, i think the highest ive taken it is 6, such a revvy god damn motor...
lol It will actually let you go to about 8300 rpm before the rev limiter hits. Its hard not to shift at 4k around town, especially since the car is geared so close together.Originally Posted by Benefit
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c'mon dude, you're missing all the fun in what you've got! i mean, don't rev to 8k every shift, but have some fun every once in a while hahaOriginally Posted by Benefit
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I have to shift my s2k at around 5 during daily driving. s2k;s have no torque at all in stock form. Outside of boost its weak aswell.
I shift whenever my automatic ****box tells me to