beerbongskickass
Senior Member
How did you get this opinion that the LS tranny is better than the B16 tranny for boost because you stay in boost longer? When I think about it that doesn't make much sense. With the shorter geared tranny you will be in boost just as long. You will actually have more of a chance of staying in boost with the shorter geared tranny. Why? because your rpms won't drop as low everytime you shift and you will stay in your power band longer. You will be able to keep your motor at high rpms and rip through the gears. For honda motors the power band is at high rpms no matter if it's turbo, N/A, nirous, supercharged, whatever because it doesn't matter.
If you didn't understand what I just said here is a senario for you. I am just going to make up rpms up so you get my point. We have a honda engine that makes the most power between 5,000 - 7,000 rpms.
Let's say you have a tranny with really long gears. You shift at 7,000 rpms and your rpms drop to 3,000 once your in the next gear. You have just dropped out of your power band and have to wait. Who cares if your still in boost because your not going to get going really fast until you get the rpms back up. Forget about when your turbo makes boost and just worry about when your motor makes the most power. If you would have had a shorter geared tranny when you shifted at 7,000 rpms you would only drop to 5,000 rpms you would still be boosting and be right there in the fat part of your power band. Honda motors make power at high rpms so you want to stay up their as long as possible. That means getting the shortest geared tranny you can find.
Import builders also made a good point and said as long as you can still get traction. For most of use traction shouldn't be an issue because were not making that much horsepower. If you can't get traction then you should think about better tires, LSD, suspension, etc... anything that will help. I don't konw about you, but that makes sense to me.
If you didn't understand what I just said here is a senario for you. I am just going to make up rpms up so you get my point. We have a honda engine that makes the most power between 5,000 - 7,000 rpms.
Let's say you have a tranny with really long gears. You shift at 7,000 rpms and your rpms drop to 3,000 once your in the next gear. You have just dropped out of your power band and have to wait. Who cares if your still in boost because your not going to get going really fast until you get the rpms back up. Forget about when your turbo makes boost and just worry about when your motor makes the most power. If you would have had a shorter geared tranny when you shifted at 7,000 rpms you would only drop to 5,000 rpms you would still be boosting and be right there in the fat part of your power band. Honda motors make power at high rpms so you want to stay up their as long as possible. That means getting the shortest geared tranny you can find.
Import builders also made a good point and said as long as you can still get traction. For most of use traction shouldn't be an issue because were not making that much horsepower. If you can't get traction then you should think about better tires, LSD, suspension, etc... anything that will help. I don't konw about you, but that makes sense to me.
