INJEN78
HS LEGEND
it was a joke.
When do u shift?
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sleepercrx90
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im a noob and dont know how to post new threads, but i got a question. I got a b18a1 swap in a crx. the transsmission wont engage in 5th gear. all other gears work fine, and the shifter goes into the 5th gear position, but it just acts like its in neutral. anyone got any ideas????
Fuel used is all about engine load.
Exactly what B said. You'll use more fuel if you aren't in the correct gear. Just figure out where your car likes to be. For mine, it likes to be above 2500 rpm, so I shift like this:
1->2 @ 3800
2->3 @ 3600
3->4 @ 3500
4->5 @ 4100
then everything stays above 2500.
Exactly what B said. You'll use more fuel if you aren't in the correct gear. Just figure out where your car likes to be. For mine, it likes to be above 2500 rpm, so I shift like this:
1->2 @ 3800
2->3 @ 3600
3->4 @ 3500
4->5 @ 4100
then everything stays above 2500.
INJEN78
HS LEGEND
Very true. Like I said, it's an over-simplification. Just generally, if you were attempting to tell someone who doesn't know much at all about cars, I would probably tell them that ideally, when commuting around town or on the freeway you'd want to shift around 3-4k RPMs rather than taking the car up to red-line every time you shift in order to conserve fuel (and also so as not to beat on the engine)...obviously there's exceptions, such as the one you pointed out...
Why is this so God-damned hard to understand?
1.) Go into the forum that you want to post in.
2.) Click the button near the top of the screen labeled "New Thread."
That's it. You're done.
YBLEGAL
Regular Member w/ Cheese
anyone have an si? i usually shift at 3k but try to have my constant speed around 1.8k - 2.5 k. u think thats fine? cuz like u guys said, if too low of the gear, the bottom end looses power and if too high of the gear, u burn more fuel for nothing.
vtec is my shift point, daily town. get up to the edge of vtec, but dont pop it. seems like it makes more efficient power above 2.5k. that's real low IMO
and yeah, look at my previous post. i've got the same gear ratio's as an Si.
I think he was saying that he tries to cruise around 1.8-2.5K RPMs, not shift around there...
b18a1build
Gay username^
I deliver pizzas in my accord, shift at 3.5-4 everytime and im getting hella gas mileage
