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Old 07-01-2004, 01:20 AM   #1
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racing with a automatic?

hey im wondering if u can still race with a automatic?
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Re: racing with a automatic?

No. Automatics come with "racing prohibitors" in the ECU. The car detects that you're racing and shuts off the fuel supply. It's a new safety feature from Honda.
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No. Automatics come with "racing prohibitors" in the ECU. The car detects that you're racing and shuts off the fuel supply. It's a new safety feature from Honda.
too funny !!
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Old 07-01-2004, 09:00 PM   #4
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Re: racing with a automatic?

Why the hell is this in Exterior anyways?
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Old 07-02-2004, 03:16 PM   #5
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Re: Re: racing with a automatic?

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No. Automatics come with "racing prohibitors" in the ECU. The car detects that you're racing and shuts off the fuel supply. It's a new safety feature from Honda.

wait are you serious? thats insannnnne
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Old 07-02-2004, 07:47 PM   #6
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No. Automatics come with "racing prohibitors" in the ECU. The car detects that you're racing and shuts off the fuel supply. It's a new safety feature from Honda.
Damn, no wonder why my "attempted racing detected" light keeps blinding me from the dash, and here I thought maybe I just had some bad gas or something... Any way to disable this feature from the ECU short of busting a cap in it?
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Re: racing with a automatic?

You can disconnect it by switching your battery terminals...
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Re: racing with a automatic?

thats funny
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You can disconnect it by switching your battery terminals...
Oh snap, it's always the easiest things. Thanks Emerge!

FREE mod everyone, LMAO!
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Re: racing with a automatic?

wow not one post answered his question...Yes you can in the sense that u can try to get somewhere faster then something else...Just not very quickly. In my experience with my friends automatic the fastest way to go is to off the line have it in 1st then hold the brake it and rev to like 3k then when the light goes, drop off the brake as quickly as u can without ur tires spinning too much then shift up right before u redline, its still slow but prolly the quickest way u can go in an auto
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Re: racing with a automatic?

jeez thats not a good idea. the automatic d1 and d2 are not meant to be shifted. i think there was another thread on this already, the gears are designed to give you torque in the snow and stuff, not for launches.
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jeez thats not a good idea. the automatic d1 and d2 are not meant to be shifted. i think there was another thread on this already, the gears are designed to give you torque in the snow and stuff, not for launches.
In a 6th gen Civic, you launch using D3, then when it hits 2nd, you put it in "2" and hold it till redline, then put it back into D3. The 6th gen auto Civic tranny doesn't have a "1" to shift into. "2" will start out the car in 2nd from a stop for added torque like kcap122 was refering to. But you wouldn't want to use it for a luanch as it'll bog you WAY down.

Autos are notably quicker off the line (but not nessacerily in general)than manual simply because you just gas it and go. No clutch to putz around with, and no shifter to have to move around. Just floor it and go.

If you want a faster auto, then invest in an aftermarket torque converter like the ones that ArtCarr sells, or Level10 or TCI has as well.
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Re: Re: racing with a automatic?

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wow not one post answered his question...Yes you can in the sense that u can try to get somewhere faster then something else...Just not very quickly. In my experience with my friends automatic the fastest way to go is to off the line have it in 1st then hold the brake it and rev to like 3k then when the light goes, drop off the brake as quickly as u can without ur tires spinning too much then shift up right before u redline, its still slow but prolly the quickest way u can go in an auto
Are you saying that autos are slow? I know many autos that would toast whatever you're running. And what you told him to do isn't such a bright idea.
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Re: racing with a automatic?

hell no im not saying autos are slow some race designed automatics own all. But when u talking about getting off the line quick a stock auto tranny is gunna get beat
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Of course a stock auto, a stock anything off the line is going to get beat. Using your money wisely on whatever you have, stick or auto, will win you races.
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