5 spd shifting

[Shaguar47]

But you have an si and it's way different the base model. Is it okay for my car to shift at 3k to 4k rpm?

[BullShifter]

It's perfectly fine to shift @ 3-4,000RPM. Your engines powerband doesn't start until it's around 4,000rpm anyway.

[90civicracer]

Yeop. Its really hard with an Si tranny cuz its geared short compared to the 4speed.

[91lxdreamer]

I just shift whenever I hear the engine gettin louder than my music...around 3-3.5

[90civicracer]

lol ever since I got my exhaust quieted down that could be quite a ways up int he RPM's, especially if I have my music up loud, which i like to do at times.

[BullShifter]

Originally Posted by 91lxdreamer

I just shift whenever I hear the engine gettin louder than my music...around 3-3.5

Sometimes I wish my trans had a 1.5 gear, that 1st is too short. I use 2nd gear from stops a little too much, burnin' up my clutch in the process.

[91lxdreamer]

Originally Posted by jackasssi

Sometimes I wish my trans had a 1.5 gear, that 1st is too short. I use 2nd gear from stops a little too much, burnin' up my clutch in the process.

lol I hear ya, I wish I had a 6th gear, cuz on trips, 4-4.5 gets hella loud, wish I could drop it to 6th and have it be like 3...thatd be nice

[BullShifter]

80mph @ 4,000RPM in 5th.

[91lxdreamer]

Originally Posted by jackasssi

80mph @ 4,000RPM in 5th.

I hate it, thats why I wanna get my new muffler on and get my silencer in for long trips.

[kittman]

Originally Posted by 90civicracer

Yeop. Its really hard with an Si tranny cuz its geared short compared to the 4speed.

So true, so true. Again this morning on the way to work I shifted at 2500 thru 5th gear. I was at 42MPH in fifth. I also would love a 1.5 gear.. stop and go traffic with the Si tranny is not alot of fun.

[Ace$nyper]

heh i'm like in 2nd all the time i'm going to miss it when i got a Y1 lol also STD powerband*if you wanta call it that* starts more like 3k

[bambam89lx]

Originally Posted by optimuscivic

any time you lose traction when drag racing is never going to really help. to be able to chirp your tires in higher gears is all about bald tires and a good clutch. its just loosing traction.

I don't really think that's right. Being able to chirp tires is not a sign of bald tires. It's just the opposite; the tires are catching traction. When the tires chirp; for instance, from 1st to 2nd, the chirping sound is the power travelling through ur tires and the power being put to the ground. There's a difference if they're slipping between shifts or if your wheels hop...but if they chirp, they catch traction. It would be good if you could chirp all gears, then ur getting perfect traction between shifts. If they hop or slip...no traction.

[Shaguar47]

This is something I didn't know. You see, I'm used to driving low gear cars with alot of torque (GEO Storm GSI) and with my civic, I just felt as if it shifted real good at 2.5k rpm. But whay you guys are saying is safe, then man oh man. Where the hell have I been!