jspec 1.5vtec????!!!

[CivicSpoon]

Originally Posted by BLU CIVIC

i've seen 70 in 2nd and not with an HF tranny...

think we're mowers over here?? cause i seriously think ur tryin to yank our crank

Naw that's actually very possible. I've got a CX and I can get to at least 70mph in 2nd gear. And let me tell you, it's saved my ass a few times when I shift into 2nd instead of 4th (only did that twice and it was on the same day). But I'm just guessing that the HF tranny is geared roughly the same as the CX.

[BLU CIVIC]

Originally Posted by IntegraB16

Heres a good question about powerbands.. if you had other mods done to your car.. such as aftermarket intake manifold and throttle body, port polished head with cams and all the works.. including but not limited to a turbo... wouldn't your powerband be different than a stock motor? So.. maybe 72 mph.. or even a hundred could possibly still be in your powerband??

anything is possibly with mods...but i doubt Scott82 has all that done to his car...which is the car i was refering to...

Originally Posted by CivicSpoon

Naw that's actually very possible. I've got a CX and I can get to at least 70mph in 2nd gear. And let me tell you, it's saved my ass a few times when I shift into 2nd instead of 4th (only did that twice and it was on the same day). But I'm just guessing that the HF tranny is geared roughly the same as the CX.

my friends cx could get up to 70 in 2nd...but being able to go into second gear and being out of your power pand in 2nd gear are 2 different things

[turtlecrxsi]

Originally Posted by BLU CIVIC

but being able to go into second gear and being out of your power pand in 2nd gear are 2 different things

I agree... I don't see the point. If you have the mods, you'll be redlining your ass off no matter what tranny you have. I know for a fact that if I go to second at 70mph with my Si I'll be slamming the redline... having lightweight pulleys, flywheel, cam, i/h/e gets you up in your power band very fast.

[IntegraB16]

I agree with BLU CIVIC, It is useless to redline in every gear.. or even one gear, just because you can. If your engine is set up to rev higher with the proper mods and you will benefit from it, then by all means rev it up! but bouncing off the rev limiter and trying to go the fastest in each gear may not be very benificial on a modor with only i/h/e

[BLU CIVIC]

well my friend who was in 2nd doing 70 wasn't bouncing off redline...don't know what his rpm was...but he was going slower than would he would have been if he had shifted into 3rd

don't know what it is about people redline racing...that's why when you see people racing on the street the other car going all the way to redline falls back futhuer than the guy that stays in his powerband and shifts while still in it...

some guy did a calculation on what rpm to shift into to maximize speed and to always stay in ur powerband

[Scott82]

I will get a pic of it sometime when i can get a passanger in there during the day. In second gear i am turining almost 7000 rpm at 92 or so mph. The rated redline on the motor i have is 7200 rpm and i have never taken over 7000 rpm just a few times just so i caould actually see what it could do after the swap. The gears in the HF tranny are extra-extra long. 3rd gear at about 6500 rpm i am running at 120mph and thats as fast as i have taken it. It takes a little bit longer to wind out third gear that it does first and second but my spedo only reads 120 mph so i just let off since i couldn't exactly tell how fast i was going and plus i figured i was going fast enough. But i do have to say, the hf tranny isn't a bad tranny, it's just the fact that previously it had only what, 64hp thrying to turn the tranny and now i have almost double the HP with quite a bit more torque so it definatly winds up quick in firtst and second, third is a fun gear to pass in on the interstate cause it had a good amout of pull w/out really reving the engine far into vtec so i am really likeing the HF tranny cause i drove to louisville last week and really babied the throttle and kept it in fifth on the interstate running about 85 the hole way turning 2500rpm, and i got 45 miles to the gallon. I made it 320 miles and still had a quarter tank left or so left. It was like 7.2 gal of gas when i filled it up at 320 miles. So i for one have to praise a part of of a HF car whitch you don't hear very often but i actually like the tranny cause i can go plenty fast and still get great gas milage, especially since gas is like $2.20 cects a gallon right now.