Hatch It

WTF, i own a stcok CX, and i just decided to beat on it a bit more to see if these motors have ANY POWER. Well for one thing 2nd gear takes me to 70MPH? I never heard of this, and owning/driving alot of cars i never heard of such a thing....

Is this normal? Stock ghey tranny right? Let me know...

mwieczorek43

The cx/dx trannies are (I think) the longest of all of the Honda SOHC-family motors.
So, yeah. Its normal. See if a Z6 tranny would work w/your motor (Z6 trannies are suposed to be the best sohc trannies b/c of the short(er) gear ratio's).

MrTodd

The Cx engine was in no way intended for performance, very tall gears combined with a 8 valve fuel efficient engine makes for good gas mileage, but that's about it. My Cx is the same way, along with every other stock Cx... Peaking out at 70MPH in 2nd is right on the money.

skunk2eg

yep right on the money, mine does it to, i dont sugest moding that motor AT ALL...IT WONT GO FAST.

try third gear see how high that goes........lol

litterbox

The DX tops 2nd at 60mph

DJ_SaNdOz

Yup, the CX/VX tranny's suck. I just swapped mine out. It was wierd the 1st couple of days b/c 5th was useful, and 3rd actually had some power lol.

Hatch It

Yeah revlimiter starts going crazy at 70MPH exactly i am pretty sure....

Bleh this motor blowwwws.

I need another D16Z6, they are pretty vicious...

Later, and thanks

SOHC4life 96

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mwieczorek43 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The cx/dx trannies are (I think) the longest of all of the Honda SOHC-family motors.
So, yeah. Its normal. See if a Z6 tranny would work w/your motor (Z6 trannies are suposed to be the best sohc trannies b/c of the short(er) gear ratio's).</TD></TR></TABLE>

The z6 and y8 trannies are the same but the y8 has stronger shift forks. y8 tranny &gt;z6 tranny

jerbear!

my CX tranny tops out at 77 mph in 2nd

99hatch

my dx tranny gets 70 in 2nd and like 118 in 3rd

mwieczorek43

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The z6 and y8 trannies are the same but the y8 has stronger shift forks. y8 tranny &gt;z6 tranny</TD></TR></TABLE>
Wow, I didnt know that. Learn something new everyday on this site. Thanks man.

DJ_SaNdOz

Yea, I was able to downshift into 2nd doing 65 on the highway, and I still had gear left w/ the CX tranny, that was the only way to get real power to accelerate if I had to pass which sucked. I didn't realize that the DX tranny's had such long gears as well.

I hadn't been able to reach the VTEC crossover in 3rd until last week when I swapped in an EX/Si tranny, I still haven't gone that fast yet; but I can now lol. My D15b VTEC is much happier w/ the new gearing, but I still feel like the gearing is too long. I need to build a custom setup, but finding the parts is going to take forever.

99hatch

my y7 maxes out power at like 6300 or 6600 rpms i cant remember, but there is no benefit to revvin to 70 in 2nd gear you are just losing power the higher you go

DJ_SaNdOz

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 99hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my y7 maxes out power at like 6300 or 6600 rpms i cant remember, but there is no benefit to revvin to 70 in 2nd gear you are just losing power the higher you go</TD></TR></TABLE>

On a stock motor, that is most likely the case, my D15B VTEC seems to keep going though.

99hatch

i say check out the dyno, but you are prolly right cause you got like 20 more hp than i do on stock motor

splitime

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Don't forget that the y8s also have the aluminum fork that goes to the release bearing... darnit forget name.... That fork can/will break with stronger clutches or over time. The 92-95s use a steel one... doesn't break

DJ_SaNdOz

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Don't forget that the y8s also have the aluminum fork that goes to the release bearing... darnit forget name.... That fork can/will break with stronger clutches or over time. The 92-95s use a steel one... doesn't break </TD></TR></TABLE>

That's bassackwards homie

Good ol' Screwtape

my type r tranny goes to about 64mph in 2nd gear.
big deal.

chad

dude 3rd gear will take you to almost 100!!!!!!

your car has 70 whoooooping hps!!!

hondainspired

in my Rx7 top of 1st was 52 MPH... at 7k ... god i miss that...

splitime

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Funny... i just took a broken AL one out of a 96 ex tranny and put in an older steel piece.

Honda Bull

Yeah... my CX's 1st starts pinging rev limiter at 36 in first and have never taken the motor past 60 in 2nd (sounds like it will detonate to the moon and back). But it's not as if having the longer gears is all that bad since the CX makes peak torque at 2000 rpm. I think my CX had more highway passing potential in 4th and 5th than my buddies old DX coupe. TORQUE BABY!!! J/K.... that motor really sucks. I'll miss the pure driveability of it once I trade it for a GSR though.

skip.two

the Z6 uses an aluminum shift fork.

the Y8 uses a steel shift fork.

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DJ_SaNdOz

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jL iLLuZiOnz 9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the Z6 uses an aluminum shift fork.

the Y8 uses a steel shift fork.

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Thank you

31flavorscivic

daang... My CX engine hits governor at 26 mph in 1st @ 6300 Rpm... I must not have CX tranny then. Always thought I did. I'm gona have to check on this in the morning. 2nd gear peaks @ 55... odd

P.S. my sunfire did 1st @ 40 and 2nd @ 72. sucked major chewy hairy *****. 15 sec 0-60 lol.