My friend has a 97 civic HX and whenever I drive it, I'm in any gear about 2k, and the arrow lights up telling me to shift. If it helps, me and my friend tear the **** out of it...almost all the time...he doesn't care and it's still the stock SOHC Vtec-E


Thanks

 

its telling you the optimal shift point for gas economy...the point of the hx. Its not acting weird.

 

yup. my cx does that also...its normal

 

wow this is totally new to me. my 97 hx didnt have any shift light come on the 8000 miles i drove it with the y5

 

i wish my cx would have one! then i could see how long it would take untill the light burnt off from holding it at ready line for to long!

2k seems low thou. but if they say its right , listen to them not me i'm just the kid that wishs i had some so i could kill it!

 

Mine goes on low too, i have a CX.

Who cares, dith it annd get a EX/Si cluster......that light is just dumb and annoying imo.


It does go on at low RPM though. I dont think Honda realized when you shift when the light goes on the enignes are so crappy they bog to hell.......whatever though

 

Well I was in fifth gear and it told me to shift...Wtf.

 

Fifth gear going about 75...so it couldn't mean downshift...


Weird...maybe it's 6spd

 

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LMAO!!!

 

it doesnt care what gear youre in...it doesnt know
it reads rpms

 

It doesn't just read RPM because I've never had the shift light go on in 5th for my CX. It will tell me to shift into 5th at like 35 every so often. And it goes out once you really start revving it up too... so you won't burn a bulb out either. Good luck trying.

I like it though... I would like to keep it even after the GSR swap so if there is anyway to let me know.

Thanks, Shaun

 

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i had a saturn that it stayed on in... i wasn't sure about the hondas. Damn that sucks what a waste of honda crap then!

 

I say wire a real RPM wire to it and like a custom pill to go on whatever RPM you want it to go on at....it can be done, i seen a guy wire his engine light as his shift light, very cool.....