when im just cruisin at like 60 in 5th gear the car revs at like 4500 rpms, it just seems like it should be a little lower because im gunna really eat up gas and i like the sound of greddy but not that much...any ideas...

 

you have a jdm transmission.

thats how high it revs to do that speed on the highway.

welcome to hell.

you can swap in a usdm integra LS 5th gear to lower it, but you cant buy just the gears anymore, so youd need to buy a whole ls tranny, and remove just that gear from it.

or just use the whole ls tranny, and lose the fast 1-4th

 

yeah mines like that with my b16 tranny to

 

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damn its that high at 60... most b16s ive seen would be between 3000-3500 doing 60 and around 4000 doing 70

 

yeah if your at 4500 @ 60 in 5th, then when racing you must shift outta first gear at like 15 mph, then second at like 25..... can you even hit 100 mph??

 

ls 5th gear swap, you'll enjoy it

 

did it used to be lower? maybe ur clutch is slippin

 

i'm where you are standing. i'm at abour 4700 at 80 mph. Vtec is just ready to pop in at 4800

 

wow, going 80 im almost in vtec, also tops out at around 120ish

 

Lol....vtec poppin in and out, i can see it now eggggg...ERGGGGGHHH....ergggghh....ERGGGGHHHHHHH.. ERG. wow thats gonna burn up my vtec solenoid

 

i usually do 110 kmh (68 mph) which is running at 4200 rpms. i try to keep it under 4400 rpms cuz thats vtec time. i wanna do a ls 5th gear swap on my tranny later down the road but until then ill just cruise it

 

4300 rpm at 80 mph for me...jdm b16a/y1 tranny...hehe my vtec kicks in at 6000

 

or you could all get a vafc and turn vtec off when driving on the highway

 

i thought my si tranny was bad, 3k at 58mph i think it is. why not try throwing some taller tires on, its easy to change back to smaller tires for a race.

 

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i got a field's vtec controller just waiting to be installed. as soon as i do imma switch my vtec to a higher rpm. any suggestions ???

 

PR3 ECU has throttle sensitive vtec control...


Another words you can cruise at 5500 if you wanted to and as long as you weren't above half throttle then vtec wouldnt engage.


As far as ive notice PR3 has this feature and PW0 doesnt.

 

Thats crazy, what engine/tranny combo is that? My Si Hatch was around 3000rpm at 70mph in 5th.

 

hahahah My B16 does the same **** 4500-5000 rpm in 5th doing 80-mph I hate 5th gear too short. Step on the throttle a lil bit more then IAm in VTEC 5200rpm PR3

 

I :heart: my ls fifth gear. Bad *** gearing from 1-4, and then nice highway cruising in fifth.

 

yeah my ys1 is fucken nuts.....1-5 is awesome.....so i don't care about gas mileage anymore...b/c i have a 4dr now...so my b16a/tranny combo is all about speed and not gas mileage....hehehehe

75mph is about 4200