how does this do on freeway miles. like what rpm do you sit at at like 80mph??

 

Type s swap in eg??? How are the high gears? 6th?? @80mph?

 

Oddly enough, the TypeS 6th gear is very close to my GSR 5th gear on my B16.

 

really. so highway rpms arent much different?

 

I can't give you a number, but I will tell you this. The RSX-S transmission is geared to run wit the RSX-S' 205/55-16 wheel and tire combination. If you are running the shorter diameter, typical 205/45-16 or 195/55-15 than it is already going to be running higher than an RSX-S would be at the same speed. Right there, you know its not going to be an ideal cruising RPM especially @ 80 mph.

I wish I could get gearing like the new C6 corvette. 1100rpm @ highway speeds.


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That doesn't mean anything unless the final drives are the same.

 

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That doesn't mean anything unless the final drives are the same.</TD></TR></TABLE>

sure it does. It means that a RSX in 6th gear has the engine sitting about the same RPM as my GSR transmission in 5th gear. Sort of what he asked. And a transmission isn't geared for a tire size, at least no in a passanger car. You can run any size tire you want, but it will affect your gear ratios.

 

i get what your saying. but man, with a 6th gear and the darn things still spins that high on the freeway.

 

RSX 6th gear: .74
RSX FD: 4.77 (2005)

B16 5th .848
B16 FD: 4.4

The resulting drive ratio drops by .2:1 from B16 to RSX, which isn't all that much.

 

i want rpms at high way speeds

 

edit..

k20a2 w/ 4.389 fd (2002-2004)
195/70/14 @ 75mph 3200 rpm


Modified by copulat3 at 5:35 PM 9/21/2005

 

k20a2 is the type s 6 gear tranny?

 

yes