Is that Normal? Should I have been able to whoop a little contour..of course it does have 24 valves, but its a f*ckin family car.

 

do you have a 5 speed or automatic? you sure it wasn't the SVT contour? those things are fairly quick and give the prelude a hard time, particularly the SS.

 

I have a 5-speed with no mods. It wasn't an SVT....if it was I wouldn't be complaining ...but this dude had an automatic....I could tell by the sound he just stepped on it and I could hear it screaming, wanting to change gears. He had a Ford Contour Sport 24V

 

maybe you just can't drive, or something is wrong with your car.... maybe your dog ate your VTEC...... jk... anyway, you should be able to whoop his a$$.

 

Didn't you start the "what does vtec stand for?" thread?

 

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ^ infinity..... LOL he did. guess he just can't drive, or maybe, since he doesn't know what vtec is, the force was not strong with him, and his car didn't go into vtec, thereby slowing him down, allowing the FAMILY CAR to win ROTFLMAO..... oh by the way MrVtec, ROTFLMAO stands for.. Rolling On The Floor Laughin MY *** Off....just so you don't go posting new topics on "what does ROTFLMAO mean?"

 

oh and by the way, when you race.... your supposed to let the car rev up to red line, don't go shifting at 3000 rpm, ok? newbie.....

 

I would of took him in the long run...but we turned on a road and he just took off so I started to take off...he started in front of me then stopped after 75 yrd..puss....then I blew by him.

 

Wouldn't redlining it blow your engine....I thought running the rpm's up just to the redline was bad for the engine.

 

So, GSR you were born knowing how to race and knowign how to drive a stick and race?...you learned just like I'm trying to. I'm trying to be one of the knowledgable ones. You ask questions to learn the answers. I didn't know what VTEC stood for so I asked. That is what this site is for..right? For the knowledgeable drivers to help with questions. Let Me Learn Dude

 

Shifting at redline is not smart... to obtain the optimum shift points for your car, you require a dyno, a REAL dyno. That's the only way to know for sure.

 

no, rev the fawk out of it. the revlimiter is there for a reason.

honda designed your engine with the intent of you flogging it into VTEC. If you take it to redline, your car will be MUCH faster then if you shift 1000 RPM short of it.

and yes, you should destroy a contour sport

from C&D:

FORD CONTOUR SE
0-60: 9.2 seconds
1/4 mile: 16.9 @ 83 mph

5th GEN HONDA PRELUDE 5-SPEED
0-60: 6.8 seconds
1/4 mile: 15.4 @ 92 mph

@ 90mph .1 seconds = a car length. you should be aprox. 15 cars ahead by the time you get into the middle of 4th gear, and pulling HARD.

 

so basically your telling us, that you did a ricer fly-by? HAHAHAHA

oh and btw, i did not grow up learning how to race, but I was smart enough to go out to a few street races and watch others do it, before I did it on my own, that way, I wouldn't end up getting embarassed like you did... they way your driving, stick to minivans and chevy astros for now, until you get better.....

lol

 

My point is, not to shift at 3-4k rpm, like you would during normal driving, or like your mom would....... doesn't neccessarily have to be redline... when I race, I try to take it all the way up as high as I can before hitting the rev limiter.

thats how i win races......

 

Start by finding a vacant parking lot, practice launching, try 2.5K RPM slowy drop clutch, then raise .5K RPms (when car and vtec is warm of course). Get a feeling for clutch and launch were your tires grip. Keep steering wheel straight, and shift right before redline - you should be able to take a 6 cyl. I do street race on a very very rare occasion, but don't condone it, tickets, accidents and **** like that is NOT worth it! Keep it safe.

To all the guys here who post "This is the gayist thread ever" - Why then you do waste your time and mine by posting stupid posts'?

 

from what I've heard from VTEC Luders racing Coutours, you wont be able to take them from a highway roll or up to highway speeds. But you should be able to take them from a stop to at least 60-90 MPH.

and contrary to what SIMADANA, says shifting at redline is not as bad as he makes it sound. I dont know if he's ever driven a VTEC Lude like it was supposed to be driven...shifting at redline or even a little past it. It wont take a "REAL" dyno to see where you should shift, what you will need is some time at your local drag strip and some experimentation with launch and shift.

No offence SIMADANA but it sounds like you have never driven a Lude VTEC before, and judging by your sig it looks like you dont even own one, but to get the most potential out of a VTEC lude (5 speed), you need to shift at redline (for fairly quick acceleration). OR you can shift at 7900-8000 RPM (on TACH) for all-out *****-to-the wall acceleration.

I'm assuming you've learned what VTEC is since that other post. by shifting at 7400 or 8000 RPM you will be able to stay "inside VTEC" if you shift to early 6800 for example, you could drop out of VTEC when you upshift. The whole idea is to make sure the RPM is as close to 7000 RPM as possible on the next shift.

There was a thread on this a while back, the Lude hits peak HP at around 7000 RPM:

by shifting at 8000 RPM you would drop to 6500 RPM

by shifting at 7400 (redline) you would drop to 5900 RPM

that's just an example, It has been 6 months since I last driven my Lude so try it out for yourself to see what it feels like.

**WARNING** try not to shift at 8000 RPM all the time, only do it if you have too.

 

GSRACER I don't know where street racers are held around Central Florida and I don't know where a drag stip is. For all you other guys who helped instead of criticize..thanks I appreciate the advice.

 

Welcome to H-T, this is how things are around here....

 

vtec only came in manual

 

LMAO, so what engine is in the SS then?

 

altough MRVTEC does own a 4G VTEC (found that out just now) which only comes in manual in the US, The 5G VTEC Lude does come with an auto.

FYI: the 4G VTEC does come with auto too, but only in Japan (maybe Europe too)

EDIT: of course if MRVTEC had what kind of car he had in his sig, we wouldn't even e having this conversation. I only found out he had a 4G VTEC, after going to his profile and seeing all the posts he has partipated in.




[Modified by BlueShadow, 12:42 AM 5/6/2002]

 

I think I'll just stop Posting **** from now on...I'm ******* tired of gettin cracked on. Later guys..have fun with your toys

 

can we leave the guy alone now? MRVTEC if you want some help just IM me on the board by clicking the button under my name on the left

 

you cant apply the same theory to all cars. preludes run best when shifting as high as possible, just like most 4cyl hondas.

 

actually, things usually arent like this, save the Kills forum.