I just bought a 91 HF and it had 15'' rims on it. I cahnged to the stock 13'' rims and now my shift indicator light ( arrow lites up when it is optimal to shift for gas milage ) is all out of whack. Anyone ever experiance this or know whay to do ???

 

What size tire did you have before and what size do you have now?

 

hahahahah shift indicator light.
I say pull the bulb out.
Honestly, do you need a lil light to tell you when to shift?

 

It had 15" tires on it and I put the recommended 13" stock tires back on it

 

No Dip **** I dont need a light to tell me when to shift. Its just annoying .....like you. I was shifting gears when you were still swimming around in your Dads bag.

 

 

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why do people run there mouth so much? dude was just telling you what he would do and you wanna start babbling about stupid ****, and if you dont need the light and its annoying why dont you just take the bulb out like NikoZai said?

 

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Wow that's mature for a 51 year old.
You have also said two different things here. Did you switch from 15" to 13" tires or wheels because if it's wheels then that shouldn't make a difference as long as you have the right sidewall height on your tires. Also assuming the height of your wheel tire combos are different shouldn't the stock combo give the correct shift light timing not make it out of whack. I doubt it was recalibrated for the 15" tires or wheels because I would guess that would require chipping the ecu or something complicated like that.

 

wait....it has a shift light in the stock cluster?

 

Actually I think the light should be based on engine rpm not speed so the light shouldn't have changed what rpm it comes on at because the wheel size has no effect on that. What would change would be what speed you reach that rpm at in any specific gear. So I don't see how the wheels could have caused your problem. Maybe someone else has more insight however so I will shut up now.

 

shift light??????? whats this about?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mafooney &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just bought a 91 HF and it had 15'' rims on it. I cahnged to the stock 13'' rims and now my shift indicator light ( arrow lites up when it is optimal to shift for gas milage ) is all out of whack. Anyone ever experiance this or know whay to do ???</TD></TR></TABLE>

i think you more HALP with typing than anything else

 

i want shift light in my cluster im tired of the bulky autometer tach

 

First, don't make stupid insults, please.

Second, the shift light is based off throttle position and rpm and all that good stuff. 15 inch wheels generally have more rotational inertia (what people call 'heavier' on here), so they take more to accellerate, causing you to be more heavy on the throttle to take off at the same speed.

Also, you didn't respond when asked the tire size. Stock 13 inch tire size is 175/70/13 and stock 14 inch tire size is 185/60/14. Both of these tire sizes are virtually the same outer diameter, leaving the gearing the same. A 195/50/15 will also give you this same diameter. If your wheel has a larger (or smaller, but not likely as this is already pretty low profile) diameter, it will throw your gearing off, also affecting your shift light. These things aren't really geniuses anyway, I'd just ignore it or disconnect it if it bothered me.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bagpipe goatee &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">First, don't make stupid insults, please.

Second, the shift light is based off throttle position and rpm and all that good stuff. 15 inch wheels generally have more rotational inertia (what people call 'heavier' on here), so they take more to accellerate, causing you to be more heavy on the throttle to take off at the same speed.

Also, you didn't respond when asked the tire size. Stock 13 inch tire size is 175/70/13 and stock 14 inch tire size is 185/60/14. Both of these tire sizes are virtually the same outer diameter, leaving the gearing the same. A 195/50/15 will also give you this same diameter. If your wheel has a larger (or smaller, but not likely as this is already pretty low profile) diameter, it will throw your gearing off, also affecting your shift light. These things aren't really geniuses anyway, I'd just ignore it or disconnect it if it bothered me.</TD></TR></TABLE>

-well said
by the way--am I the only one who was confused by him simply saying its out of whack? What does this mean? Does it come on at a very high rpm? very low? is it inconsistent? (assuming throt. pos. and gear choice are the same) It seems like the difference between the 15s and 13s wouldnt really make the light go out of wack

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bagpipe goatee &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">First, don't make stupid insults, please.

Second, the shift light is based off throttle position and rpm and all that good stuff. 15 inch wheels generally have more rotational inertia (what people call 'heavier' on here), so they take more to accellerate, causing you to be more heavy on the throttle to take off at the same speed.
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I hadn't thought about using the tps and rpm that's interesting. If that's the case then yeah even the same size wheels could have different shift points. I doubt it makes that much of a difference however. Whatever the op doesn't seem to care anyway.

 

My shift light doesn't even work any more. The only time it lights up is when I first cut the car on.

 

It is people like this who ruin honda-tech

 

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wow come on here asking for help and then say this. i'm sure lots of people are gonna be wanting to help you out.

 

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i think you more HALP with typing than anything else</TD></TR></TABLE>dude honestly does it matter if he made a little typo. Obviously you understood what he was trying to ask so instead of burning him why don't you try to help him?

as it has been said previously I don't think that the wheel size would make a difference unless the tire's sidewall isn't the right size. It also seems absurd that the stock wheel and tire diameter would make the shift light go all out of sink. What is the rpm rate at when the light comes on btw?

 

No...Dont gt me wrong...Dude implied i need a shift light to know when to ****. Just setting slippery straight. ..Now ..when I bought the car it had after market 15" rims on it so I put original 13" on and the light is out of wack. When Im in 5th gear the light stays on no matter how fast Im going. Just looking for some info ......relax all!!!

 

BTW thanks More Hp.... wasnt' trying to sell crap just a little help....and HALP was spelled that way to grab attention.........Geeezzzz