ok, i keep reading things where people say 1-5 Si and dx final drive. ( just an example with choice of gears) if you have a 5 speed manual, i thought all you would have is 1st - 5th? it sounds like everybody is saying that when you shift to 5th, you have another hear in there or something? just confuses me. sorry to be so stupid, and also while i am being retarded and un-knowledged...WTF does STD stand for....standard? sorry. don't laugh at me...my friend asked the same thing too. maybe i have been in NC too long, need to go back to NY. thanks

 

the final drive affects the ratio of all gears, but the final drive is not a gear which you shift into to. the higher the final drive, the closer together all the gears are, and vice versa.

STD = standard

also, 1-5 Si gears and DX final drive would be the same thing as a DX tranny. the Si and DX 1-5 gear ratios are the exact same, while the Si final drive is higher than the DX final drive.

 

ok, cool, gotcha....

 

If you think that's the reason you don't understand trannies maybe you do need to go back to NY.

 

THink of it this way - in a traditional american front engine, rear wheel drive car you've got the transmission with the 1-5 gearing, then the driveshaft goes to the rear end (final drive) - inside the final drive is a set of gears (and they are not 1:1 ratio!!). THe Honda tranny has to pack all the 1-5 gears and the FD in the same box.
By the way, an Si has the exact same 1-5 gear ratios as a DX, the only gearing difference between a DX box and the Si is the FD ratio: 4.250=Si, 3.888=DX

 

man don't go getting all mad, damn...........just sayin everything is slower down here. even the way everybody talks.... btw....it was a joke...

 

No problem, just giving you some ****!

 

thats cool, where exactly is sandhills nc? anywhere near high point or anything?gana say, if you were close...you should come roll out to main st and cruise one friday or sat. some times on sat nights everbody gets up at like 1am and goes to a diserted industrial park or something and we have a blast racing. haven't gone in awhile though...