I have a 2000 honda civic 4 door dx, and have recently put in a rpm gauge as it doesnt come with one stock. Well this car is manual and I know how to shift for normal day to day driving, but what about when racing? I have heard that you want to get high rpms for better acceleration or whatever, so what is reccommened to shift at? Please any help would be appreciated.

 

make a dyno pull

when the car stops making power ****.

what motor is it?

I say shift when you hit the redline.

 

Well first, How do I find out the type of engine? Its infront of my house and I can run out there and check, but not sure where to look. Also, my friend said to shift about 500 rpm before redline, but dam I tryed that, and it sounds like the car is screaming for help lol.

 

is the car ex, dx what?

 

It's a D16Y7

SOHC, non-VTEC, 1.6L

I'm sure that's not exact, but that's probably right around where your powerband goes flat

 

its a dx, and ima say dont even try to race it. but if u must id say ur buddys right. 500 rpms before redline

 

if racing shift at redline, so it lands right in VTEC

 

he doesn't have vtec on his engine.. its got a d16y7 in it..

 

7000rpm should be good for all out racing.. 3000rpm for normal shifting, spirited driving 4-5000 rpm

 

7000RPM in a D16Y7... lol

 

lol haha dayumm. I mean really???? haha just buy one of those 5" autometer tach's so that way hen you find the sweet spot you can set it for that flashlight to blind you when your racing next time!!

 

a dx usually goes to 6800 when it hits rev limiter.. or 6500 one.. they start to redline at 6200..

 

Why not race it out? Ive seen many 4-door civics all raced out...

But to the others, thanks for the help. yeah it didnt come stock with rpm guage, so I bought a nice tach and put in left side of car. It has options to set a rpm and the red light will flash, but other than that, thanks for help everyone.

Also is it really gonna affect me having a 4-door? Like is it pointless to race out my 4 door dx civic? Please no people just slamming on me, if not, can you give some info that makes 4 door dx a no go in racing?

 

4 door won't affect you
they're actually less heavy than the coupes
people are just hatin'

 

Awesome thanks. Another thing I was wondering, in the next few weeks I will be putting in a new intake, the thing I was wondering is if I should get a cold air intake or a short ram intake. I hear many many opinions about what to get, ive heard people say you get more hp from the CAI and heard people say you get more from the SRI, so on this model of civic and specs, what do you think would be the best suited?

 

depends where you live
i live in FL and it rains here a lot, so I would never use a CAI because the filter would constantly be getting wet. and even though you have to get the whole filter submerged to hydrolock, your engine still bogs down when the filter is too wet.

I think SRI is better really though in any case, because it's less expensive, and the CAI's price difference over the SRI isn't worth the tiny bit of HP (probably less than 1HP) you gain over the SRI.

 

Alright cool thanks for the advice.