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Old Sep 11, 2013 | 05:39 AM
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I have a b20b with a gsr transmission and at 70mph, it's around 3800-4000rpm. Is this safe for the motor because they redline at 6500 i think and the transmission was made for a more high revving engine of 8k rpm. Should i keep the rpm at 3k cause Honda day is coming and the trip is 2hrs long.
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Old Sep 11, 2013 | 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Kid-jdm-teggy
I have a b20b with a gsr transmission and at 70mph, it's around 3800-4000rpm. Is this safe for the motor because they redline at 6500 i think and the transmission was made for a more high revving engine of 8k rpm. Should i keep the rpm at 3k cause Honda day is coming and the trip is 2hrs long.
My stock CRV b20 5 speed runs 3500 rpm at that speed on the highway. its got 197,000 miles on the stock motor and trans so Yes it should be ok.

bad for gas mileage
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Old Sep 11, 2013 | 10:41 AM
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Ok thanks
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Old Sep 11, 2013 | 10:44 AM
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It's fine, I drove my 89mm stroke motor from Vegas to CA on a 4.78 final drive for 10 hours at over 4 grand.
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Old Sep 11, 2013 | 11:09 AM
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You shouldn't have a problem if your engine and tranny are in good shape to start with.

I used to have a chipped ecu and hard set vtec engagement of 4400 rpm. It didn't care about load or engine speed, at 4400 rpm it would engage no matter what. And I took a 13 hour drive to florida, raced, and drove back without a problem, we tried to stay at whatever speed was about 4350 rpm, but a lot of the time we would run in that range anyway.
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