I have a 98 sh and I have to shift out of first gear at 6500 rpm or else the governer gets angry? Why is this and is it easy or intelligent to get rid of?

 

I didn't think preludes had governers, and even if they did I doubt you'd hit it in 1st gear!

 

WTF are you talking about????

 

preludes have some kind of sensor where you cant rev past around 6500 in neutral. I wonder if whatever sensor it uses to sense if your in gear is messed up... Just a theory?

 

what I mean is why can't I get over 6500 rpm's in 1st gear

 

are you talking about off a cold start? i think the ecu doesn't allow aggressive driving (over a certain rpm) until the engine reaches a certain temp.

 

What??????

 

you cant hit vtec when cold, its to prevent you from doing damage to your car, i hope you dont rev it up first thing in the morning, or get on it when u first start it..very bad..peace

 

5th Gen. Preludes don't have a govenor on them. Do you have your engine light on?

 

oh sweet jesus.

 

is your rev limiter kicking on? do you know what a goverener feels like when it turns on.... sweet god, this thread wasnt thought out at all before the original post.

 

Check your oil ASAP!!!!

 

if theres a problem..such as your car isnt properly warmed up, or your getting a CEL your ECU will NOT let you hit vtec and will rev limit you to 6500rpms..its really not that hard..sheesh

 

well...thats what i was trying to say.. but no one seems to listen to me unless i use capital letters a lot like CEL..or..NOT.. or ECU. haha just playin. preluderacer knows what he's talking about.

 

I'm not talking about charging when my engine is cold, there is nothing wrong with my oil or engine. The manual says you can't go over 36 mph in first gear this is also right around 6500 rpm's. Why is this?

 

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manual says this and that... however when u start to put on a lil bit of mods on your car, it changes whatever the lil manual says... with just i/h/e, i can change from 1 to 2 at 40 mph, etc... the guys are right, you can't hit vtec, or even go near redline immediatly after starting your engines, but give it a lil time for it to warm up and you'll be able to see hte needle fly up to redline and hear the vtec... if your engine is warmed up and u still can't hit redline in first gear, then YOU DO HAVE A PROBLEM With your engine...