I have a JDM B18C with Y80 tranny in my hatch.

My 1st gear takes me to 41 mph (redline)
2nd..............................68 mph
3rd..............................95 mph
4th...............................governor

For some reason it seems like it takes forever to finish 1st gear. This is something thats been bothing me for a long time.

Does it have something to do with my tire height???????????????//

My car is barely lowered an I scrape the fenderwall on u-turns

I have Si rims with 185/65/15

 

that seems about right but why does your govenor kick in by 4th gear?

 

it kicks in at 120 mph

 

hmm, i wasn't aware that 4th gear went that high, thought it ended around 115mph

 

Those numbers are about spot on with my '99 GSR. Except, I don't have a limiter.. and 4th winds out at about 122mph

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by VTC_CiViC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Those numbers are about spot on with my '99 GSR. Except, I don't have a limiter.. and 4th winds out at about 122mph</TD></TR></TABLE>same here

 

Its actually 39MPH in 1st and 65MPH in 2nd. Not sure about 3rd, 4th, or 5th.

 

go on the highway and drive on 5th gear at 80mph, your rpm should be at 4k rpm , if it is not than, your tranny is not an gsr, this goes same as an b16 tranny also,

 

governor? what tha heck ECU is that? My car is power/drag limited to somewhere just north of 140mph in 5th.

And your tires are very tall and skinny.... get some 205/50's on there and you'll be much happier, less scraping, and better acceleration (your tall tires effectively lowered your final drive).

 

i know of someone else around my area, they have the JDM B18C1, its also in a hatch. its a pretty sick car, about 311 horsepower to the wheels, turbo charged at 8 or 9 psi i think, on stock internals. He took it to the track, and the car fell on its face at 120mph. i guess its some kind of built in governer. Then some friend of mine had a discussion about it, and i guess they said a whole lot of JDM ECUs have the 120mph limiter on them. it sounds pretty normal to me.

 

supposedly its the jdm gsr ecu (p72?).

i have 185/65/15 right now. im gonna get some better tires at the endof the month

 

USDM B18C1: (for me)

1st - 30mph
2nd - 60mph
3rd - 90mph
4th - 120mph
5th - 146mph with 2K more rpm's to go.

 

jdm ecu does have that limiter

 

4dr_gsr...what size tires do you have?

and yes.. my jdm ecu has a limiter. i don't know why. im getting my hondata installed and tuned...so that won't be an issue anymore.

 

i have 205/40/17's...

 

mine is EXACTLY like this one!

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 4dr_GS-R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">USDM B18C1: (for me)

1st - 30mph
2nd - 60mph
3rd - 90mph
4th - 120mph
5th - 146mph with 2K more rpm's to go.

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im jealous

 

i dunno about u guys but my 1st gear redlines at about 50mph

 

what redline do you have?!?!!?