| Re: The 7thGen Nitrous FAQ. dryft: well for one, i dont think you will get into 5th unless your running a crazy amount of nitrous. im boosted and i rarely get into situations where i will have to 5th gear boost, if anything i will be in 5th gear boost for 5 seconds tops (around 125ish MPH) which is as fast as you will ever have to go.
and for not spraying in 5th, 5th is not a "strong gear". your 5th gear is meant for cruising and not WOT lead foot drivers. its just the simple fact that honda didnt design the 5th gear to take up much abuse, for the simple fact is that 1) its a econo box w/ 100whp why would i make 5th gear stronger than it has to be and 2) normally the last gear in all transmissions are only meant to cruise and not race etc.
for example the rsx type s tranny is 6 gears.... 1/2 the reason why k20 rape so much is because of its short gearing. if the k20a2 had a 5 speed tranny and still had short gears you would end up being at 5k rpm at 70 mph (i dont really know but just an example). hence they added the 6th gear to 'cruise' comfortable which is not meant to be pushed on. |