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Let it be known that the max rev is at 5200 or so. Due to the fact when I tried to cut down my run time covering a 7 mile road with numerous corners, I noticed that when I was in 3rd gear, I was hitting only about 85 and the RPM was hitting at 5000-5200 (Gas pedal was touching the floor) and it was bouncing. Note that I was going downhill at a ridiculous pace, hitting a corner without crossing the center divider while using techniques to prevent the understeer. As I made it on the driveway of the house, I decided to put it in neutral and floor the gas pedal to see its max RPM, again "5200". I covered that 7 mile road in 4 minutes, I manage to cut it down by a minute from the last run, usually its on the average I cover it in 10 minutes if I'm just driving normally but if I go into that "I don't give a rats *** if I die" attitude, I make it 5 to 6 minutes faster. MAX REV...5200!!!!

 
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haha thats pathetic.

 
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wtf... honda has the max HP at 6100 rpm.

 
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My car's rev limiter kicks in around 5000 RPM when my cars moving below 20MPH of speed. But when it's above that I can hit 7000 RPM... Hmm... that's interesting...

I didn't know DX/VP's limiter kicked in that early...

By the way, I thought DX/VPs didn't come with tachometer?

 
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the DX doesn't. it's why i'm in the process of finding a cluster swap for my GF. (you guys need a happysad smiley)

 
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is there any way to disable this? I noticed when I go at hight speed 100 or so it is very hard to get it past that. I am going to pay attention to the rpm's to see where it limits.

 
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My DX rev limiter is aprox at 6,900k rpm...

 
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yeah, somethings wrong with the tach you are using if it's an aftermarket one. the redline on the DX/VP/EX is 6700 or so, and the rev limiter doesn't come in till about 6900-7000. if its an aftermarket tach, check to see if it's set on 6, or 8 cylinder mode.

 
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i can rev up to 7k with my DX 5-speed

 
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i have an lx which should be the same as a dx and i can hit 7,100 before my rev limiter kicks in. its probably 7k but my cluster tach shows 7,100. i dont think any honda has a rev limiter at 5200. most domestics have a redline of 6k some at 5,500 but most are around 6k.

 
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I've seen ~7K rpm in my DX 5spd.

 
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I have a 02 dx and an autometer tach set to the 4cyl setting and my rev limiter kicks in at 6700-6900. (when you are revving that high its hard to tell) so it must be set to 6 cyl or 8 cyl mode.
peace

 
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check the tach again when u do ur run

 
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Ok, I think I solved the problem. As one of you had said, it could be the aftermarket tach that I have. I noticed that when I tried to give it another test run, I manage to go past and hit up to about 6k in 2nd. But the funny thing is, why is it stopping me from revving even higher than 5200 RPM when I had the gear in neutral? Is it because I have my tach sitting crocksided or is it because of all of the aftermarket parts I have on? So confusing!!!

 
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yes, i win the battle of what is going wrong with your car/tach.

 
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my auto civic fuel cutoff comes in at 5000 rpm when the car is in park, but will hit 6800 rpm when the car is in motion.

 
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my 01 lx will go to 6800 usually but if I have it in 2 or D3 i can take it to the real redline of about 7100 before it bounces off