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aite ppl i gota problem, minor. my car is still in da shop (chek pix) but its comin out in a few days. ok if u dont know, the civic dx doesn't come with an RPM guage. i got a 5spd so i wanted to know whats the max i shud take each gear. im thinkin i jus add an external guage from pep boys or sumtin but til then can sumone help me out...peace
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that really sucks. I didn't know that. Are u going to buy a new tach or what?

 
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might wanna get an autometer one

 
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I think the 5spd DX redlines at 7100-7200rpm... however you wanna shift at 6800-6900rpm at the most.

Just buy a nice tach... try not to buy one of those 12" ones.

 
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I think his question is, what speeds should he shift at, not what RPMS, since he doesn't have a tach at the moment, telling him the RPM is useless, in response to the other question, I can't help you cause I have an HX, which is geared differently than all the other trims. BUT, it should say in your manual what speeds you should shift at for "better" acceleration and "Normal", if you looked up your gear ratio's (get them from the manual or from edmunds.com) you could calculate your shift points. If you do get a tach, you should actually shift a little after 6000 since that's our peak horsepower, after that you're not producing much power at all, I'd say 6500 is better, though shifting later than that will cause you to start out higher in the next gear, so maybe it's worth it. Just don't go into redline or you'll blow your engine, I don't think the DX has a rev limiter like the others do...
-Mark

 
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One look to the owners manual would give you the answer.... But I guess I'm the only one that would think to read that.
Its something like 15,25,38,49 mph, but I'm not sure.
Just shift every 10 MPH and it'll work
I forget where 1st redlines, 2nd makes it to about 62, 3rd is around 80 and 4th goes up to about 110.

 
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It will be different because I have a 6th gen, but I know where my DX hits the limiter pretty well, and the manual was just about right on the money. For my year, it looks like:

1st: 35
2nd: 59
3rd: somewhere in the 90's, haven't hit the limiter there
4rd: Apparently 118, aint gonna try to hit the limiter this fast
5th: max speed

 
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i think my first gear went up to like 25 mph without rev limiter and 60 in 2nd gear hittin the rev limiter and that's as far as i've gone on my DX

 
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ok, on my 02 lx 5 spd, 1st redlines at 30 mph, 2nd at 60 mph, 3rd at 90 mph and 4th im not sure, but i think like 115mph, it cuts off b4 i can redline 4th

 
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Ugg yeah my 88 dx didn't have a tach and I had to listen to the engine. Never liked that in the vehicle I like to see the rpms on the tach. I say about 15 or under I went to 2nd. Can't remember from there on up.

Nick

 
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hey guys thanks for answerin my question. now i have a clue but im also gunna take it to honda shop to see what they should say. oh yeah i jus got my car back 2 days ago. it had been 3 long months and i finally got it. i had 5 rental cars b4 i got it bak and our 7TH GEN CIVIC has got my vote over these cars....02 Focus bottom line, 02 Cavalier, another 02 Cavalier, 01 Chevy Malibu, and a 02 Volvo S40 (now da S40 doesn't count cuz its....a Volvo!) i love my baby. i hope you guys cherish your cars as much as i do. peace n onelove

 
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If you shift at the given mph that the manual states your engine is at ~3K rpms.

 
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I have a dx, just floor it in 1st , wait for like rev limiter to kick in a look at what speed it stops, same as for every gear thats what i did. so far i got to 1st-25 mph 2nd-60 mph 3rd i usually shift around 85 or so, i dont really ever go about 90 or so on the way home.