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Starting in 2nd Gear?
Hey guys with my video games (don't flame me) I've noticed starting the race in 2nd gear results in a faster exceleration. Now I've put some thought into this and realized this is because you don't have to shift at the low engine speeds and you can just keep on accelerating. So my question is, would anyone be willing to try this maybe go to a track or something? or would this kill your gears in real life? Thanks.
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100% total premature wear on your clutch..

give it some time, and you'll be here wanting to check prices on a new clutch!
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dont' even try this unless u want to buy a new clutch
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Tried it once but I'm not doing it again. Just like these guys said^^^
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Damn video games........

i thought I found a great way to shave 1/2 a second off your 1/4 mile.
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unless you drive your car like you do in video games DONT do it. You will have to use more rev's plus it will take your cluth longer to enage.
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2nd gear for faster starts usually requires the car having such large amounts of torque that 1st gear + full throttle is just a burnout gear. Since Hondas are about as far from torque monsters as you can get... its pretty stupid. Every try to start from a dead stop in 2nd? It takes just short of forever.
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I saw in a movie once that if you pull on the e brake a little, you can actually drive backwards on the freeway at full speed.
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not funny, ricer.
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Originally posted by xX03EXx
I saw in a movie once that if you pull on the e brake a little, you can actually drive backwards on the freeway at full speed.
Seriously, i havent laughed this hard in a while. I was just waiting for his engine to explode. He must have had a seperate transmission for going in reverse

hahaha... great movie
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Seriously, i havent laughed this hard in a while. I was just waiting for his engine to explode. He must have had a seperate transmission for going in reverse

hahaha... great movie
Actually, there was a 1st generation Tiburon that had 2 engines and 2 transmissions. For burn outs, it was 1 tranny on "D" and other on "R", anyone remember that from SCC magazine?
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not funny, ricer.
who exactly would you be talking to?
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Originally posted by xX03EXx
I saw in a movie once that if you pull on the e brake a little, you can actually drive backwards on the freeway at full speed.
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lol civics already have no low end power. starting in 2nd you'd get 25 second 1/4 lol
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so is it bad styarting in second gear at a stop sign cause I'm too lazy to shift to first again? I don't accelerate fast....
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It just makes you slip the clutch more = more cluth wear.
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yeah I think I'll stop doing that now.....
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