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When You Guys Do A Race From A Dead Stop By The Time Yall Hit 3rd Gear Whatis Your Mph. I Hit 60. The Reason I Ask Is Cause My Friend(car Club President) Says He Hits 75 In 3rd Gear And Says He Will Woop My ***. He Has A 94 Civic Ex With Intake And Exhaust. Tracks Finally Open Sunday Here In Amarillo, Tx I Told Him I Wanted A Rematch Since My Car Was't Working Right(vtec Didn't Work)

 
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do you have any mods? vtec only ads like 10 crank hp not whp and he has it to on his ex.

 
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Your Typing Gives Me A Headache. Learn What You're Talking About.

 
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^ agreed
your always so negative pointless j/p

 
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Give it a shot.

 
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I hate it when my vtec doesn't work.

 
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Oh, and 3rd gear gets me to a good 80+ mph

 
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Is the original poster asking...

" At what MPH do you make a shift to third? What is 2nd gear's redline MPH?"


If that's the case, then in a civic I'd guess it's around 55. It varies car to car. I shift to third at about 67 for max power, 70 if I let it run to redline.


I'm sure everyone here could hit 75 in third gear.

 
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on my LX, I hit about 60 at redline on 2nd..... on my bro's 93 D16Z6 hits about a little over 70.

 
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auto or manual? in my auto 3rd will take me all the way to 115 if i just leave it in D3. but it'll shift over at around 75 into 4th. in a manual. i think its.....what..shift into 3rd around 58 and it'll take u into the 80s?

 
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in 3rd i hit 80 @ red line ( 03 ex)

 
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Just because he hits a higher speed in his car doesnt make him faster. My friedns DX motor Del Sol hits 70 mph redlining 2nd, but his gears are so long and the motor so underpowered I easily walk on him. Our Civic as aposed to your friends have a slightly shorter gear ratio, higher compression, more torque and more mid range.

 
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^^^^yep and the car that shifts at the lower speed has a shorter gear ratio and faster aceleration. I shift a bit over 60 at around 7K (just before the revlimiter) in my ex 5 speed

 
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its a five speed, but went to the tracks yesterday i ran a 18.3 @77.44 reaction was .5162(best time) with aem v2 intake and dcsports tcs catback he ran a 17.7 with a cold air intake and exhaust i was pissed off thought my car would do better than that

 
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wow holy crap, i might have a chance with my automatic agasnst u man. 18.3 isnt very good, ESPECIALLY for a 5 spd. just gotta practice.

 
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i think it could be my struts cause is just lowered it and every time i hit a bump it knocks and when i took off the line i had bad wheel hop and i probly can't race either with times like that

 
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i tihnk just improving yur shifting would make the biggest difference. learning how to drive well is key. i'm not disisng yur driving, cuz i have an auto and only ever get to dri've bgoetz's 5 spd every once in a while. but i believe that it is the skill of the driver that makes all the difference.

 
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well i forgot to post that i have a revo technica ss. if you can tell me when is the best rpm launch and shift. what do you think i should have run. i remeber my friends stock 4dr ex automatic ran 18.6

 
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In addition to the "need practice driving" department, you might want to check out the car. You should be trapping in the 80's at the end of 1/4 in a 5-speed.


Usually, below-average driving may knock a few MPH off the trap, but it's usually not as pronounced as the difference in E.T.'s

It's fun to watch noob's struggle with their just-purchased LS1's... and run a time like 15.8 @ 110 just because they can't control their spinning. Nothing wrong with the car, just a driver who hasn't learned the ropes yet.


I suggest you take the car out to a back road somewhere, later at night, where you'll get no traffic and have plenty of room to make a few accleration runs. You don't need to make it to 4th gear, just make the 1-2 and 2-3 shifts. Learn the perfect launch point, where you're at the limit of both your tires and your car's power. Just keep doing it, again and again, and don't be afraid to burn a tank of gas practicing.

Be safe, and keep practicing.

 
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i'l do that but can you give me good shift points

 
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04 Civic EX 5-Speed....2nd gear redlines at 55. I'll hit third and third redlines at 85.

 
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oh if your vtec didnt work you would not be able to rev past 4k, so maybe it was just lagging that day.

 
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I will put it this way if your wheel hop is that bad then you are launching at way to high of rpms for your stock tires. Thus your reaction time has nothing to do with it, it is you super slow 60'. Try this lower the tire pressure in the front alot (not sure just how much because I don't have stock tires) and increase the pressure in the back to the max recomended. When you launch start at around 3k and drop the clutch adding gas pressure as you attempt to keep the wheel spin at a minimum. As far as the shift points and Hotrod will back me on this one the biggest mistake that I make shifting is hitting the revlimiter, the closer you get to the limiter the faster you car will be.

 
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when vtec didn't work i couldn't pass 4k rpm in third gear then 4 and 5 i had ran a 20.7. i had it like that for about a year but i fixed it thats when i took it to the traks and ran 18.3 but i know this is stupid but my bolts that hold the coil-over plugs had fell off the day i took it for a test drive. my check engine comes on and off every once in while i took it to autozone and they said i had a misfire in 2 and 3 cylinder maybe thats why i ran a sorry time. my friend 02 si ran 16.9 and the integra ran a 15.6 delsol ran a 17.6(a hater)

 
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Launch at 3000 and drop the clutch. Shift at 6800 and you should run 17's at least. Lower your tire psi to bout 24-26.

 
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damn sounds like you are running a 3/8 mile track

 
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what is that word that i have seen "sea level" with their 1/4 mile run.

 
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amen to that hahaha

 
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when my vtec doesnt work, im just stuck on the low cam profile. it doesnt resrict my rpm range.
and my gsr tranny goes so about 62mph in 2nd and about 95 in 3rd. but then again, i have smaller tires than stock, so im actually only going probly 58 and 90 respectively.



and with a 18.2@77mph, im guessing your shifting to slow and to soon. maybe, my buddies truck runs a 17.3@76. so your doing something wrong... you shouldnt be worries about traction with an 18 second car.

 
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In my 02 Civic EX 5spd my max mph in gears are 1st:26 2nd:58 3rd: 89-90 4th: 109-110 and I max out quick for some reason... 5th:128 I'm not even close to redline in 5th it just seems not to go further for some reason.(6100 rpms)