6M drivers - How often to you red line your TSX
04-03-2006, 03:28 PM
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6M drivers - How often to you red line your TSX
I just want to have a quick idea of how often people red line their car.
Lately I been red lining it often. love the v-tech roar.
Lately I been red lining it often. love the v-tech roar.
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Whenever I stumble upon a nice stretch of road....I guess that happens pretty often
Either I'm driving like an old man or I'm fast and furious, not much inbetween. I drive like an old man much more often though, mostly to save gas.
Either I'm driving like an old man or I'm fast and furious, not much inbetween. I drive like an old man much more often though, mostly to save gas.
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Originally Posted by San-AnT
ok, so i went outside and drove to 7k rpm. i heard this awful noise from my engine when i got to 6k rpm...will it hurt my engine?
was a little worried you were gonna get pissed... 
04-04-2006, 12:44 AM
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Well... not a 6M driver but a 5A. I occassionally use the SS mode and hit Vtec about a couple of times a month. It feels really nice and it's fun. I dont think it'll hurt the engine otherwise the engineers would've never put the Vtec into there for you to rev up past 6000 RPM;s. If it hurt the engine and you weren't supposed to activate Vtec, it would defeat the purpose of putting in Vtec in the first place. Relax, it's an engine that doesn't get it's peak power until higher in the RPM band so it's designed to rev.
04-04-2006, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by montyburnz
What is vtec? is it the same as red-lining?
On the stock ECU its at 6000 RPM. A hondata reflashed ECU lowers that to 5000 RPM.
04-04-2006, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by julyccc
I don't have hondata so, until ECU cut off. i believe it is at 7300 rpm
04-04-2006, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by jlukja
This is vtec: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question229.htm
On the stock ECU its at 6000 RPM. A hondata reflashed ECU lowers that to 5000 RPM.
On the stock ECU its at 6000 RPM. A hondata reflashed ECU lowers that to 5000 RPM.
04-04-2006, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by montyburnz
What is vtec? is it the same as red-lining?
Vtech is a type of shoes. if you wear it and floor it, sensors on the gas paddle detect it and put the engine to higher RPM
04-04-2006, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by paranode
Remember that guy that kept calling vtec "vtech". Anyway, I've been doing a lot of highway drving lately, so I don't hit redline all too often. I usually give it a go when I have 1/8 of a tank left. I usually want to burn it all fast then refuel.