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Sweet spot
For me its 3rd gear from 4k-5k. This is when the smile on my face gets bigger.
But I am just coming out of my break in and have not yet broke 5k so maybe it gets sweeter after that I still have yet to experience 6-7k.
But I am just coming out of my break in and have not yet broke 5k so maybe it gets sweeter after that I still have yet to experience 6-7k.
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Just wait till you hit the 6k mark and the vtec powers up.. the revs rip forward at that point... and the engine growls an aggressive whine, pulling you forward....
Just wait. The best is yet to come.
J.
Just wait. The best is yet to come.
J.
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Originally posted by bowersan
Just wait till you hit the 6k mark and the vtec powers up.. the revs rip forward at that point... and the engine growls an aggressive whine, pulling you forward....
Just wait. The best is yet to come.
J.
Just wait till you hit the 6k mark and the vtec powers up.. the revs rip forward at that point... and the engine growls an aggressive whine, pulling you forward....
Just wait. The best is yet to come.
J.
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Just wait til you have over 7k miles on your car and when you hit the gas the engine growls at you. I kid you not...this thing will flat our fly and the engine will growl at you when you get the RPM's up there.
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Originally posted by wiz
Just wait til you have over 7k miles on your car and when you hit the gas the engine growls at you. I kid you not...this thing will flat our fly and the engine will growl at you when you get the RPM's up there.
Just wait til you have over 7k miles on your car and when you hit the gas the engine growls at you. I kid you not...this thing will flat our fly and the engine will growl at you when you get the RPM's up there.
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Originally posted by fdl
So you can feel a difference between 7k+ from say...1k? Does it really loosen up that much?
So you can feel a difference between 7k+ from say...1k? Does it really loosen up that much?
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how many miles do you have on the car? you are not going to break it to experience a full red line charge.
also, don't expect to be slammed to your seat by this "surge", what you will feel, is that the car could go on forever in that gear. you are not hunting for a gear as in other cars. IMO they should think about changing the vtec point a little earlier. 1k isn't enough.
also, don't expect to be slammed to your seat by this "surge", what you will feel, is that the car could go on forever in that gear. you are not hunting for a gear as in other cars. IMO they should think about changing the vtec point a little earlier. 1k isn't enough.
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Whats odd is that I have actually read a couple times that the power seemed to fall off at high rpms, which is very un-honda like. Perhaps this is the trade off for having more torque down low, but I will find out for myself soon
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Originally posted by DEVO
...what you will feel, is that the car could go on forever in that gear. you are not hunting for a gear as in other cars... [/B]
...what you will feel, is that the car could go on forever in that gear. you are not hunting for a gear as in other cars... [/B]
The TSX review on http://acura.jbroadtests.com/TSX/2004/index.php provides some useful driving impressions about the TSX's torque and rpm. The reviewer said that 3rd gear is "always there for you", from being "useful at 3600rpm/40mph to about 75mph". I've never gone 75 in 3rd gear before, but I do know that Honda's four-bangers are sweet and smooth!
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Originally posted by donutchow
3600rpm at 40mph?? that seems AWFULLY high. i would think it should be around 3000rpm at 40mph in 3rd gear.
3600rpm at 40mph?? that seems AWFULLY high. i would think it should be around 3000rpm at 40mph in 3rd gear.
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3600rpm at 40mph?? that seems AWFULLY high. i would think it should be around 3000rpm at 40mph in 3rd gear.
3600rpm at 40mph?? that seems AWFULLY high. i would think it should be around 3000rpm at 40mph in 3rd gear.
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I will agree that the car just seems to keep on pulling past 60....past 80...past 100...and feels like it could keep going until you fly off the road.
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wait till u get 10-15k miles on ur car...honda cars/engines are notorious for performing a lot better w/a few thousand miles on them and in colder weather versus warmer humid weather
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I was in 4th today and going 40 and I thought the RPM read somewhere around 2600 to 2800...but I'm not totally sure. This would pur 3rd in at around anywhere from 3200 to 3500 RPM's going at 40.
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