h1coupe

what is your rpm at at 60mph? I am contemplating on wheter I should change my final drive for the tsx final drive or if I should leave it and change just the 2.3.4and5th gears?

I am gonna change the gears just not sure on if I should take the final drive with it.

subdued

pick a gear...any gear!
you want to know rpm in which gear?

subdued

oh...and what year? 04/05 or 06 MT?

etarui

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My RPM is about 7,500...in second...Thanks Hondata! Not sure what the RPM is at 60 in sixth gear, but it is definately lower than 3,000 RPM. I know that when I am going 70 MPH in sixth my RPM is right at 3,000 RPM.

psteng19

3k in 6th is about 70 mph so I'm guessing around 2500 rpm.

Black_6spd

You should absolutely get the 4.7 FD. My 6th (still stock) is around 2800 RPM.

nub

MPH = (RPM x Tire Diameter) / (gear ration x336)

subdued

on my stock 2006 6MT

3rd gear - 60 mph at ~5400rpm
4th gear - 60 mph at ~4000rpm

subdued

on my stock 2006 6MT:

2rd gear - 60 mph at ~7300rpm
3rd gear - 60 mph at ~5400rpm
4th gear - 60 mph at ~4000rpm

subdued

oh "that" final drive :tomater:
'

.... 'don't use it.

subdued

on my stock 2006 6MT:

2rd gear - 60 mph at ~7300rpm
3rd gear - 60 mph at ~5400rpm
4th gear - 60 mph at ~4000rpm
5th gear - 60 mph at ~3400rpm
6th gear - 60 mph at ~2600rpm

^^I had to go to my car for vending machine money so I gave it a go (still at work)

Black_6spd

60 mph in your work parking lot?

subdued

^^^No not the parking lot. but at the end of our parking lot driveway there's a 1.5 mile frontage road. Though our perimeter road around our parking lot is 1 mile but has many speed bumps.

h1coupe

I was looking for rpm in 6th gear, sorry for not stating that!
mine is at 2350rpm. so the raise would be around 250rpm if I were to switch final drives?

h1coupe

I am gonna try the other gears tomorrow for comparision.

Black_6spd

Are you saying that you'll drive another car or do you have your tranny out right now??

Don't forget that your speedo gear will be spinning faster now and your MPH/KPH will read a bit higher.

After I did my gears, my car is reading 80 when I'm really doing about 75MPH. The error seems to get worse at higher speeds.

Dan Martin

That's because it's off by a percentage, not a fixed value like 5mph.

h1coupe

no I haven´t taken the tranny out. will not yet. just trying to make up my mind.

tested the other gears today.
2@6600rpm
3@5850rpm
4@3600rpm
5@2950rpm

h1coupe

or was 2@6800rpm I can´t remember, will have to check it again

vwong

Where is the final drive in your equation??? It should be this:

MPH = (RPM x tire OD in inches) / (gear ratio x final drive x 336)

Tsx536

What RPMs are you guys at when cruising about 90 mph in 6th?
For those with mods, is the engine loud when cruising at 90?

fdl

What rpms are you guys at when cruising at 120mph?

subdued

^^^ hold on....I'll go check it out in my parking lot. BRB.

Lone Starr

i thought that once you get over 100 you have to shift to the "really fast gear" it's where 7th is on other cars, and it's marked with an 'R'

h1coupe

I checked my 2 again and it´s at just over 6600rpm@60mph. I cannot understand who was in charge of handing out the gear ratios for us accord euro guys? not only crappy gearing but also a terrible final drive

Black_6spd

Which gear are you referring to? 1st?

Tsx536

Anyone?

Black_6spd

Obviously, my answer wouldn't help much since my speedo is off.

As far as the noise goes, it's pretty much stock under cruising throttle all the way to 120mph. At that point, the road noise becomes louder than my intake.

How's it sound on an SC'd 5AT when not listening to a clean ass sound system?

jlukja

I wouldn't know.

Tsx536

Thanks for the reply 6_spd. The 5AT with SC is pretty nice at that speed. Not very loud and you can mostly hear more road noise than engine.

Although with the new bigger a-pipe on my car I can tell that it was louder than before. I guess that's the big reason why I was asking, I think if I had to cruise at a higher RPM, it would probably get a little too loud for me. I must be getting old :killer: