Highway downshifts from 75mph // Top end power
07-25-2003 | 09:42 AM
#21
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Originally posted by twin3037
at 75 mph thats a 3rd gear downshift wiht gsr and at 75 mph thats like 6,000-6,500 which is right when vtec is kicking in from my experiance is fly like a bat outa hell. my dads got a wrx and when u get round 100 in that car the accelration starts to slow down but the gsr pulls hard all the way up to about 130 then starts to slow a bit but if i raced the rex up to 130 the gsr would win hands down
at 75 mph thats a 3rd gear downshift wiht gsr and at 75 mph thats like 6,000-6,500 which is right when vtec is kicking in from my experiance is fly like a bat outa hell. my dads got a wrx and when u get round 100 in that car the accelration starts to slow down but the gsr pulls hard all the way up to about 130 then starts to slow a bit but if i raced the rex up to 130 the gsr would win hands down
vtec is 4400, secondaries kick in at 5800
07-25-2003 | 08:32 PM
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My GS-R hangs with almost all NA 4-cylinder cars, and reaches 100mph+ pretty easily. When I needed my front wheel bearing changed, I got an 2001 automatic GS as a loaner and it was noticeably slower, but never got bogged down reaching 100mph+. Oddly though, the acceleration in the 1st gear felt better than my GS-R.
07-25-2003 | 10:33 PM
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Originally posted by dwright406
That was right after I bought it, all I had done to it @ the time was the K&N. My Dad was riding with me and he didn't believe a 4 cyl. would run that strong, so I laid it all out on an empty highway. Pegged the Speedo @ about 7500 rpm and felt very stable doing it. I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it for myself
That was right after I bought it, all I had done to it @ the time was the K&N. My Dad was riding with me and he didn't believe a 4 cyl. would run that strong, so I laid it all out on an empty highway. Pegged the Speedo @ about 7500 rpm and felt very stable doing it. I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it for myself
Felt stable? lol. The car is not stable on a stock suspension, the spring rates are simply not high enough, and the shocks are not valved high enough. Stable like floating like a bitch maybe.
The car is also drag limited to 146mph or something, so pegging the speedo is really something that cannot be done on level ground without a wicked tailwind.
