im just looking at the fact that he has his AUX ports wired OPEN. no wonder you lost, no low end torque at all. because when i slam on the gas at second in 4500 or 5500 i start pulling. must be my LOWWWW mileage. who knows or my not wired open aux ports when its not really necessary

 

it won't "suck" into the gear without double clutching.

 

save it for a real car

 

You obviously don't know FC's like you think you do... The N/A FC's, when running stock ports, don't make max power above 6k like TII's do... Downshifting to 1st @ 40mph is just rediculous... At 40mph in 2nd gear you are just getting into the powerband, and you not only kill your momentum, but you also have to immediately shift back into 2nd... Except now you're going the same speed (if not slower) than when you were in 2nd gear before you downshifted... The end result is a battered engine, a beaten tranny, and last but not least... A bruised ego...

 

hell yeha i go from 5th gear on the highway at like 80 down to first when someone wants to race... but for some reason all i hear "BOOOOM!" and my transmission flys out from under my car

 

it does when you clutchless shift

 

How long have you been driving stick??
It sounds like you might be a newbie!!!
If you have to ask such a question than obviously you don't pay attention to your car or even notice your top speed in each gear.
I know exactly what gear to hit for max. efficiency just by glancing at my current speed. Theres no science to it. Just learn what your car can do man.
Obviously rev matching is key when down shifting at any speed wether driving regularly or racing.
Come on people stop filling the forum with such nonsense threads!!!!
If you can't drive around the block and figure this one out for yourself then you shouldn't be trying to race with anyone. Most likely you will cause an accident. I can just imagine this guy on the highway about to drop gear on someone when he decides to pick up a cell fone and ask someone which gear should he down it in to!!!
HAAHAhAHaHa

 

Thank you......my point exactly!!!!!!!!

 

....wow, just wow. Did you really expect to jump back onto his *** when he "flew by you" ?

 

Yeah for real, it's not like you're in a boosted car Bro-ham!!!

 

unless you're ABSOLUTELY SURE your synchros can handle that and you have a lot of experience in rev matching, i wouldnt do it. a stripped first gear synchro isnt worth humiliating a hondahead. unless his girlfriend is in the car...id spend money on new synchros for that one

 

Um, I swear there was a thread like this a couple weeks ago where it was stated that 1st gear does not have a synchro because it is..... first gear... and that you basically could only(with ease) shift into 1st at like under 10 mph.

I've had 2 TII trannys and each one Aspec and Jspec would only shift into 1st easily at under 10ish mph. Do NA trannys have 1st gear synchros?

 

a dohc honda with very mild bolt-ons would have no problem at all beating a mild 6port in an FC. they just weigh a less along with having just as much power.

 

That's what I was looking at too. I suppose it's a bit subjective, but I think anything above 2.5 to 3k in second gear is fun. (With my working aux ports.)

 

I have 3 1st gens, had a GTU, and still own a T2 that is getting a motor swap.
I have been able to drop gear on all of them from 20-30mph. If you can't then either you don't know what Rev matching is or there is something wrong with your tranny I believe.
I don't understand why this is even a thread.....LOL
I'm out......peace

 

damn.... why waste time and gas on trying to stoop down low to race a honda ricer?

 

Yea, you should ask that porsche 996 who got his *** handed to hiim by a vert....

I dont understand you guys.... Do you think that rx7's are the fastest cars on planet? I been dealing with rotary's a lil over 8 years and I love them to death. But reality is, that right now, almost anyone is making power. That lil ricer kid could have a swap done or maybe not, but there are 100000's of hondas/acuras with swaps and other fukin upgrades... I got my *** handed to by a civic hatch with 565whp. And that same hatch took an infamous lexus is300. So get off that cloud that rx7's are the fastest cars, cus honestly. If your not turbo/nos on a fc then your slow (unless its gutted the **** out). You need an fb if your going n/a.

 

hhehhhh
But the 7 never loses....

And Chuck Norris Knows about jooooo

 

http://thatvideosite.com/view/1331.html

the last 15 seconds of this video is all about you people in this thread.

 

i usually do about what he does, always seems to be reallys smooth, but i am rarely doing anything under about 40 that i would need to downshift into first, usually just second or third.

 

N/A FC's are **** unless they have some mods......and I don't mean cat back exhaust!!!
HaHAAHaHa

 

I'm going to take the high road here and advise this young lad to take it to the track. Streets are not for racing and the world isn't going to care if you squash a Honda. I mean, seriously. If you want to race... first, take some lessons at a good driving school. Then take it to the track where you won't kill my family members when you lose control of your Neon.

And about the first gear thing... Yes, you can downshift into first gear if you double clutch/rev match. However, you're eventually going to break something if you don't know what you're doing. Save it for your friend's car... it will be much cheaper. haha

 

i like that idea, "save it for a friends car".

 

Wow theres a lot of criticism here, I know how to downshift and I know how to drive a stick and what not, I drive my 7 about once a month atm because of weather so I dont really know how the car reacts, I just wasnt sure if a downshift into that high of an rpm and that low of a gear would hurt anything.

 

I personally never downshift to first gear unless I'm stopped. I think racing in the streets is a really bad idea. I think the only racing i do in the streets is the race to the 40 mph speedlimit after it turns green. Oh, and running the mountain passes in the night and wee hours of the morning.