GoHuskies said:
hmm dumb question but I've never seen the needle go much beyond the 3 on the center gauge. And thats highway hills. Is high revs just something an MT can do?
Nah -an AT will also rev high, into 6k range too;
BUT, it will feel like your foot is thru the firewall holding the throttle body wide open thrashing the engine.
If you are up to tossing it about (heh I did when I had an AT) do the following. :lildevil:
0) find a long stretch or interstate on ramp
1) make sure your baby is warm and snuggly (driven for about 10-15 min, so all the fluids are where they should be).
2) now from a dead stop (so it is in 1st gear), put your foot to the floor and
DON'T let off, not one little itty bit!
3) the engine will scream and run thru the AT gears like a mad man, running the tach up to 6k for each shift
4) at 3rd gear, ~75+ mph, the max power/max torque of the engine should kick in at ~5200 rpm and you'll feel a little, small burst of power
5) as the next shift comes you'll fall back into the 3k range and should feel it again for 4th gear going into the ~5000+ range (~95 mph)
6) for fifth gear,
DON'T (even if you can tolerate the speed now, 100+ ) the car will do the same; however, at that point you are much more concerned about traffic and stripes blurring together than feeling for power band change over - Strongly not suggested as your really risking life limb here ***
** note, I don't condone anyone speeding. 100+ mph is easy as AT's are geared taller in all gears than the MT (to the tune of 500-1000 less RPM). 100+ MPH at 4500 rpm is easy in an R18 AT, and still not into the high power band (at least it was on my 06 Sedan when I had it
GoHuskies said:
Just wondering, technically my car has VTEC but will I ever "feel it?"
Yes - but no where near what an Si does. However, an R18 with MT allows you to control the Rev's and hold the shift points longer at lower speeds - so yeah, R18's w/ MT can get into the max power/max torque band easier than AT's. AT's will do the same, as noted above, but they need a lot of "encouragement" :biggrin: to do so.
