Started using recommended shift points

[Loppysaurusrex]

Made this little sticker with the recommended speeds for shifting and stuck it in my dash and so far I have to say the driving feels much smoother when you follow these numbers, supposedly you'll get optimal fuel economy too but I haven't been using it long enough to report on that yet

 

[Nomar06]

I don't see VTEC in there anywhere.....no VTEC, no care!!!

 

[Loppysaurusrex]

I don't see VTEC in there anywhere.....no VTEC, no care!!!

I try to avoid reving out on my commute, I save that for opportunistic backroads

 

[squiggy]

I hit VTEC every chance I get. I mean, why buy an Si, if you are just going to drive it like an LX/EX most of the time?

 

[Flightmaster127]

So your using roughly 2800RPM as your shift point?

I float both sides of the fence on this I keep it under 4k on my commute to and from work but anytime I'm on an empty back road I stretch the cars legs. I'll hit VTEC at least once on my way home today.

 

[Loppysaurusrex]

I hit VTEC every chance I get. I mean, why buy an Si, if you are just going to drive it like an LX/EX most of the time?

How about you drive your car the way you want to, and I'll drive my car the way I want to. K?

 

[twister8008]

How about you drive your car the way you want to, and I'll drive my car the way I want to. K?

Easy big fella. I think he is just playing with you...

 

[cpj762x51]

$0.02 - lol

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[squiggy]

Easy big fella. I think he is just playing with you...

I wasn't really playing with him. Just saying how I drive mine and giving the reason for doing so.

 

[Bruce Bartlow]

Humm, based on recent comments I must be a total maniac then; a mid-50's wannabe F-1 driver who doesn't know anything BUT
V T E C That's why I bought the car, to destroy it... or myself. (or before i give it to @Nix)

Damn this mid-life crisis!

 

[Bruce Bartlow]

btw, this 9th group is the greatest group of Craziness-Enablers is the history of man. I lov'em all, even if i don't know each one.

 

[Loppysaurusrex]

I wasn't really playing with him. Just saying how I drive mine and giving the reason for doing so.

No you gave a condescending remark.

I don't tell you how to drive

 

[Loppysaurusrex]

Humm, based on recent comments I must be a total maniac then; a mid-50's wannabe F-1 driver who doesn't know anything BUT
V T E C That's why I bought the car, to destroy it... or myself. (or before i give it to @Nix)

Damn this mid-life crisis!

Well excuse me for not driving at 6k rpm in rush hour traffic

 

[webby]

Well excuse me for not driving at 6k rpm in rush hour traffic

Because you prefer to be above 7500....right? Right?

 

[FooBird]

If you shift using the shift points specified, that's usually around 4000-4500 rpm and lands you in the 3000 rpm range. That's not horribly conservative and it's not overly aggressive.

 

[taffy]

Who recommend these shift points?

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[Darkout]

The shift points are recommended out of the owners manual. I use them myself for the most part as it keeps the motor in the "peak torque" area so the car doesn't feel sluggish but your not racing around, around 3-4k rpms I believe. Sorry you feel these guys are putting you down loppy but they really are just putting in their feedback, no one really is judging the way any other person drives. I know I could care less as VTAK is my home

 

[A. G. Pym]

I almost always use the shift points. The only time I don't is when I completely forget and shift lower. Definitely smooths the shifting; there is no contest on that. I'm 30 and drive like I'm 80, though, and have no interest in banging through gears past the VTEC point. Props to other people for actually reading their owner's manual!

 

[DeeptoneSi]

I did that when I first got my Si but what's the shift point to get 0-60 in 6.1 sec.. Is it Vtec Vtec Vtec Vtec

 

[DeeptoneSi]

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