Well, if you have shorter gears, you get through your gears quicker. If you can hit 5th gear and run high 15's, then you are in great shape.
Word to the wise. Don't swap 5th gear.
Well, if you have shorter gears, you get through your gears quicker. If you can hit 5th gear and run high 15's, then you are in great shape.
Word to the wise. Don't swap 5th gear.
Bass like Base... Not fish.
good question to bring up. At first I would say DUH of course lower ratio would mean a quicker sprint. But this is not true all the time. You would not want close ratio gears with a boosted A20, you would loose the advantage of the long torque curve pull. There is a good thread about this here somewhere.Originally Posted by cygnus x-1
The higher reving Honda engines that have thier max torque around 6000-8000 rpm, would benefit with tighter ratios, the quicker you get in that range the better.
Doesnt a prelude si already have a good ratio combination transmission?https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=165
Last edited by 2oodoor; 06-14-2008 at 03:11 AM.
I'll let you know in a few months about that.
-Mark D.
Teggy gears
Yes yes and yes to all questions.
The prelude gears are just too tall 3rd use to drop me just below the sweet spot for the engine and would take too long to get to the end of the drag strip and changing to 4th would be worse as it's even taller 4th gear is very similar to 5th gear on teggy box!!!
Prelude SI box is higher ratio but not as high as teggy box Accord LX box is just stupidly low ratio good for turbo crowd i guess but not for us Carbed guys!!
Personally i like the teggy box only gear that doesn't make sense is 5th i think it needs to be just a little lower in ratio but it was designed for a teggy engine. It's okay though i've still managed to hit 140mph with the teggy box at full revs!! I lik ehaving the two differerent box's as i race on tracks a short twisty track teggy box is great a long sweeping track the prelude carbed box is great. Also the teggy gears and box with A20 bell housing is stronger than carbed prelude box which is a bit weaker.
Teggy gears are only different in 3rd 4th and 5th the other two are the same as prelude box. If you plan on having an engine thats a real screamer say revving from 4-8.5k rpm or higher the teggy box is ideal. Also worth dropping in a LSD is you can.
this thread FTW! im plannnig on going turbo in 4-6 months and just had my lxi tranny rebuild(i didnt have to pay for it hehe) but anyways, would a lude tranny+accord 5th be the best for a boosted accord? If so i got no prob taking my tranny somewhere and have the gears replace wit lude ones.
Edit: also, would a stage one colt regrind be good for na(for a bit) then turbo or should i just get a regrind when i install the turbo and tune it for that?
~TDR
I've got the stage 1 but haven't got the engine in yet to try it out.. will be able to by the end of the month though! Honestly I would phone colt cams and see what they have to say, the guy I talked to is really nice and knows his shit so he could tell you.
just a quick question may be a dumb one but did any of the trans to fit our cars come factory with an lsd.
NA and turbo have different requirements for cams. Turbo engines rely on boost pressure to get air into the cylinders while NA engines rely on valve duration. A long duration cam will make more power with NA but that cam will have more valve overlap, which will work against you with boost. If you are planning to go turbo then you really don't need a reground cam.
And with a turbo I think you want the taller Accord gears. With lower gears you may have problems with traction.
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Yeah, that guy geoff from colt cams said the stage 1 would be fine for forced induction since the tri flow does not open both intake valves at the same time (no overlap) It was something like 260 on the primary and 270 on the seconday intake. I only plan to run 10 psi anywho.
red pressure plate???
There is a company called Clutchnet that makes discs and pressure plates for our cars. The pressure plates come in grades that have different spring rates for more or less gripping force. "Green" is a stock replacement. "Yellow" has a little higher force than "Green" for more grip but I don't know how much. Maybe 50% more? "Red" is next and has 2 times the clamping force of a stock clutch. And I believe there may also be another level of "Red" that has 3x clamping force but I'm not sure about that.
All of their stuff is high quality though and highly recommended if you want to upgrade your clutch.
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