also if your auto and he was 5 speed you mighta had the advatage if you were doing a low speed race... the auto can get off the line better then a 5 anytime and if it shifts right it can stay ahead of him..
also if your auto and he was 5 speed you mighta had the advatage if you were doing a low speed race... the auto can get off the line better then a 5 anytime and if it shifts right it can stay ahead of him..
do u get high compression when u run a18 HEAD and a20 BLOCK???Originally Posted by 1987AccordLx-i
yeah i tuned my trans to shift right at redline
-Tom
1988 4 Door Lx-i 5-speed
364,XXX and counting :]
actually its the other way around.. im running the A20a3 head on the A18a1 block.. and i really lost a bit of compression with it but the setup still works very good.. idk how the scale goes on compression but someone worked out the math for me and it came out to .3 compression that i lost
EDIT: but if you are going to run a A18 head on the A20 block i would suppose it would up the compression... im not so sure on this as ive never done it before
-Tom
1988 4 Door Lx-i 5-speed
364,XXX and counting :]
u gota auto right? howd u tune yer trans 2 shift at redline???
yup.. autobox.. i messed with the cable coming off the throttle body going to the trans.. adjusting it.. shifts perfetly now.. right in powerband =]
EDIT: this process takes a while to do cuz once you adjust it you have to do a full power run.. if you dont like it.. keep adjusting it and do full power runs.. hope this info helps!
Last edited by 1987AccordLx-i; 11-10-2008 at 07:36 PM.
-Tom
1988 4 Door Lx-i 5-speed
364,XXX and counting :]
cool! thanks dude!
no prob bro.. took me a good day to get it right.. made it rev to high then too low then finally after hours of tuning i got it right where i want it.. just dont go to far and bust 6500rpm runs.. not good on the motor
-Tom
1988 4 Door Lx-i 5-speed
364,XXX and counting :]
I hear you there, man. Fine tuning that cable was not exactly a pain in the ass, but just very time-staking because even turning the adjustment nut one thread makes a difference, so I wound up making it as tight as possible, testing it, and loosening it one thread at a time and checking it again.
It was really funny driving it with it at maximum tension lol, it wouldn't shift from 1st to second until about 5k with my foot barely on the pedal lmao
After 3 or 4 more adjustments, though, I got it RIGHT where it needs to be, it's perfect. I'm happy. Now instead of my car doing 0-60 in about 18 seconds it does it in about 15. I have harnessed the power
rock on man!I hear you there, man. Fine tuning that cable was not exactly a pain in the ass, but just very time-staking because even turning the adjustment nut one thread makes a difference, so I wound up making it as tight as possible, testing it, and loosening it one thread at a time and checking it again.
It was really funny driving it with it at maximum tension lol, it wouldn't shift from 1st to second until about 5k with my foot barely on the pedal lmao
After 3 or 4 more adjustments, though, I got it RIGHT where it needs to be, it's perfect. I'm happy. Now instead of my car doing 0-60 in about 18 seconds it does it in about 15. I have harnessed the powercabe adjustments ftw!
-Tom
1988 4 Door Lx-i 5-speed
364,XXX and counting :]
i know this thread has gone way off topic but do any of you old school members remember the TV cable mod were you could controle the cable via a pedal on the floorboard? its from sooo long ago so hopefully someone will remember... sorry for offtopic
haha yeah it has gone off topic.. but ive never heard of that mod before..
-Tom
1988 4 Door Lx-i 5-speed
364,XXX and counting :]
I think you need one of these:
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/13/g...e-cable-repla/
Heh heh!
Dr_Snooz
"I like to take hammers, and just break stuff, just break stuff." - Beavis
1989 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe, 240k miles, MT swap, rear disc swap
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hahahaha those dudes are insane!
-Tom
1988 4 Door Lx-i 5-speed
364,XXX and counting :]
get a manual pedalbox and attatch the clutch cable to the auto box lol
That sounds like something I would do, too...lol. If you find it I'd love to read about that.
The more complicated a car is to drive, the more I like it.
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