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what's up with 1st gear?

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Old Sep 14, 2008 | 08:31 PM
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this car is so alive except for first gear. i can let it rev and rev and rev but nothing ever happens, but shift to 2nd and hold on!

what's the secret for 0-60?
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Old Sep 14, 2008 | 08:41 PM
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That's why 0 - 60 is in the late 5-sec range. 1st gear takes a while to pick up speed.
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 08:17 AM
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when i first got my car i would be pulling out in traffic and be sh1tting myself waiting for the car to get into the vtec powerband. i was astonished that it was so slow. i had to remedy it immediately so i had 4.77s in the first month or so of ownership...
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 08:23 AM
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yeah, 0-23 in my stock ap1 sucks , after that whole different car
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by thruxton,Sep 14 2008, 08:31 PM
what's the secret for 0-60?
Forced induction.
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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I didn't think 1st gear was so bad... After driving a caymann extensively, i've finally realized that the s2k has to torque.

I can get more pull in the cayman in 4th gear at 2k rpms than in 3rd gear in the s2k at 3500
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by thruxton,Sep 14 2008, 10:31 PM
what's the secret for 0-60?
Jato
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 02:10 AM
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yeah kinda slow but in my ap2 i feel it pick up at the end of 1st when im redline it and 2nd pulls me a lot!! gotta love v-tec
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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by thruxton,Sep 14 2008, 08:31 PM
this car is so alive except for first gear. i can let it rev and rev and rev but nothing ever happens, but shift to 2nd and hold on!

what's the secret for 0-60?
6000K then drop the clutch.





Assuming you don't care about the cost of a clutch or Diff........
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 10:56 AM
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must be an AP1 problem, lol

even in the AP1s I test drove though I never thought 1st gear was "slow"

VTEC in 1st gear is pretty damn exhilarating if you ask me
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