lol at the slow motion part

 

thank you negcamber. u saved me a trip to the head doc

 

i have not prob stayin in vtec either.

 

Yes, it'll stay above 6000rpm. It's all about clutch slip. Doesn't change the physics that the speed at 8200 rpm in 1st gear translates to 5352 rpm in 2nd.

 

And my own video I made a few years ago:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...68549530359473

You can see I start the shift at 56mph. That's right about 8000rpm. Next, you can see the clutch starts to engage once the engine has dropped to 7400rpm or so. The entire time the clutch is slipping, so even though the revs are dropping the car is still accelerating. It fully engages at about 63mph and 6400rpm. If I had just maintained speed rather than continued to accelerate, the clutch would have engaged at 56mph, which would be about 5800rpm, out of VTEC.

 

9k redline FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have NO problem staying in VTEC... ever!

8k RPM is just too short and comes too fast, I'm sorry...

 

If we(ap2's) drop out of vtec on our redlines shifts, then why is it that the AP1 isn't faster then the AP2?

 

yes

 

No kidding. The AP1 must be a slow POS if we can still keep up with them and the AP2 is out of VTEC on every upshift.

Imagine if the AP2 could stay in VTEC the whole time? It would absolutely SMOKE the crappy 2.0L AP1 motor.

 

Then it does not matter how new your clutch may be...you have a built in clutch slipping device.